Ammy Sanchez
Morning Edition ProducerAmmy Sanchez serves as WLRN's Morning Edition producer and works with the morning anchor to write reports for the newscasts.
You might not even know it, but while you may be starting your day at 7 a.m. — she's been working for hours to make sure you can hear the latest news when you tune in to WLRN. She loves doing some of the behind-the-scenes work — as well as speaking with authors, business owners, politicians, advocates and others in our South Florida community.
She graduated with her bachelor's degree in communications from the Honors College at Florida International University. Prior to becoming a Panther, Sanchez graduated with an associate’s degree in mass communications and journalism from The Honors College at Miami Dade College in 2022. At MDC, she served as editor-in-chief, briefing editor, forum editor and social media director of The Reporter, the college’s student newspaper.
Sanchez has also participated in NPR's Next Generation Radio and the Latino Reporter, the student project at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
She can be reached at asanchez@wlrnnews.org.
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Many people in Aventura are mourning the loss of the man known as the godfather of that city and as the developer of its famous shopping mall.
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For nearly a century, Miami’s Freedom Tower has stood as a silent witness to the city’s transformation — from a media hub to a sanctuary for refugees and now a living museum of cultural memory. As it nears its 100th birthday, the building is preparing to tell its own story anew. -
A weather system producing heavy rain and thunderstorms off Florida’s east coast could become a tropical depression later this week.
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Under a new Florida law, the state's public airports will soon have to start submitting monthly reports detailing weather modification activities or face the loss of state funding. -
The National Weather Service said they are expecting 1 to 3 inches of rain by Thursday morning, with some isolated areas possibly seeing 5 to 7 inches or more.
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Yelp recently released its annual list of the Top 100 Food Trucks in the U.S., and a South Florida food truck has been named among the best in the country.
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A new Florida law targeting so-called "super speeders" is now in effect. It imposes tougher penalties on drivers caught going 50 miles per hour or more over the speed limit or driving recklessly at 100 miles per hour or faster.
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A Florida death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a woman near a Central Florida bar is set to be executed Tuesday.
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A permanent sales tax break on emergency supplies like batteries, generators and tarps is set to replace the usual hurricane-season tax holiday in Florida.
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Broward County's top law enforcement official is pushing back against accusations that he and his agency are not taking their immigration enforcement obligations seriously.
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The American Automobile Association said that the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day are the 100 deadliest days on the calendar for teen drivers.
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The renowned FIU professor and coastal scientist Stephen Leatherman, known as "Doctor Beach," has released his celebrated list of the top 10 beaches in the U.S. This year, two Florida beaches made the cut.
