Gabriella Paul - WUSF
Gabriella Paul tells stories about living paycheck to paycheck for public radio at WUSF News. She is also a corps member of Report For America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms. Gabriella got her start in radio at WUFT in Gainesville, where she worked as a digital producer and taught digital production at the University of Florida. She graduated from UF with a degree in journalism and a minor in history. While there, she spent many hours in the archives and was later asked to co-author a presidential task force report on the university’s founding and racial legacies.
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Melissa Preen stands by boxes filled with her belongings as she prepares to move back to Cleveland. She says she can no longer afford to live in Country Villa Estates in Riverview, due to rising lot rent and other fees. | Octavio Jones, WUSF
July 30, 2025

Even manufactured homes are becoming unaffordable

Floridians who live in manufactured homes are often older people on fixed incomes. Now lot rents are pricing them out.…

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Grab-and-go lunches are being prepped at a Summer BreakSpot location in July. The meal sites, which are backed by Florida's Department of Agriculture, ramped up services in rural communities this summer after receiving additional funding from No Kid Hungry, according to a spokesperson. | Anais Rice, No Kid Hungry Florida
August 16, 2024

Florida opts out of summer food assistance for kids

For the second year, the state did not accept federal assistance through the Sun Bucks program, which helps parents cover…

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March 1, 2024

Payday loans could get even more expensive

A pair of legislative bills would raise the scale of interest rates that payday lenders are allowed to charge borrowers.…

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Customers shop at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Friday, April 1, 2022. | Nam Y. Huh, AP
January 8, 2024

Florida opts out of about $250 million in food aid

Florida decided not to participate in a new federal program designed to help low-income parents pay for groceries over the…

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The interactive map with information about meal spots and hours of operation is updated daily. | Screenshot of No Kid Hungry map
June 15, 2023

Want free lunches for your kids this summer? This tool can help.

No Kid Hungry provides an interactive map and texting hotline. This year, the resource is also available via WhatsApp.…