Elise Catrion Gregg
WLRN InternElise Catrion Gregg is a summer 2024 intern for WLRN. She is finishing her master's degree in criminal justice from Florida International University, where she also earned her bachelor's degree in journalism. During her time at FIU, she served as editor-in-chief for PantherNOW, FIU's student newspaper, for two years. Elise has also interned at the Miami Herald and completed a fellowship with News21, which won two RFK journalism awards for the newsroom's coverage of post-Roe America.
You can reach Elise at egregg@wlrnnews.org.
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The Miami Tropical Botanic Garden, an urban oasis where members of the community can enjoy native wildlife and educational workshops, is one of the last green spaces in Miami. But the team behind it have to raise $4 million by September to make sure it's not sold off. -
The City of Miami commission advanced an effort to build luxury condo towers on Watson Island, near the Jungle Island theme park. They also set up a battle with Miami-Dade County on zoning, and further penalized homeless residents.
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When demolition at the 1200 building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School began last month, language arts teacher Sarah Lerner was there. She was on campus six years ago too, the day the massacre happened. “It really is ... that last piece of the puzzle, and now we can all collectively move forward," she told WLRN. -
As the Florida Panthers battled to try to lift their first ever Stanley Cup at the Amerant Arena, roaring fans packed out a nearby Sunrise bar. But after a tough loss, the team remains just one win away from the historic title. -
U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others met in Pembroke Pines to discuss heat dangers for workers and efforts to set a federal heat standard. -
Six years later, the site of one of the worst school shootings in the nation is getting demolished — but with it, comes mixed feelings in the Parkland community, who want to remember victims while letting go of painful memories. -
Victims of police misconduct are filing a class action lawsuit after they were subjected to rubber bullets and tear gas without warning during a 2020 protest following George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis. -
A new study is looking into the people and places that make up Miami-Dade County's migrant farmworker communities — and their historical significance to the region.
