Stephanie Colombini
ReporterStephanie Colombini joined WUSF Public Media in December 2016 as Producer of Florida Matters,WUSF’s public affairs show. She’s also a reporter for WUSF’s Health News Florida project.
Stephanie was born and raised just outside New York City. She graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, where she got her start in radio at NPR member station WFUV in 2012. In addition to reporting and anchoring, Stephanie helped launch the news department’s first podcast series, Issues Tank.
Prior to joining the WUSF family, Stephanie spent a year reporting for CBS Radio’s flagship station WCBS Newsradio 880 in Manhattan. Her assignments included breaking news stories such as the 2016 bombings in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood and Seaside Park, NJ and political campaigns. As part of her job there, she was forced to – and survived – a night of reporting on New Year’s Eve in Times Square.
Her work in feature reporting and podcast production has earned her awards from the Public Radio News Directors, Inc. and the Alliance for Women in Media.
While off-the-clock, you might catch Stephanie at a rock concert, on a fishing boat or anywhere that serves delicious food.
Contact Stephanie at 813-974-8705, on Twitter @Steph_Colombini, or by email at scolombini@wusf.org.
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Seniors who showed up Monday say the site offered a convenient opportunity for them to get their booster shots. Only a limited group of people qualify, but other residents can visit the site for standard vaccination and testing. -
The festival celebrated its 10th anniversary in Tampa this weekend.
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Organizers of rallies in Tampa encouraged people to register to vote, contact their state and local representatives and vote for pro-choice candidates in upcoming elections.
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This week, the state added 1,719 deaths from COVID-19 complications. That's the first week since Aug. 20-26 where the death toll was below 2,000.
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Nursing shortages were already a problem, but the COVID-19 pandemic and population growth are making things worse.
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Patrons will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test, or show that they have been vaccinated. An increasing number of music venues and festivals are implementing these rules.
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Dr. Syed Zaidi said it's been heartbreaking and frustrating to watch so many unvaccinated COVID-19 patients die. He's urging others to protect themselves before it's too late.
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Florida experienced about as many COVID-19 deaths during the month of August as it did in the 165 days — nearly six months — leading up to it, according to epidemiologist Jason Salemi.
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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.
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Records now show the state actually crossed the 50,000 death threshold on Sept. 5, but the count didn't reflect that until Sept. 16 due to delays in processing the information.
