Áine Pennello
WUFT Morning Edition News AnchorÁine 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 grant from the International Center for Journalists.
She has produced and reported for a variety of media companies, including The New York Times, Soledad O’Brien Productions, NBC News, ABC News Studios, Hulu, VICE, HBO Films and Netflix.
In 2016, she was nominated for GLAAD Media’s award for Outstanding Digital Journalism and this year was nominated for a Sundance Premier and Emmy award as part of the crew that produced the documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.”
Pennello has also been an adjunct professor at Fordham University and the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY. She is also a board member of the Society for Professional Journalism’s NYC chapter.
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WUFT's Áine Pennello explains why Florida requires amendments to gain 60% of the vote to pass. -
Organizers for a conference on the Israeli war in Gaza had to scramble when officials at the University of Florida said the event could no longer take place on campus, less than 24 hours before it was scheduled to start. -
Alachua County residents have donated more than $1 million to the Harris and Trump campaigns. -
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the war in Gaza. The conflict has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians and about 1,200 people in Israel. -
Sunday marks one year since Israel’s ground invasion into Gaza. The resulting war there has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. -
Monday marks the first anniversary of the single deadliest day for Israelis in history. Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killed nearly 1,200 people. It’s a day often referred to as Israel’s version of 9/11. WUFT spoke with members of Gainesville’s Jewish and Israeli communities to learn what the day means to them. -
Harrison Scoville, chair of the Alachua County Democratic party, and Tim Marden, chair of the Alachua County Republican Party, discuss their thoughts on the first debate Sept. 10 between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
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However, a law known as HB3 prevents local governments from making investment decisions based on environmental, social and governance factors.
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Áine Pennello has joined the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Innovation News Center as a multimedia reporter and producer, and will assume the role of “Morning Edition” news anchor. She will also be a reporter for WUFT platforms.
