Jessica Palombo
Phone: (850) 487-3086 x364
Jessica Palombo got her master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. While interning at WAER News in Syracuse, she was awarded the Syracuse Press Club’s top prize for a radio feature story produced by a student. She interned at WAMU News and NPR's "Weekends at All Things Considered," both in Washington, D.C., before moving back to her home state of Florida. She then freelanced at WJCT News in Jacksonville before joining the staff of WFSU News full time. Before getting into radio, she was an editor, reporter and essayist for The Gainesville Sun, Skirt! Magazine and Jacksonville Magazine. When she's not reporting, Jessica enjoys acting in plays and films, cooking vegan food and discovering new music. Follow Jessica Palombo on Twitter: @JessicaPubRadio.
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A passionately, tearfully debated bill legalizing non-smoked medical marijuana is headed to the Florida House floor after passing its final committee... -
Although Florida lawmakers filed more than 1,800 bills this year, most measures were not destined to become laws. Some were too controversial in an... -
One bill that some say would preempt local rules has anti-tobacco groups demanding it to be killed. The health advocates say the measure banning the... -
The full Florida House is set to vote on a bill that's pitted Florida taxi cab operators against car-service tech company Uber. The measure narrowly... -
A bill significantly expanding Florida’s school voucher program is headed for the House floor, even though a similar proposal was withdrawn from the... -
Widely loved former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew was memorialized in Tallahassee this week before he’s laid to rest Friday in his home town of Pensacola....
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On Thursday, Florida Democratic House leaders announced policy priorities they say they won’t let go of without a fight this session: increasing education… -
A bill giving guideposts for determining whether Florida lawmakers live in their districts is headed for the full Legislature after passing its committee… -
Chances are, most people hadn’t heard of compounding pharmacies until a deadly national meningitis outbreak last year was traced back to one such... -
A federal judge has sided with the state and federal governments by saying Florida should set pollution standards for its waterways. Environmental...
