Jessica Meszaros
Reporter/HostI’ve been a voice on public radio stations across Florida since 2012, working for stations in Miami, Fort Myers and now Tampa.
My main role for WUSF is to report on climate change and the environment, while taking part in NPR’s High-Impact Climate Change Team. I’m also a participant of the Florida Climate Change Reporting Network.
I enjoy giving the audience an immersive sensory experience by using active sounds and descriptive writing.
Over the years, my work has been recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association, Sunshine State Awards, Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists, Public Media Journalists Association, Green Eyeshade Awards, and Climate Adaptation Center.
I’ve also been a recipient of a few fellowships: Natl. Science, Health, Environment Reporting Fellow; RTDNA N.S. Bienstock Fellow; and Kopenhaver Center Fellow.
Some of my hobbies, like camping, hiking and kayaking, have coincided with my beat to continue giving me a fresh take of the human experience within the natural world.
Born and raised in South Florida, I’m a second-generation immigrant. My mom and dad both escaped communist countries — Cuba and what was then known as Czechoslovakia, respectively. I feel that my family’s unique background gives me a deeper understanding of the complexities each person brings to a story.
If you have a story idea about the environment or sustainability, you can contact me at jmmeszaros@wusf.org.
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Apenas la semana pasada, la administración Trump revocó un hallazgo de peligro del 2009, el cual establecía que los gases que atrapan el calor, como el metano y el dióxido de carbono, amenazan la salud pública. -
Just last week, the Trump administration revoked a 2009 endangerment finding, which said heat-trapping gases, like methane and carbon dioxide, threaten public health. -
The environmental department is seeing more seagrasses and wave protection from an oyster reef they installed just offshore of their current Philippe Park project a few years ago. -
These facilities use excessive amounts of electricity and water. Development plans are being discussed in Polk, Palm Beach, Martin, and Citrus counties. -
A community group informed residents of what's environmentally at stake and discussed hiring lawyers to get ahead of a private company's development process. -
Manatee County is a significant contributor to Florida’s shellfish aquaculture sector, which supports over $29 billion in sales revenue and more than 400 jobs throughout the state’s economy. -
The measure's sponsor says "net-zero" policies drive up costs, while one city commissioner says destructive weather intensified by climate change is actually doing so. -
They say they're satisfied with the zoning applicant's environmental strategy. The county has not officially approved the rezoning. -
Rising temperatures, increasing nutrients, and changing currents could all be factors in the algae expansion. -
The county is leasing its Lithia landfill to a company that will turn landfill gas, the natural byproduct of decomposing organic material, into "renewable natural gas."
