Tara Calligan
Reporter/Producer/Social Media ManagerEmail: Tcalligan@wgcu.org
Twitter: @TlCalligan
Tara Calligan is an award-winning journalist and a public media producer, writer and online content creator at WGCU. She started her public media journey as a news intern for the station in 2015 and has been cranking out content ever since.
She has presented at several PBS and NPR conferences, including PBS TechCon. In January 2021, she became a member of PBS' Media & Marketing Advisory Council, providing direct, local station feedback to the Public Broadcasting Service.
She is one of the hosts and producers for the podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music, which brings out the guests’ personalities, and personal histories, by mining the connections music has made during their lifetimes. She is also a producer for WGCU's radio talk show Gulf Coast Life. When she is not writing up a storm, editing, or booking shows, she assumes the alter ego Moria Midnight, Monarch of Macabre, a late-night horror host on WGCU HDTV.
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Explore ways our modern response to the COVID-19 pandemic might have similarities to plagues in history, and how writers like, William Shakespeare, responded. -
The Harry Chapin Food Bank in Fort Myers has been providing food for people in need across southwest Florida since 1983. Over the decades, it has faced trying times like during the great recession in 2008 and 2009; and during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. And now they’re facing another wave of challenges due to rising inflation and high fuel costs. We sit down with president & CEO, Richard LeBer, to get an update on how they’re handling these trying economic times and learn what people can do to help them in their mission. -
Health workers are continuing to provide life-saving COVID-19 information and other health resources throughout the community of Immokalee. -
Southwest Florida artists and founders of Artsemble Underground Cesar Aguilera and Brian Weaver are using their artistic talents to encourage dialogue and provide community representation through large-scale murals. -
A new survey of attitudes about global warming in Southwest Florida found that most residents believe climate change is real, is happening now, and that its impacts will be felt by future generations. -
A Centennial Park monument in downtown Fort Myers honoring Black soldiers who served during the Civil War has done a 180. Now, community members and activists say the bronze statue named “Clayton” is facing the correct direction. -
Cornell researchers have provided the first documentation that dogs’ sense of smell is integrated with their vision and other unique parts of the brain. -
The Florida Wildlife Corridor Act was signed into law just over a year ago. Learn more about this ongoing effort to protect Florida’s lands and wildlife. -
Collier County Public Schools is working on a solution to housing cost concerns that would allow employees an opportunity to save money to buy a home later on. -
One in every 44 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with some form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). And while screening techniques have improved, diagnosis and cause are still far from straightforward.
