Julie Glenn
Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Fluent in Italian, Julie has also worked with Italian wine companies creating and translating web content and marketing materials. Her work has been featured in international, national, and local magazines. She has served as president of the local chapter of Slow Food where she remains on the board. Her interests include cooking, traveling, and spending time with her family.
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A new business in downtown Fort Myers is selling products that contain CBD , or cannabidol, which is a naturally occurring compound found in cannabis .... -
Smoke signals rising from Florida Gulf Coast University got local attention last semester when it offered a class called, “Weed: The impact of marijuana... -
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month , and this year marks 18 years of sexual assault-centered activism. According to the National Sexual Violence... -
The Radio Television Digital News Association has awarded the WGCU News team a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage for " Two... -
First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the beginning of the modern environmental movement in 1970, when on April 22 an estimated... -
A recent study by scientists with the University of Florida and the U.S. Geological Survey finds that Burmese pythons may be foraging on wading bird... -
According to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention , more than 500 confirmed individual cases of measles have been recorded in 20 different... -
Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder marked by systems such as tremors, stiffness and slow muscle movement. According to parkinsons.org , 60... -
We're getting an update on the state of the foster care system in southwest Florida with Nadereh Salim , she's the chief executive officer of the... -
A plastic bag or a six pack ring floating by in the ocean would cause someone to cringe. Large pieces of plastics are easy to spot, campaign around and...
