Alysia Cruz
Alysia Cruz is the WUSF Stephen Noble news intern for the fall 2019 semester. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of South Florida in Communication and is now enrolled at USF St. Petersburg, pursuing her Master’s in Digital Journalism & Design concentrating on food writing.
In the years since graduating from USF, Alysia has worked as a theatre and journalism teacher, running The Minotaur yearbook program and starting The Minotaur online newspaper at Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, FL. She also spent time working in TV production as a production coordinator and live theater as a stage manager.
Alysia hopes to become a food and travel journalist in the future, expanding reporting on these subjects within public media.
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Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida have created a new organization with goals of integrating patient care, education, and… -
Hurricane season started June 1, and Pinellas County is making sure businesses are prepared and ready to act in case of a disaster.At a recent summit,… -
Monday is the last day to register to vote in order to cast a ballot in Florida’s August primaries, and Latino community organizers are urging people to… -
The Hillsborough County School Board continued to show how divided they are about returning to in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic.The… -
In a unanimous decision on Tuesday, the Sarasota County School Board chose Brennan Asplen III to be the new superintendent.Acknowledging that they were… -
Following more than 400 complaints from city residents, protesters in St. Petersburg will now be issued citations for blocking traffic.The announcement… -
In response to multiple demands for reform, including flyers posted downtown during fourth of July weekend by the St. Pete Peace Protest movement, St.… -
At a Sarasota City commission meeting this week, two people called for the police department to be defunded.Their demands came after the Sarasota… -
Vice President Mike Pence was in Tampa Thursday for a meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, where the pair discussed the state’s response to the… -
Fourth of July celebrations across the country are being cancelled amidst the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, and most of the Tampa Bay region is…
