Caitie Switalski Muñoz
ReporterCaitie Switalski Muñoz covers news and stories concerning quality of life in Broward County and its municipalities for WLRN News. Her award-winning coverage focuses on: affordable housing, city and county governments, homelessness issues, transportation and slice of life here in South Florida.
As the Broward Correspondent for WLRN her award-winning reporting has been featured nationally on NPR newscasts, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Here & Now, 1A, The Takeaway, On Point, and Science Friday. You will also hear Caitie fill in occasionally on our weekly shows and anchoring newscasts.
Before working in public media full-time, Caitie worked with the editors and reporters at WFSU-FM in Tallahassee, and anchored Morning Edition for WUFT-FM in Gainesville for three years. A former WLRN Intern, Caitie has been covering Broward County full-time here since October of 2017.
Caitie graduated from the University of Florida, with a B.S. in Journalism and is a proud Gator fan.
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Broward County members of the nation's oldest Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., came out to especially celebrate their fellow sorority sister, Vice President Harris alongside President Biden. -
The union was backed by the American Federation of Teachers at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. The district fought back with its own press conference immediately after, dispelling the union's claims.
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Many celebrations were virtual — YouTube was a popular platform for cities to post videos honoring the legacy of the late civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The South Florida congresswoman joined a Zoom meeting Friday to answer questions about PPP loans, rental assistance and more.
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The third annual art week will use socially-distant bicycle tours to continue to show people around the city's art during COVID-19.
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To date, more than 53,000 people in Broward County have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and some 9,000 have received their second dose, according to the Florida Department of Health in Broward County.
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The museum received a grant of $50,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to begin digitizing its archives.
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Officials in Fort Lauderdale this week voted on the list of guidelines to charge the city's lobbyists with and the types of legislation the city is looking to support — and oppose.
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After the Broward Teachers Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Broward County school district — for ending remote work accommodations for 1,700 teachers and 300 school staff — Runcie announced schools across the county have decided 600 of those teachers can continue to work remotely due to their health.
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The Broward legislative delegation met with school board members for a workshop Wednesday — ahead of the upcoming 2021 state session. The pandemic was discussed at length, but not listed as a priority.
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The city will host live music, fireworks and drop a large anchor to countdown to 2021 on its social media platforms instead of in-person to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Nova Southeastern University was awarded $4 million from the CDC to study people left with lasting symptoms after recovering from COVID-19. It'll track people like Godfrey Edmond from Miami Gardens.
