Jake Frederico
Jake Frederico, was born in New Jersey and has lived in Miami for five years. He is a senior studying digital journalism at FIU with an area of concentration in photography. He has a passion for visual storytelling and environmental conservation and hopes to be able to tie his passions together to create long lasting impacts in South Florida and beyond.
Above-average hurricane season expected and it’s not only because of climate change (includes multimedia...
Over the past two decades, a string of apocalyptic storms have crashed into shore towns across the United States. The seemingly back-to-back-to-back hurricanes may...
June and July are “a lull before the main show:” How this year’s hurricane...
It was only three days into the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season when Tropical Storm Alex made its way across the Florida peninsula, dumping more...
Hurricane Andrew changed the way researchers looked at wind, now they must look to...
Thirty years after Hurricane Andrew plowed through Homestead, experts are still left with the fundamental problem of bracing for massive storms. Scientists, researchers and...
National Science Foundation grant will allow for larger hurricane testing facility at FIU
A recent grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help researchers at Florida International University better understand how to prepare for a new...
Miami Beach not enforcing resolution aimed at keeping beaches clean
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber recently told his 5,400 Twitter followers to “Please keep our beaches looking beautiful all year round. #KeepMBclean.”
https://twitter.com/mayordangelber/status/1505281119004078093?s=10&t=VDZeoZmT2fFKXvthqr4zrQ
Despite these words...
The high environmental cost of palm-oil use (includes multimedia content)
A 2018 animated Icelandic ad for a grocery store shows an adorable orangutang swinging around a young girl's bedroom, causing destruction as he throws...
Everglades Outpost, a Homestead sanctuary for animals from a tiger to a bear named...
Travel south on SW 192nd Ave in Homestead and you'll find a rescue operation housing with approximately 600 alligators in five different pits on...
From Venezuela to the moon: Amira Chomiak’s plant-based journey
With a scarlet knife gripped in her right hand, Amira Chomiak chops pieces of dark chocolate for some special brownies she makes for friends....
Top five places to grab sushi in Miami
Miami is a culinary melting pot for South Florida foodies. This extends far beyond the classic Cuban bakery or Latin kitchen. In recent years,...