Cathy Carter
Cathy Carter is the education reporter for WUSF 89.7 and StateImpact Florida.
Before joining WUSF, Cathy was the local host of NPR’s Morning Edition for Delaware Public Media and reported on a variety of topics from education to the arts.
Cathy also reported for WAMU, the NPR news station in Washington D.C, was a host at XM Satellite Radio and wrote arts and culture stories for a variety of newspaper,s including the Virginian Pilot and the Baltimore Sun.
Her work has been honored by journalism organizations such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Maryland Press Association and the Delaware Press Association.
As a Massachusetts native and a graduate of Boston’s Emerson College, Cathy - as are all citizens under state mandate - had no choice but to be born a Boston Red Sox fan.
-
New conservative board members who are known for their activism on social media got mixed reactions during their campus visit Wednesday. -
Florida law requires patients to have an in-person visit with a physician at least 24 hours before an abortion procedure, including for medication abortion. The patient then needs to make another appointment to take the first dose in person. -
Sarasota's Roskamp Institute was the first to discover a protein that tends to form clumps in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. A new drug has been shown to reduce it. -
Political action committees with backing from GOP donors contributed money to local school board races in several states, including Florida. -
As intense heat becomes more common around the world, the potential threat to biodiversity increases. One species at particular risk to a warming climate is found on the beaches of Florida. -
A new study by the Roskamp Institute found participants exhibited symptoms previously only associated with eating contaminated seafood. -
The online campaign, which started two months ago, has so far garnered about 7,200 signatures. -
Inflation worsened in June, rising 9.1% on surging food, rent and energy costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday. -
The book release comes as new data reveals just 53 percent of Florida's third-graders passed the state’s reading test. -
The online video platform favored by some conservatives, has drawn scrutiny after being awarded a taxpayer-funded grant to set up shop in Longboat Key.
