Kerry Sheridan
Reporter/HostKerry Sheridan is a reporter and co-host of All Things Considered at WUSF Public Media.
Prior to joining WUSF, she covered international news, health, science, space and environmental issues for Agence France-Presse from 2005 to 2019, reporting from the Middle East bureau in Cyprus, followed by stints in Washington and Miami.
Kerry earned her master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002, and was a recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship for Cultural Reporting.
She got her start in radio news as a freelancer with WFUV in the Bronx in 2002. Since then, her stories have spanned a range of topics, including politics, baseball, rocket launches, art exhibits, coral reef restoration, life-saving medical research, and more.
She is a native of upstate New York, and currently lives with her husband and two children in Sarasota.
You can reach Kerry via email at sheridank@wusf.org, on Twitter @kerrsheridan or by phone at 813-974-8663.
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‘Black Lives Matter’ removed from Sarasota 5th grade curriculum due to critical race theory concernsParents of fifth graders received a letter this week alerting them of a change to the curriculum, though it did not specify what exactly was removed. -
Dr. Washington Hill has worked as an OB-GYN for more than 50 years and specializes in high-risk pregnancies.
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School boards across the country are grappling with how to manage school board meetings where emotions increasingly run high.
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The number of weekly deaths from COVID-19 was down slightly from last week’s statewide pandemic record high of 2,468 lives lost.
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Nearly 20 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in Florida during the pandemic were reported in the last 30 days.
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Both ICU admissions and hospitalizations for COVID-19 fell statewide, according to Wednesday's data.
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Hospitalizations statewide dropped again, after showing a slight uptick on Monday for the first time in a month.
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Federal statistics show 9,187 Floridians are hospitalized with COVID-19 — the first increase after 30 days of steady declines.
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The weekly death record came as Florida reported more than 51,000 people have died from COVID-19, with more than 10,000 of these lives lost in the last month alone.
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Despite a wide variety of challenges from job loss to distrust of the establishment, the success the Hispanic community has seen could help other communities tackle vaccine hesitancy.
