Valerie Crowder
Reporter and All Things Considered HostValerie Crowder hosts and produces state and local newscasts during All Things Considered. Her reporting on local government and politics has received state and regional award recognition. She has also contributed stories to NPR newscasts.
Before moving to Tallahassee, she was a freelance reporter in Panama City. Her public radio journey began at WAER-FM in Syracuse, New York. She has a B.A. in newspaper online journalism and political science from Syracuse University.
When she's not reporting, she enjoys reading and spending time outdoors.
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A measure to give nearly every K-12 student in Florida access to a stipend for private school or education programs is moving through the legislature. -
Former Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren won't get his job back after asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to reinstate him in a letter this week.
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A controversial measure that critics argue chills Floridians' right to peacefully protest remains blocked as a legal challenge to the new law moves through the courts.
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a rally for abortion rights in Tallahassee on Sunday, marking the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an abortion rights rally in Tallahassee on Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
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A federal judge has limited the scope of one of the charges against former Lynn Haven Mayor Margo Anderson and a local construction business owner in an ongoing public corruption case.
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A group of college students is lobbying for state funding to reduce hunger on campus as inflation drives up the cost of groceries.
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Florida law prohibits people who aren't allowed to buy a gun from purchasing bullets and shells, but it doesn't require background checks on ammunition sales.
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Middle and high school students from Leon and Okaloosa Counties competed in their first match of the year at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering over the weekend.
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Most of the federal charges brought against former Lynn Haven Mayor Margo Anderson and local businessman James Finch were dropped in October.
