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 Elections Supervisor Sharon Harrington held a news conference today to help explain why some voters had to stand in line for up five hours on…
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Waiting time at polling locations in Southwest Florida today varied. In some locations voters stood on line for more than an hour – in others they breezed… -
Former President Bill Clinton was on a whirlwind tour of Florida today – campaigning for President Barack Obama. Stops included Ft. Myers in addition to… -
Florida’s annual citrus harvest has begun. The U.S Department of Agriculture has not released its annual citrus harvest forecast, but growers say a summer… -
Even as President Obama skipped a planned rally in Orlando Monday due to Hurricane Sandy his Florida campaign was in full swing. Obama volunteers fanned… -
AFL-CIO National President Richard Trumka was at a phone bank in Ft. Myers today. He joined volunteers calling union members and asking them to vote for… -
Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a two day campaign swing through Florida Friday. On Saturday Mr. Biden speaks at the Wa-Ke Hatchee State Park… -
There’s a new trend on college campuses these days -- food pantries. The economic downturn is trickling down to universities, with some students making… -
Ft. Myers Mayor Randy Henderson is taking part in the United States Conference of Mayors campaign to help end childhood obesity. The mayor recorded a PSA… -
Ann Romney, the wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney has been campaigning in Florida this week. On Thursday she made a stop at the Lee…
