Jimena Romero
News and Public Affairs ProducerJimena Romero is WLRN’s News and Public Affairs Producer. Besides producing The South Florida Roundup, she is also a general assignment reporter.
She graduated from the in Spring 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism.
During her time as a Gator, Romero served as a multimedia journalist as well as producer for and anchor of All Things Considered for WUFT News, North Central Florida’s NPR-affiliate. Her performance in these roles earned her the Ralph L. Lowenstein Broadcast News Award.
Jimena’s love for telling stories through sound ignited during her early college years at Miami Dade Honors College where she served as podcast director for Urbana Literary & Arts Magazine.
Jimena can be reached at jromero@wlrnnews.org.
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The Caribbean Marketplace, part of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, re-opened earlier this month after four months of being closed due to a leaky roof. -
Chispa, a dating app made for Latinos, will help you find your way to your better half — and also to early voting sites.
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As they size up whom to cast their ballot for in the presidential election on Nov. 5, Hispanic voters nationwide are becoming more and more like other U.S. voters, focusing more attention on pocketbook issues, like the economy and inflation, said a leading expert on the nation’s Hispanic vote. -
The National Weather Service office in Miami issued over 50 tornado warnings in South Florida. Broward and Palm Beach counties experienced some of these cyclones. -
Palm Beach County issued an evacuation order for mobile home residents and those with substantial construction living in flood-prone areas.
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U-Haul, the moving and storage company, is offering Floridians 30 days of free storage services.The disaster relief program is meant to help residents prepare for Hurricane Milton and support recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene. -
The Monroe County Supervisor Elections, who is retiring this year after more than four decades in the job, joined the South Florida Roundup on Friday to talk about the challenges election officials in Florida face in keeping up with the state's new voting laws. -
Miami-Dade County commissioners, following a public hearing, have deferred a final vote until Nov. 6 after widespread community opposition to the building of a new incinerator. Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam says the county's plan to build a new trash incinerator near his Broward city raises serious economical and environmental concerns. -
Inter Miami announced that Benjamin, “Benja” Cremaschi will remain with the celebrated soccer club through 2027, with the option of an additional year. -
North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme, who is Haitian-American, says former President Donald Trump's inflammatory remarks about Haitian immigrants abducting cats and dogs in Ohio were made to bully the community and is part of his campaign's anti-immigrant message. -
Some blame new state condo laws, which changed in response to the Surfside condo building collapse of 2021, for causing the current condo crisis. -
New restrictions on private enterprise in Cuba will “severely hinder” the growth of the sector — and could worsen a shortage in key items like chicken on the island, an expert told WLRN.
