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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The South Florida congresswoman joined a Zoom meeting Friday to answer questions about PPP loans, rental assistance and more. -
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.
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In a historic week, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived and more doses are on the way. How will they be distributed? Are people ready to line up, or will concerns about how quickly it was produced scare others off? South Florida healthcare workers share their experiences getting the first shots.
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The public health similarities between asking someone to wear a condom and wearing a mask. And how to reach different communities with more effective messaging around public health issues.
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City commissioners heard a presentation Tuesday outlining the design and traffic plans for a new park that will sit on top of the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel on U.S. 1. Mayor Dean Trantalis argued the design team and FDOT for more green space over "hard space."
