Sofia Zarran
WLRN News InternSofia “Z” Zarran is a Summer 2025 Intern at WLRN. As a student of journalism and linguistics, Z has a passion for language and communication. She likes to share that passion through reporting and teaching.
She is the outgoing podcast producer for the Florida Political Review out of the Bob Graham Center at the University of Florida. She was a deputy editor for WUFT-FM at UF in Gainesville and a writer and editor for Rowdy and STRIKE magazines.
Z recently successfully completed CNN Academy’s simulation in Atlanta, Georgia and Abu Dhabi on storytelling in the age of artificial intelligence. She also finished an internship with the English Language Institute at UF where she taught ESL to professionals. She graduates from UF at the end of this summer.
When she’s not binging murder mystery books or shows, she is playing with her cat, Boo, or debating whether Howl’s Moving Castle or Toy Story is the perfect movie.
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The Broward Sierra Group Junior Team set up the county's first seed libraries at five library branches. Visitors “borrow” packets of seeds free of charge to plant in their own yards or community gardens. The seeds are native or beneficial to South Florida’s ecosystems, in order to support pollinators like bees, increase biodiversity and reintroduce native plants lost to development. -
Florida has the highest rate of book challenges and restrictions in school and public libraries. Meanwhile, the owners of Roots Bookstore and Market aim to offer opportunities for the community through literature and activism. -
Florida Power & Light’s proposed rate hike will have its first hearing on Monday before the Florida Public Service Commission. Ahead of the hearing, consumer activist groups held a press briefing to press the PSC to reject it. -
Although stingrays and other rays around the world are at a growing risk of extinction, research into their habits has been lacking. "Biologging" is a non-invasive method of tracking animals in the wild and is transforming how scientists study movement, behavior and social interactions. -
South Florida-based Spirit Airline will soon become the only carrier offering nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and Key West. -
City commissioners recently deferred a vote on considering two applicants for the contract. This is the third time in the past year the commission has punted a decision.
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Jungle Island has been in the City of Miami since 2003. For decades before that, the attraction formerly known as Parrot Jungle, was at Pinecrest Gardens.
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Elkhorn coral babies, affectionately called “Flonduran” corals by researchers at the Rosenstiel School at the University of Miami, were planted in Biscayne Bay on July 1. This is the first time internationally crossbred corals have ever been planted in wild reefs. -
The “dangerous and unlawful conditions” inside the state-managed immigration detention camp in the Everglades pose serious health implications for hundreds of detainees, says a group of health professionals and immigrant advocates. -
South Florida HIV preventative care is in jeopardy after millions of dollars in federal health care funding were cuts.
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Barbara Arnwine, the president and founder of the nonprofit civil liberties group Transformative Justice Coalition, said the demonstrations are meant to serve as a means to keep racial justice in the national conversation.
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A dozen boat teams and even more shoreline volunteers participated in the latest Derelict Trap Rodeo, part of Friends of Biscayne Bay's efforts to restore the bay. WLRN rode along with one team as they removed abandoned crab and lobster traps that continue to trap and harm marine life long after they’re left behind.
