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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While hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue declining statewide, the number of new cases reported Wednesday was up slightly from a day earlier. -
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether Commissioner Vanessa Baugh broke state law by putting herself and others on a VIP vaccine list in Lakewood Ranch. -
The city requires all customers to wear a face-covering while not actively eating or drinking. Two businesses have had their liquor license suspended for three days for not enforcing the order. -
DeSantis said 3,000 doses of the vaccine will be given out in Pinellas Park and an additional 5,000 doses will be provided to Pinellas County next week. -
Florida is averaging 7,666 new cases per day in the last week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University analyzed by NPR. That’s a 22% decrease over the week prior. -
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, large crowds of Buccaneers fans celebrated in the streets of Tampa on Sunday night after the team's victory in Super Bowl LV. -
Monday’s data show the number of people being hospitalized in the state with a primary diagnosis of coronavirus was virtually unchanged from the day before. -
As of Wednesday, the state reported 5,824 people were being treated at hospitals with COVID-19 as the primary cause, the first time under 6,000 since Dec. 27. -
Florida is averaging 11,238 new cases per day in the last week, an 8% decrease over the week prior and a 29% decrease from two weeks ago. -
Some counties are working to vaccinate teachers over 65, but a Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association leader says it should be expanded, as all teachers are at risk.
