Cathy Carter
Cathy Carter is the education reporter for WUSF 89.7 and StateImpact Florida.
Before joining WUSF, Cathy was the local host of NPR’s Morning Edition for Delaware Public Media and reported on a variety of topics from education to the arts.
Cathy also reported for WAMU, the NPR news station in Washington D.C, was a host at XM Satellite Radio and wrote arts and culture stories for a variety of newspaper,s including the Virginian Pilot and the Baltimore Sun.
Her work has been honored by journalism organizations such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Maryland Press Association and the Delaware Press Association.
As a Massachusetts native and a graduate of Boston’s Emerson College, Cathy - as are all citizens under state mandate - had no choice but to be born a Boston Red Sox fan.
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Governor Ron DeSantis was in Sarasota Tuesday to discuss the state’s latest response to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a new COVID-19 testing... -
Sarasota's Lido Beach will remain closed for now but city owned boat ramps at Centennial Park and Ken Thompson Park have been reopened to the public. -
The City of Sarasota has approved a grant program aimed at helping small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative would help... -
From job loss, to balancing work from home to the isolation of following stay-at-home orders, coronavirus has changed our everyday lives. WUSF is giving... -
Manatee County has had a disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases and deaths when compared to the rest of the state. According to the Florida... -
After almost two-and-a-half weeks, Manatee County Commisioners have lifted a temporary local curfew. The board first voted to enact the measure on April... -
Former Manatee County Commissioner Gwendolyn Brown has died from complications related to the coronavirus. Brown, 68, was the county's first African... -
Health care professionals and first responders are facing the strain of fighting the coronavirus at work while scrambling to arrange for child care at... -
Sylvia Earle has lived underwater as an aquanaut, walked the sea floor at a depth of over 1,200 feet and has led more than 100 ocean expeditions. The... -
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has reiterated his call for Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue a statewide stay at home order.
