Sherrilyn Cabrera
PM Newscast and Digital ProducerSherrilyn Cabrera is WLRN's PM newscast and digital producer.
She got her start in journalism as a 2019 spring and summer intern for WLRN. After completing her internship, she continued to report, anchor and produce for the newsroom as a freelancer.
During the 2020 election, Sherrilyn was a reporting fellow for TCPalm, helping cover the election and its impact on local communities along the Treasure Coast. The following year, she worked with Boston NPR member station WBURas an associate producer for newscasts and worked with the newsroom's digital team.
A Miami native, Sherrilyn is a proud alumni of Miami Dade College and Florida International University, where she earned her journalism degrees. She is a fierce advocate for local news and is proud she gets to work in it — in her hometown.
She can be reached at scabrera@wlrnnews.org
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The Miami Beach Bandshell, a South Florida staple where local and international performers showcase their work, is now nationally recognized as a historic site.
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The Harvest Moon makes a return this weekend, setting up the first king tide of the season in South Florida. The high water levels can lead to flooding, even when it’s not raining. Here is the information residents of Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe counties need to know.
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Hundreds of workers at Hollywood's Diplomat Beach Resort, who are members of the union UNITE HERE Local 355, have voted to strike. The union's contract with the resort expired last week. One thing they’re fighting for: higher wages.
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The shelter recently implemented an essential intake policy, only prioritizing taking in animals that have been injured, neglected or abused.
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The nationwide monkeypox outbreak continues to grow. Dozens of those cases have been detected in South Florida — mostly in Broward County — and those numbers are believed to be an undercount.
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President Biden's Cuba policy changes got wall-to-wall South Florida coverage last week. His Venezuela move, not so much — but it could be just as consequential.
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President Joe Biden is rolling back some of his predecessor’s sanctions on communist Cuba. The changes are intended partly to help deter a record wave of Cuban immigration to the U.S.
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Public safety and mental health continue to be top concerns in public schools.
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On Tuesday, the public can pick up boxes of food, which include fresh produce, dairy products and poultry. MDC plans to have monthly food distributions starting in April.
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Commission seats, mayoral races, and a special election for a Florida Senate district are on tap in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
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After March 8, Palm Beach County could see a slew of new faces in local positions of power.
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Florida's flagship university, already planning to build a campus in West Palm Beach, has reportedly purchased the Scripps Research Institute campus, including 70 empty acres in Palm Beach Gardens.