Kerry Sheridan
Reporter/HostI cover health and K-12 education – two topics that have overlapped a lot since the pandemic began.
Every other week, you’ll hear me hosting the local portion of All Things Considered, live from our studios at USF Sarasota-Manatee.
Before joining WUSF, I reported for Agence France-Presse (AFP), and had the chance to work in places like Nicosia, Tbilisi, Baku, Beirut, Cairo, Gaza and Jerusalem – as well as DC and Miami.
I’ve learned about the world by seeing some of it, and by talking to people. I strive to amplify diverse voices in our quest to inform the public through fact-based reporting.
And if we schedule an interview that I say will last about 15 minutes, expect it to go at least 30.
When I’m not on a story, you might find me chaperoning a field trip, honing my percussion skills, or sweating in a hot yoga studio.
You can reach me via email at sheridank@wusf.org, on Twitter @kerrsheridan or by phone at 813-974-8663.
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The administrative legal challenge seeks to force the Florida Department of Education to roll back its media specialist training and follow the language of HB 1467. -
The idea for the PCTA FYRE podcast, out weekly on Spotify, arose due to the vast amount of legislative changes in Florida affecting teacher pay, class sizes, curriculum and more. -
Students in the St. Petersburg area are protesting a book ban imposed by a school district using a new state law. A new training video for librarians warns not to shelf books that could be challenged.
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Training for the law, HB 1467, now says school media specialists should "err on the side of caution" if reading material aloud in a public meeting would make them uncomfortable. -
The dual-language story covers the history of Ukraine and includes lyrics to the national anthem, which is increasingly sung by Ukrainians around the world since Russia's invasion. -
Said Gail Dudley, a retired osteopathic doctor in Hillsborough County: "We have a history of discrimination, which we can change, but not if we sugarcoat it and cover it up." -
Olympia Baylou had a successful career in finance for many years before she switched to teaching middle school full time. -
The project began just before the pandemic, in 2020, as an offshoot of an already established street medicine clinic run by USF faculty and students. -
"We can't learn from the past if we don't even acknowledge that it existed." -
As part of our series featuring your voices on Black History Month, professor Cheryl Rodriguez says students are hungry for this knowledge.
