Gabriella Paul
ReporterI tell stories about living paycheck to paycheck for public radio at WUSF News. I’m also a corps member of Report For America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms.
I got my start in radio at WUFT in Gainesville, where I worked as a digital producer and taught digital production at the University of Florida. Also my alma mater, I graduated from UF with a degree in journalism and a minor in history. While there, I spent many hours in the archives and was later asked to co-author a presidential task force report on the university’s founding and racial legacies.
Outside of the newsroom (and the archives), you can find me exploring the nearest wildlife trail, beach or brewery. I grew up playing tennis, golf and beach volleyball. But I love trying new things, which right now looks like learning salsa and kickboxing.
I joined the team in June of 2022 and returned to my hometown of Tampa, where I report on a growing list of issues that working people face today: rent spikes, stagnant wages, food and job insecurity, and systemic inequities.
My goal is to invite members of the community who are living paycheck to paycheck to drive my reporting. It matters to me that my coverage resonates with those living these experiences.
For story ideas and news tips, you can reach me at gabriellamae@wusf.org or 813-419-3148.
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Tampa leaders are leveraging two public programs to address the lack of affordable housing and heightened investor competition in the single-family housing market. Data shows that the programs have been especially effective in bridging the gap in the city’s Black homeownership rates. -
Florida KidCare, a childhood insurance option for some parents who lost coverage, is failing to offset the coverage gap left by the Medicaid unwinding. -
If Ashley Brundage beats GOP incumbent Karen Pittman in the general election for District 65, she will become Florida's first transgender elected official. Here are the local House and Senate results. -
Florida missed the Aug. 15 deadline to opt into the Sun Bucks program for 2025. The state opted out of the federal program in 2024, too. -
Large corporations, like Amherst and Invitation Homes, own thousands of homes across the greater Tampa Bay region. Renters say they’re unresponsive, quick to evict and only care about their bottom line. -
The proposed development would provide 132 apartments on nearly five acres of district-owned land for Manatee County school district employees. -
The latest report by United Way Suncoast shows a growing number of families with young children are living on the brink of poverty. -
Data shows that holdings by midsize investors, people who own fewer than 100 homes, aren’t growing as fast as other investor groups in the Tampa Bay region. -
Tampa airport officials say that bad weather was to blame for the surge in delays and cancellations. -
WUSF wants to know what it's like for renters in the greater Tampa Bay region who live in a build-to-rent neighborhood, or who rent a home owned by a large corporation.
