Daylina Miller
Multimedia JournalistI took my first photography class when I was 11. My stepmom begged a local group to let me into the adults-only class one summer, and armed with a 35 mm disposable camera, I started my journey toward multimedia journalism.
Now I’m WUSF’s multimedia reporter, creating photos, videos, reels and more to complement our news coverage. I also do my own broadcast stories for the radio.
My journalism spans from phosphate mines, managed Medicaid issues and how transgender Floridians are impacted by state laws, to coral baby nurseries, bull shark research, and COVID-sniffing dogs.
My career has been long and storied. It formally started in high school where I spent four years as a journalist, editor and columnist (RIP "The Light of Day") for the Chamberlain Chieftain, and a community columnist for the Tampa Tribune when I was 16. I got my bachelors degree in journalism from the University of South Florida, and my masters in new media journalism from Full Sail University.
I started USF's Her Campus Magazine branch; wrote about issues impacting college students for USA Today; freelanced for AOL's Patch sites, niche steampunk magazines, the Tampa Tribune, Tampa Bay Times, Palm Harbor Beacon and Florida Geek Scene; worked my first staff job at the Suncoast News; did a brief stint as a reporter and assistant news editor at the Marshall News Messenger in East Texas; then landed at WUSF 11 years ago as its lead health reporter.
In my free time, I play tabletop games and video games (message me to visit the radio station I’ve built on my Animal Crossing island!), collect ethically sourced taxidermy bugs, and add to the Pokemon card collection I started as a child in the 90s.
Contact Daylina (they/them/theirs) at 813-974-8629, on instagram at @DaylinaMillerMultimedia, on Bluesky @daylinamiller.wusf.org or by email at daylinamiller@wusf.org.
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Crowbar owner Tom DeGeorge spoke on "Florida Matters Live & Local" about a federal jury declaring the company a monopoly, the struggles facing small, local music venues, and the community's fight against a 4,300-capacity music venue Live Nation's planning to build in Ybor City's Gasworx District. -
Volunteers of America Florida, which manages some low-income senior housing across the state, used a Humana grant to purchase a couple dozen robocats and robodogs for seniors at their complex. -
The Black Cemetery Network, formed in the Tampa Bay area, hosted its first national conference in St. Petersburg. Founder Antoinette Jackson says Florida is "leading the national conversation" on the work to identify, preserve, and record African American burial grounds and their equally buried histories. -
On "Florida Matters Live & Local," the owner of "Ink Fink" in Tampa and a local tattoo artist who makes his own tattoo machines discuss the art of permanent ink. -
April is National Donate Life Month. That's for all organ, eye and tissue donations — both living and after death. WUSF spoke to the National Kidney Foundation of Florida about the growing need for organ donors, and Daylina Miller shares their own kidney donation story. -
Artist and mural painter Dylan Perry was hired by the Tampa Downtown Partnership to paint a mural on the wall of a building next to the Rialto Theatre. On Friday, April 10, members of the community were invited to help with the initial design, like a wall-sized paint-by-number artwork. The finished mural will be unveiled Friday, April 17. -
The loquat is a small fruit related to the pear, apple, and plum. While loquat festivals are prevalent in other parts of the world, the only one in the United States is in West Pasco County. It will be held this year on Saturday, April 11, at Sims Park. -
Las restricciones se aplican a todos los residentes, incluso a aquellos con pozos privados. A partir del 17 de abril, se podrán emitir multas sin previo aviso. Se ha declarado una Escasez de Agua Extrema de Fase Tres. -
The restrictions apply to all residents, even those with private wells. Starting April 17, citations can be issued without warning. A Phase Three Extreme Water Shortage has been issued. -
St. Petersburg resident Jeff Klein, who is originally from Dunedin, has been a full-time comedian for a little over a year. His GoFundMe fundraiser will help pay for his trip to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which attracts millions of attendees.
