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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WLRN environmental editor Jenny Staletovich and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Patrick Farrell talk about what it was like to wade through the muck of the Everglades to check on the decades-long battle to make the River of Grass work as nature intended. -
Sundial host, Carlos Frías, spoke with author Carl Hiaasen before a live audience at the Miami Book Fair. They talked about his new book, "Wrecker," and growing up in Florida.
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SundialSundial host, Carlos Frías, spoke with author Carl Hiaasen before a live audience at the Miami Book Fair over the weekend. They talked about his new book, "Wrecker," and growing up in Florida.
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Overall, about 9% of South Floridians don’t have enough to eat, according to the food bank Feeding South Florida. Here's a list of organizations across South Florida that are distributing food to families in need.
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Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books including Krik Krak and Brother, I’m Dying, which were finalists for the National Book Awards. She was born in Haiti and calls Miami home. She’s being honored at the Miami Book Fair’s 40th anniversary celebration.
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Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books including Krik Krak and Brother, I’m Dying, which were finalists for the National Book Awards. She was born in Haiti and calls Miami home. She’s being honored at the Miami Book Fair’s 40th anniversary celebration.
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We're joined by Afrofuturism scholar Julian Chambliss. He co-curated the "Afrofantastic" exhibit at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale.
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We're joined by Afrofuturism scholar Julian Chambliss. He co-curated the "Afrofantastic" exhibit at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale.
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Maya Parizer, a young Israeli-American woman, told her story on a visit to Florida International University last week. She wants the more than 250 people taken hostage released. The attack at the Supernova Festival that started the current conflict took place on Oct. 7.
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Tony Laurencio and Cuci Amador are the founders of Afrobeta — they embody a Miami sound. They star in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. They join us to talk about that controversial trip and what it taught them about themselves.
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Tony Laurencio and Cuci Amador are the founders of Afrobeta — they embody a Miami sound. They star in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. They join us to talk about that controversial trip and what it taught them about themselves.
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Karen Ota-O’Brien co-founded the Florida Women’s Hockey League more than 20 years ago and started South Florida's Lucky Pucks, a club for women and girls of all ages. Last season their teams swept the state championships, with the over-40s winning the national championship.
