Rachel Iacovone
Rachel Iacovone is a reporter and associate producer of Gulf Coast Live for WGCU News. Rachel came to WGCU as an intern in 2016, during the presidential race. She went on to cover Florida Gulf Coast University students at President Donald Trump's inauguration on Capitol Hill and Southwest Floridians in attendance at the following day's Women's March on Washington.
Rachel was first contacted by WGCU when she was managing editor of FGCU's student-run media group, Eagle News. She helped take Eagle News from a weekly newspaper to a daily online publication with TV and radio branches within two years, winning the 2016 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award for Best Use of Multimedia in a cross-platform series she led for National Coming Out Day. She also won the Mark of Excellence Award for Feature Writing for her five-month coverage of an FGCU student's transition from male to female.
As a WGCU reporter, she produced the first radio story in WGCU's Curious Gulf Coast project, which answered the question: Does SWFL Have More Cases of Pediatric Cancer?
Rachel graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
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There’s a restaurant along U.S. 41 in South Fort Myers that’s hard to miss. It’s painted bright green and called FK Your Diet. The "FK" stands for "foster… -
Florida Gulf Coast University's annual musical festival is getting a last-minute change. The FGCU Programming Board announced a change, this week, in the… -
Wednesday night marked the start of Purim. WGCU's Rachel Iacovone spoke with Rabbi Nicole Luna of Temple Beth-El in Fort Myers ahead of the holiday… -
In the wake of the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, we’re zeroing in on religious persecution. The attacks killed 50 people, 29… -
Fifty people have been indicted following a college admissions scandal, involving universities across the country. Here in Southwest Florida,… -
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Roman Catholic faith. WGCU's Rachel Iacovone spoke with Diocese of Venice Bishop Frank Dewane… -
Ave Maria is known for its towering cathedral-like oratory in the town center, for its manicured lawns, for its law school and for being owned by the… -
Temporary Protected Status has once again been extended for four groups in the U.S. – El Salvadorans, Hondurans, Sudanese and Haitians. Of the estimated… -
A Florida congressman posted a taunting message to President Donald Trump's former lawyer on Tuesday.Less than 18 hours before Michael Cohen was scheduled… -
This Black History Month, in honor of those of black heritage here in Southwest Florida, WGCU is featuring local African Americans from across the region.…
