Caitie Muñoz
Director of Daily News & Original Live ProgrammingCaitie Muñoz, formerly Switalski, is the WLRN Newsroom's Director of Daily News & Original Live Programming. Prior to this leadership role, Caitie served as the newsroom's Interim Managing Editor.
In the past, she also produced WLRN's midday public affairs program, Sundial weekdays at 1 and 8 p.m. In her WLRN career before transitioning to production, Caitie covered news and stories concerning quality of life in Broward County and its municipalities for WLRN News for four years.
Her award-winning coverage focused on: affordable housing, city and county governments, homelessness issues, transportation and slice of life here in South Florida.
You will also hear Caitie fill in occasionally on our weekly shows and anchoring newscasts.
During her time as the Broward correspondent for WLRN her award-winning reporting was featured nationally on NPR newscasts, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Here & Now, 1A, The Takeaway, On Point, and Science Friday.
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 and was a former WLRN intern.
Caitie graduated from the University of Florida, with a B.S. in Journalism, a minor in English and is a proud Gator fan.
You can contact her at csmunoz@wlrnnews.org
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The new compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida overhauls gambling in the state: adds sports betting, as well as certain new Las Vegas-style games, like craps and roulette. -
For UN Global Road Safety Week, the app is rolling out a new feature for its local government partners to send drivers safety messages while they're stopped. -
The proposed changes to the state revenue sharing deal surprised the city of Hollywood, which sent its mayor to Tallahassee to fight for more of the share of money this week. -
The county modeled the new dashboard, armed with tools to check personal property flood risk, after its coronavirus dashboard was well received. -
After Florida's 20th statewide grand jury indicted Broward County School Superintendent Robert Runcie, and the district's general counsel last month, here's a breakdown of the process for statewide grand juries, why the exist and what happens after they are done meeting. -
A new study by the nonprofit news service Climate Central presents another grim outlook for the elderly in South Florida: more nursing homes and assisted living facilities at risk from flooding than other coastal states. -
Jared Moskowitz's last day on the job as Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, was the first day for Kevin Guthrie. -
Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie and General Counsel Barbara Myrick were arrested Wednesday by Florida’s top law enforcement agency. -
In the 10 days since former U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings' death, two of Broward County's most influential Black leaders have sped up the race to replace his seat in Congress. Former County Mayor and Commissioner Dale Holness launched his campaign Monday. -
As part of the agreement, all teachers, classroom aides and technical support employees would receive a one-time bonus of $1,500. -
Many changes are underway at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. There's a new spring exhibit on display and the museum has a new director. -
Virtual Fleet Week events, spanning over two weeks, run this year from April 21 to May 9.
