Alyssa Ramos
Multimedia ProducerAlyssa Ramos is a multimedia producer for WLRN’s Morning Edition.
She graduated May 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Florida.
Her writing career began in front of her grandfather’s split-pea green typewriter where she crafted mysteries à la Nancy Drew. Eventually, she began to sharing the lives of real people.
As a Filipina American who grew up in rural Central Florida, she aligned her interests: covering communities of color in Southern spaces.
Alyssa is an advocate for local news after spending more than four years covering the heart of North Central Florida as a reporter and later on as TV20’s weekend producer in Gainesville.
She was also a fellow for the Asian American Journalist Association’s VOICES program, during which she traveled across the state to explore the Asian American diaspora’s relationship with agriculture.
In her spare time, you can catch her baking sweet treats, mastering her crow pose in yoga or curating playlists on Spotify.
Contact Alyssa at aramos@wlrnnews.org
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On Tuesday, March 19, voters in South Florida will get the chance to choose their candidates on various local elections, while those registered Republican can vote in a symbolic presidential primary ballot.
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In Torres' directorial debut film, an aspiring toymaker from El Salvador must contend with the hurdles of securing a work visa in New York. Torres, whose own immigrant journey began in Miami, is back in South Florida to perform and spoke to WLRN about the creation of the film.
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In the latest effort by Miami Beach to curb rowdy spring break crowds, the city is implementing some of its strictest measures in recent memory — parking garage closures, DUI check points, license plate readers that's compared to other spring break hubs like Fort Lauderdale.
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A recent measles outbreak at a Broward County elementary school is raising questions and concerns about the highly contagious, viral respiratory infection.
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High-level officials from 11 nations in the Americas gathered in Miami to help address global challenges, such as natural disaster response and security threats, through space cooperation.
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The Grammy-winning bandleader of Snarky Puppy brings an eclectic mix of genres to Miami Beach for the GroundUP Music festival, which he co-founded. He shares his musical influences and the struggles of bringing a pair of legendary Cuban bands to perform.
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In the new documentary, Razing Liberty Square, director and producer Katja Esson, explores how climate gentrification is affecting residents living on the highest and driest ground in Miami.
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It’s hard to overstate the effect Negro League baseball had on South Florida and America. The makers of the new WLRN-TV documentary Never Drop the Ball tell us how the league and its players changed the sport, and the country, forever.
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Clean water is essential to daily life, yet it's easy to take it for granted. Here are some ways to check your water quality in South Florida.
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In his decades-long career, Ron Magill has learned a lot from the animal world, and now he's putting some of those lessons onto paper. The Pride of a Lion is about K’wasi, ZooMiami's first male lion cub and how we can learn from his tale of survival.
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A panel of local food editors featuring the Miami Herald's Connie Ogle, The Infatuation's Ryan Pfeffer and the Miami New Times' Nicole Lopez-Alvar, share what dishes jumped off the plate and which restaurants they loved.