Kate Payne
As a Tallahassee native, Kate Payne grew up listening to WFSU. She loves being part of a station that had such an impact on her. Kate is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. With a background in documentary and narrative filmmaking, Kate has a broad range of multimedia experience. When she’s not working, you can find her rock climbing, cooking or hanging out with her cat.
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Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018. -
The housing market in South Florida has become so unaffordable, the state's largest school district is trying something new to retain workers — building workforce apartments on school campuses. -
Roughly a third of students at Florida Atlantic University are the first in their families to go to college. For many of them, walking onto campus can feel like crossing over into a whole new world. -
Florida is counting more cases of measles as the state's surgeon general defies federal guidelines and declines to urge people to vaccinate their children.
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The National Rifle Association has lost more than a million members in the years since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Organizers with the gun control group March For Our Lives say it's proof that survivors from Parkland and beyond "are a force to be reckoned with." -
United Teachers of Dade failed to clear the threshold of having 60% of its members pay dues — a new requirement for public unions under state law. Now, Florida's largest teachers union could lose its contract as a result. -
State Sen. Jason Pizzo is in line to become the top Democrat in the Florida Senate. He's been visiting colleges and universities across the state to talk with students — and acknowledging that many young voters don't trust politicians. -
A Florida Department of Education spokesperson has said that allowing a transgender student to play on a girls' volleyball team in Broward County is against the law, and those responsible should face "serious consequences.” -
Millions of Venezuelans have left their country behind, fleeing the humanitarian crisis under the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Many are taking the hard way — trekking through the treacherous Darién Gap and up through Central America to reach the U.S.-Mexico border on foot. WLRN retraces the journey of one family. -
Iris Mogul wanted a place to talk about James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, but she didn't know many people her age who read for pleasure. So she started her own club — for reading banned books.
