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 movie that opened nationwide in theatres Friday depicts what it’s like to live with cystic fibrosis. -
Many Jacksonville hospitals are facing a critical need for blood – they have less than a day’s supply left on their shelves. That’s led the nonprofit... -
Ride-for-hire services like Lyft and Uber will have to comply with statewide rules, and religious expression at public schools will be explicitly... -
A drier-than-normal winter and spring have Northeast Florida water managers warning of an impending shortage. But they say the worst can be staved off... -
The rate of syphilis infection has risen 130 percent in Duval County over the past three years to the highest infection rate the county has seen in two... -
St. Johns County officials want to hear what residents think about potential medical marijuana regulations. Time is of the essence to pass local rules,... -
Councilman Bill Gulliford wants to convene a community task force to combat the opioid epidemic in Jacksonville. He made the announcement at a town hall... -
Freshman Northeast Florida Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL4) is recovering after a medical episode in the U.S. Capitol late Wednesday. -
A grocery co-op is coming to the Northwest side of Jacksonville, in an area known as a food desert. The project is the work of nonprofits that are... -
The holidays are coming early for some Jacksonville children with disabilities. On Friday evening, they’re getting special vehicles and toys modified...
