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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First Coast mosquito control workers are fighting a spike in the disease-carrying insects after Hurricane Matthew. Both St. Johns and Duval Counties... -
At least one person in Duval County has caught West Nile virus from a mosquito, the health department warned Thursday. In a news release, health... -
Updated at 7:45 p.m. on Aug. 23 Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit, which includes Duval County, is among a handful nationwide that sentence the majority of... -
Floridians who want to kick the smoking habit now have even easier access to free nicotine-replacement therapy through the Tobacco Free Florida program. -
Northeast Florida homeowners can help keep away the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus. That’s what Duval County Health Department Director Kelli... -
A Jacksonville compounding pharmacy and four Jacksonville doctors who partnered to run a second pharmacy have settled with the federal government over... -
Medical marijuana legalization may be heading back to the ballot in Florida next year. An initiative would allow patients to smoke or ingest cannabis in... -
The UF Health Jacksonville hospital is too important to lose. That’s the message state lawmakers representing Duval County are planning to send to Gov.... -
Six people who recently traveled from Ebola-affected regions are under twice-daily monitoring by the Florida Health Department. The state continues… -
Six people who recently traveled from Ebola-affected regions are under twice-daily monitoring by the Florida Health Department. The state continues...
