Gina Jordan
Morning Edition HostGina Jordan is the host of Morning Edition for WFSU News. She is a Tallahassee native and graduate of Florida State University.
She spent 15 years working in news/talk and country radio in Orlando before becoming a reporter and All Things Considered host for WFSU in 2008. She left after a few years to spend more time with her son, working part-time as a reporter/producer for WLRN Public Media in Miami and as a drama teacher at Young Actors Theatre. Gina also blogged and reported for StateImpact Florida, an NPR education project, and produced podcasts and articles for AVISIAN Publishing.
Gina has won awards for features, breaking news coverage, and newscasts from contests including the Associated Press, Green Eyeshade, and Murrow Awards. She served on the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters board of directors and now serves on the board of the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists. In her free time, she likes to read and travel.
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The City of Tallahassee is offering free rides on StarMetro's regular, fixed route bus service and Dial-A-Ride service as voters go the polls. -
Her husband says she needed surgery on her neck. The accident happened during a triathlon over the weekend in North Florida. -
The open house for the temple in northeast Tallahassee will run through November 23rd, excluding Sundays. It's free to the public and no reservations are needed. -
Tallahassee firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor of the Red Roof Inn Thursday morning. -
Young Actors Theatre is saying "be our guest" as the performing arts school opens its 50th anniversary season with Beauty and The Beast. -
Regarding the climate and the burning of fossil fuels, Dr. Jeff Chanton says, "Humans are a geological force just like volcanoes. We have released so much carbon dioxide." -
Hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent. Tornado alley is shifting eastward toward the panhandle. Climate change is heating oceans. Tim Miller talks about it on "Speaking Of." -
Forecasters say the storm, to be named Helene, could impact the Florida panhandle. Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected in Leon County by the end of the week. -
Naomi Rose-Mock is moving overseas. She’s directed more than 100 community theatre productions in the region since 2006. -
The show is about the lynching of a Jewish man in Georgia in 1915. The production is being staged in the round.
