The Alachua County Library District has voted to permanently dissolve a committee designed to look into workplace and LGBTQ concerns. The committee was formed in August of last year in response to anonymous employee complaints, the committee was suspended on December 14th a few days before it was scheduled to have its first meeting.
Áine Pennello is a multimedia reporter and Morning Edition news anchor for the College’s Innovation News Center. She has a background in video news and documentary and most recently worked at WCBS Newsradio in New York City covering local news and the tri-state area. She has also reported internationally, freelancing from Paris and Berlin during the Syrian refugee crisis. During the Syrian Civil War, Pennello reported from the Golan Heights while on a reporting grant from the International Center for Journalists.