Valerie Alker
Valerie Alker hosts All Things Considered. She has been a Reporter/Producer and program host at WGCU since 1991. She reports on general news topics in Southwest Florida and has also produced documentaries for WGCU-TV’s former monthly environmental documentary programs In Focus on the Environment and Earth Edition. Valerie also helps supervise WGCU news interns and contributes to NPR programs.
Prior to joining WGCU, she worked at WUSF Public Radio in Tampa, WMNF Community Radio in Tampa and at WPAS Radio in Zephyrhills.
Her work has been honored by the Society of the Professional Journalists, the Radio Television Digital News Association, Public Radio News Directors, Inc., the Florida Associated Press, the American Heart Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
Valerie’s interests included canoeing, reading, cooking, photography, gardening and swimming.
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Lee County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday asking Collier County to be a good neighbor. At issue is Collier’s plan to route trucks…
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The federal government shutdown means the J.N Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island is closed to all public access until further notice.… -
Lee County has declared a State of Local Emergency due to flooding and resulting sheet flow from the north associated with this week’s heavy rains.…
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Archeologists have found spear points in association with bison remains at Paleo-indian sites in Florida. They estimate they were hunted and killed about… -
The Water Resources Reform and Development Act passed out of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today with bi-partisan support.…
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Two elected representatives from Florida testified before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday about plans to implement a key piece of the…
