Sherrilyn Cabrera
PM Newscast and Digital ProducerSherrilyn Cabrera is WLRN's PM newscast and digital producer.
She got her start in journalism as a 2019 spring and summer intern for WLRN. After completing her internship, she continued to report, anchor and produce for the newsroom as a freelancer.
During the 2020 election, Sherrilyn was a reporting fellow for , helping cover the election and its impact on local communities along the Treasure Coast. The following year, she worked with Boston NPR member station as an associate producer for newscasts and worked with the newsroom's digital team.
A Miami native, Sherrilyn is a proud alumni of Miami Dade College and Florida International University, where she earned her journalism degrees. She is a fierce advocate for local news and is proud she gets to work in it — in her hometown.
She can be reached at scabrera@wlrnnews.org
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A Jupiter-based animal rescue organization says it urgently needs donations, fosters and volunteers after a tornado destroyed much of its Ranch Adoption Center in Palm City.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Urban Search and Rescue task force is prepared to go to assist in Hurricane Milton relief efforts.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will keep today’s voter registration deadline for those who want to cast ballots in the November presidential election.
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The Metromover in downtown Miami will be closed tomorrow Saturday, Oct. 5 until 2 p.m. because of a system upgrade.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Urban Search and Rescue task force has returned to South Florida, more than a week after they were deployed to assist other local and state agencies with Hurricane Helene relief efforts.
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City officials say the contractor was performing work earlier today to relocate a fiber optic line when a contractor accidentally drilled through a 54 inch wastewater pipe at Port Everglades.
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The National Park Service has reopened Dry Tortugas National Park and Fort Jefferson after NPS had closed the islands over the weekend to assess damage after Hurricane Helene.
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The groups, Global Empowerment Mission and Farm Share, are partnering to provide water, food, personal hygiene supplies and other essential items to those affected by the hurricane.
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All schools and school district offices will be closed tomorrow in Monroe County as Hurricane Helene moves across the Gulf of Mexico.
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The state Department of Health in Palm Beach County has confirmed one case of locally-acquired dengue fever.
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During the National Football League’s opening weekend, Broward County again led with the most South Florida high school graduates participating in the league.
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A new art exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami is examining what it means to be a Chicano, an ethnic identity commonly used by Mexican-Americans in the U.S. West. “Nobody knows the story of immigration and of the immigrant better than Miami does," said curator Gilbert Vicario.