
Alexander Gonzalez
ProducerAlexander Gonzalez produces the afternoon newscasts airing during All Things Considered. He enjoys helping tell the South Florida story through audio and digital platforms. Alex is interested in a little of everything from business to culture to politics.
A Miami native, Alex has been in the journalism game since high school. He was editor of his high school and college newspapers. After graduating from the University of Miami, he first arrived at WLRN as the summer 2015 digital intern. He reported on Latin American communities in Miami, the city’s burgeoning arts culture, and a grassroots group of mango collectors.
Before returning to Miami, Alex lived in New York, where he earned his master’s in journalism from NYU. In between, he also spent a year teaching English in France on a Fulbright grant.
In his spare time, Alex looks for discount books and listens to podcasts – his favorites include “Death, Sex & Money,” “Spooked” and “99% Invisible.”
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Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are excluded from entering Florida’s first phase of reopening, which begins Monday.They did take a step this…
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In early April, Tobi Baisburd logged on to Zoom for her music theory class at the University of Miami. Her professor, Laura Sherman, had said there would…
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It’s been more than a month since the shutdowns in South Florida.Plans to begin reopening are underway. This week, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez…
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It’s been more than a month since parts of South Florida began to shut down in the effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.Talks are under way about when…
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This post was updated Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. with new details about a Miami-Dade County meeting and town hall this week.The coronavirus pandemic is limiting…
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Local governments are taking more precautions to slow the spread of COVID-19.Several cities – from Miramar to Miami Beach – have issued their own mask…
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The Miami Beach Convention Center will soon become a temporary 450-bed field hospital for a potential surge of coronavirus patients.“I would much rather…
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Many businesses have closed to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Local governments and the state are allowing some essential services to remain…
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As South Florida remains the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis in the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he’s issuing an executive order to unify the…
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced closures of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, concert halls and theaters -- the places that would've taken up our…
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South Florida is a coronavirus hotspot in the state. The majority of confirmed cases in Florida are in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.The…
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South Florida became the focus of Florida’s fight against COVID-19 this week. About half of the confirmed cases in the state are in Miami-Dade and Broward…