Elizabeth Andarge

20/08/2025

Happy National Radio Day to my first love. 🎙️ Now, go show some love to your local public media station!

17/08/2025

Thank you for the warm welcome!

CFABJ welcomes Elizabeth Andarge to our organization!

Elizabeth hails from the DC area and graduated from Old Dominion University, where she landed her first radio job. After graduating, she worked for a local station before moving to Savannah, Georgia, to continue her broadcasting career.

Now working in Southwest Florida as a Culture and Connections Reporter for WGCU Public Media, she has covered everything from live elections to hurricane coverage. She believes local journalism is the backbone to every community and is passionate about telling stories that connect people to the places they call home.

Join us in giving Elizabeth a warm welcome to CFABJ!

12/08/2025

Throwback Tuesday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A9ChsuXHb8

The Pace Center for Girls serves 150 youths through their day school and reach therapy programs. One of the highlights for the center’s calendar is the annu...

12/08/2025

Over 1,000 rabbis from around the world have signed a letter calling for humanitarian relief in Gaza and several rabbis in Southwest and South Florida have added their signatures.

https://www.wgcu.org/culture-and-connections/2025-08-11/southwest-and-south-florida-rabbis-join-international-call-for-humanitarian-aid-in-gaza

Over 1,000 rabbis from around the world have signed a letter calling for humanitarian relief in Gaza and several rabbis in Southwest and South Florida have added their signatures.

29/07/2025

Great piece from Stephanie Davis in Florida Weekly!

Despite the heat, it’s turning out to be an absolutely delightful summer here in Southwest Florida — I say this as I pray to the weather gods for a completely uneventful July through October — and hope that our local meteorologists have the most boring ho-hum jobs ever during hurricane season....

28/07/2025

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is changing how it enforces political rules for churches, creating discussion among Southwest Florida religious leaders.

18/07/2025

"I feel like I made a lot of progress... and it really helped me focus on my mental health instead of getting stressed over every little thing." - One of the Pace Center for Girls, Lee students.

https://www.wgcu.org/culture-and-connections/2025-07-17/pace-center-for-girls-hosts-annual-funky-fashion-show

Ten years strong, and still funky. The Pace Center for Girls, Lee celebrated its annual Funky Fashion Show on Wednesday night with bold looks and bolder materials.

16/07/2025

Spoke with religious leaders across Southwest Florida to gather various perspectives on the new facility. Click the link below to hear what they had to say.

St. Monica's Episcopal Church Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida Rissho Kosei-kai of Fort Myers

It’s got a name that sounds like a theme park, but Alligator Alcatraz is anything but fun. State officials say it’s about law and order. Protestors argue that it’s located on sacred land. But what do local faith leaders have to say?

11/07/2025

Family is everything to many people. It's important enough that putting oneself in harm's way isn’t even a consideration. Leila Mesdaghi shares her version of that journey.

https://www.wgcu.org/top-story/2025-07-10/crossing-borders-from-fort-myers-to-iran-one-womans-journey

Family is everything to a lot of people. Important enough that putting oneself in harm's way isn’t even a consideration. One local woman shares her version of that journey.

01/07/2025

In an 11th-hour and unexpected move, DeSantis cut close to $6 million in funding for public radio and television stations across the state.

01/07/2025

Happy to share that puppets are now on display at the Osceola Library System.

When most people think about job interview preparation, they might imagine practicing in front of a mirror. But at Osceola County Corrections, inmates are preparing for the workforce with the help of some very special interview partners: puppets.And there's an FGCU connection at play.