2017 Reporters’ Workshop Attending Journalists
JANIAH ADAMS Miami Times 786-458-2264 [email protected]
Janiah Adams is a part-time general assignment staff writer for the Miami Times. She has written about the county budget and covered business stories, spot news and features. She also was an intern at the Miami Times in 2012.
BETH SHANKLE ANDERSON Orlando Political Observer (Tallahassee-based) 850-443-1544 [email protected]
Beth Shankle has been a political writer for the Orlando Political Observer since August. She is based in Tallahassee and her current assignments include reporting on the Constitution Revision Commission and the League of Women Voters et al. v. Scott. She is a member in good standing of The Florida Bar.
CAROLINA BOLADO Law360 (Miami-based) 305-209-2282 [email protected]
Carolina Bolado legal issues for Law360. She has reported on cases from the long-running fight over tobacco damages to a seeming proliferation of federal Ponzi-scheme lawsuits to the intellectual property battle embroiling the Kardashians.
BRENDAN BYRNE 90.7 WMFE-FM (Orlando) 407-273-2300 ext.195 [email protected]
Brendan Byrne worked extensively on the Orlando police response to the Pulse nightclub shooting and will be part of the WMFE team covering the trial, beginning in March, of the wife of the Pulse shooter. SARA DINATALE Tampa Bay Times 716-880-4706 [email protected]
Sara DiNatale, a digital reporter at the Tampa Bay Times, was editor at the University at Buffalo’s independent student newspaper, The Spectrum. She was an intern at the Buffalo News, the Oregonian and the Boston Globe before joining the Times in the fall of 2015.
BRUNO G. GALLO Noticias Telemundo/NBCUniversal (Miami) [email protected]
Bruno Gallo, who is from Spain, is relatively new to the country and to Noticias Telemundo. A digital reporter, he recently graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
ANNALIESE GARCIA Univision Communications, Inc. (Miami) 305-338-0801 [email protected]
Annaliese Garcia, a video journalist, graduated from the University of Miami (2015), where she was a sports anchor/host and technical director for UMTV. She was an intern for two years at beIN Sports International Network while she completed her undergraduate studies.
LEANNET GONZALEZ America Teve/Channel 41 (Hialeah) 786-371-5597 [email protected]
Leannet Gonzalez is chief of the Assignment Desk at America CV Network. She assigns daily news stories and special investigative reporting and directs 12 reporters, 10 videographers, and the archive and the editing department personnel. KELLY GROSIELD WMBB-TV News 13 ABC (Panama City) 954-593-5202 [email protected]
Kelly Grosfield is a recent addition to the staff at WMBB-TV, covering the courts and crime beat. She graduated from the University of Florida’s College of Journalism in April and began working at WMBB in mid-May.
EILEEN KELLEY The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) 904-359-4104 [email protected]
Eileen Kelley covers courts for the Florida Times-Union. She was a reporter for nearly 30 years before coming to Jacksonville, covering criminal justice in Indian River County and Cincinnati, Ohio. She has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times in her career.
EMMA KENNEDY Pensacola News Journal 850-375-5620 [email protected]
Emma Kennedy, a native of Australia, joined the Pensacola News Journal as the crime and justice reporter in December 2016. She earned a degree in multimedia journalism in Australia in 2012 and worked for two years there before coming to the United States. Emma
ELIZABETH KOH Miami Herald 305-376-3551 [email protected]
Elizabeth Koh is a breaking news reporter for the Miami Herald. She interned for the Herald two years ago as a data reporter, then was a breaking news reporter in the McClatchy Washington bureau. She returned to the Herald this year.
GAL TZIPERMAN LOTAN Orlando Sentinel 407-420-5774 [email protected]
Gal Tziperman Lotan covers courts in Orange and Osceola counties. She joined the Orlando Sentinel as a breaking news reporter in 2014 and covered the Pulse shooting. Before that, she was a correspondent for the Boston Globe and a web producer for BostonGlobe.com.
ETHAN MAGOC WUFT/University of Florida (Gainesville) 352-294-1525 [email protected]
Ethan Magoc is one of the news managers in the Innovation News Center at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. The center provides content for four radio stations, a full power and low power TV station and a website.
BRIDGETTE MATTER Action News Jax/WJAX-TV (Jacksonville) 904-591-9926 [email protected]
Bridgette Matter joined Action News Jax in 2015 and covers crime and courts. She grew up south of Orlando and attended the University of Central Florida, majoring in political science.
SARA NEALEIGH Bradenton Herald 941-745-7081 [email protected]
Sara Nealeigh covers breaking news for the Bradenton Herald, where she has worked for several months. She often reports on law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
CODY O’HARA WFSU-TV/The Florida Channel (Tallahassee) 859-547-7010 [email protected]
Cody O’Hara joined The Florida Channel in March as a reporter/producer. He has covered the initial meetings of the Constitution Revision Commission and the Aramis Ayala case. He has been a television reporter and anchor in Casper, Wyoming, and Augusta, Georgia.
ASHLEY RICHMOND WTXL TV/ABC 27 (Tallahassee) 850-894-6397 [email protected]
Ashley Richmond is the weekend anchor and the newest addition to “The Insiders,” the investigative unit at WTXL. She previously was a reporter in Rock Island, Illinois, and her hometown of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
PATRICK RILEY Naples Daily News 239-263-4825 [email protected]
Patrick Riley covers breaking news, cops and courts at the Naples Daily News. He graduated from the University of Miami in 2014 but is originally from Innsbruck, Austria, and speaks German and English.
SUE-ANN ROBINSON Legally Speaking/Daily Flash TV (Miami Freelancer) 954-709-7365 [email protected]
Sue-Ann Robinson is an attorney and legal correspondent for Daily Flash TV in Miami. She started her legal career as a prosecutor and founded of Robinson-Caddy Law, where she represents individuals and corporations in business and criminal defense matters.
JAKE STOFAN Capitol News Service (Tallahassee) 904-207-4245 [email protected]
Jake Stofan, a native of Jacksonville, works at Capitol News Service, covering major developments in Florida politics. He previously worked in Fargo, North Dakota. His interest in journalism began in the Fleming Island High School television productions academy.
DAN SULLIVAN Tampa Bay Times 813-545-5590 [email protected]
Dan Sullivan covers state and federal courts in Tampa for the Tampa Bay Times. He was a police reporter for the Times on both sides of Tampa Bay and has written extensively about capital punishment and Florida's “stand your ground” law.
JENNIFER TINTNER WPTV NewsChannel 5 (West Palm Beach) 561-718-5950 [email protected]
Jennifer Tintner, a 2016 graduate of the University of Florida, recently became the digital courts and crime reporter for WPTV, after a 10-month stint as assignment editor. She was an intern at ABC News in Washington, D.C., and at the Jerusalem Post.
KRISTA TORRALVA Orlando Sentinel 361-549-1428 [email protected]
Krista Torralva joined the Orlando Sentinel in July and will be covering court cases in Seminole and Orange counties. She reported on the criminal justice system in Corpus Christi, Texas, and won the 2017 Texas Gavel Award for a series on domestic violence.