Kerry Sheridan
Kerry Sheridan is a reporter and co-host of All Things Considered at WUSF Public Media.
Prior to joining WUSF, she covered international news, health, science, space and environmental issues for Agence France-Presse from 2005 to 2019, reporting from the Middle East bureau in Cyprus, followed by stints in Washington and Miami.
Kerry earned her master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002, and was a recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship for Cultural Reporting.
She got her start in radio news as a freelancer with WFUV in the Bronx in 2002. Since then, her stories have spanned a range of topics, including politics, baseball, rocket launches, art exhibits, coral reef restoration, life-saving medical research, and more.
She is a native of upstate New York, and currently lives with her husband and two children in Sarasota.
You can reach Kerry via email at sheridank@wusf.org, on Twitter @kerrsheridan or by phone at 813-974-8663.
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‘Black Lives Matter’ removed from Sarasota 5th grade curriculum due to critical race theory concernsParents of fifth graders received a letter this week alerting them of a change to the curriculum, though it did not specify what exactly was removed. -
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There were 52,866 new cases this week, compared to 23,343 for the week ending October 23.
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This means restaurants and other businesses will be allowed to reopen at full capacity.
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One of the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tampa Bay area is a patient who has no recent history of travel. The man is in his 60s, and is a resident...
