Lisa Peakes
Lisa Peakes is the local host of NPR's All Things Considered on WUSF 89.7.
Lisa's radio career spans over 35 years and includes work in commercial pop, alternative and rock formats in New England, where she created and hosted programs featuring celtic, blues, and early jazz music.
She majored in acting at Emerson College in Boston, where she was in the national touring company of a production for deaf audiences and appeared in the Academy Award-winning film Equilibriumness.
Lisa is a graduate of Vermont College at Norwich University, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art.
In public radio, she’s received local and national awards for her work as a newscaster, and has been honored for her work as an investigative journalist. The Society of Professional Journalists recognized Lisa as Florida's Anchor of The Year in 2017 and her newscasts were chosen as the best in the Southern states by the SPJ in 2016 and 2018.
She is also a professioal figure athlete. You can contact her at 813-974-8656 or at lpeakes@wusf.org.
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State health officials report 79 people died due to complications from COVID-19 since Wednesday, bringing the statewide death toll to 16,854. -
Florida's coronavirus infections passed 790,000 Wednesday with over 4,100 people testing positive since Tuesday. Statewide, 790,426 people have tested positive. -
There were also over 4,000 positive tests on Oct. 24. -
The last time the statewide daily increase in infections was over 5,000 — not counting days where there were data issues — was September 1. -
For the second straight day, the rate of people testing positive for the first time for COVID-19 was above 6% — it's also the highest single-day positivity rate since August 25. -
The positivity rate for new coronavirus tests in Florida Monday was over 6 percent for the first time since early September.
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The number of coronavirus tests returned Sunday was under 40,000 — the positivity rate for tests was just below 5%. -
Florida health officials reported 144 deaths since Wednesday's report and more than 3,350 new infections statewide. -
Wednesday's report from the Department of Health shows the percentage of positive coronavirus tests rose above 5% for the first time since Oct. 5. -
The state received the results from 58,779 coronavirus tests Monday, and 4.99% of them were positive.
