© 2024 WLRN
SOUTH FLORIDA
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Aboraya Selected For Investigative Reporting Project

Abe Aboraya
Daylina Miller
/
WUSF Public Media
Abe Aboraya

Abe Aboraya, a Health News Florida reporter based at WMFE in Orlando, has been selected as one of seven journalists in the country for a year-long investigative reporting project.

ProPublica, a national, independent non-profit news organization, is launching a program to help local news reporters dig deep into local issues that otherwise might not be covered. Aboraya and the other reporters will spend the next year working on stories touching on topics ranging from mental health, workplace safety, conflicts of interest and criminal justice, according to Charles Ornstein, the senior editor in charge of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network.

Aboraya has been a part of the Health News Florida team since 2014. He's been part of award-winning projects addressing HIV in Florida and the effect of state budget cuts to prenatal care for poor women. He's also been one of the few reporters that's continued to cover the impact of the Pulse Nightclub shootings on health care workers and first responders since the shootings happened in 2016.

Copyright 2020 Health News Florida. To see more, visit .

Mary Shedden is news director at WUSF Public Media, where she oversees a team of reporters covering 13 counties on Florida’s west coast.
Mary Shedden
Mary Shedden is editor of Health News Florida. Her assignment since arriving at WUSF in 2013: distill policy and science so it makes sense on a personal level.
More On This Topic