For 23 years and seven months, Rob Lorey helped viewers understand their state’s understanding with his WEDU program “This Week.”
On Friday night airing, Lorei announced that he would resign from the show this month after being diagnosed with cancer.
“My heart is directed towards you, with people who are experiencing illness, or with friends and family who are experiencing the same situation,” he said. “There are a lot of people out there.”
Friday marked Lorey’s final time to host “Florida this week,” but he wasn’t finished working for Wedu. He also announced that he will hold a new interview series called “Perspectives” on Friday. The program will focus on “exploring thoughtful conversations with well-known guests, personal stories, experiences and worldviews.”
Lorei said he pulled from decades of interviewing politicians, activists, educators and others.
“We have shown that in these divided eras we can get more light than heat,” he told viewers Friday night.
Before his job at Wedu, Lorei helped find the community radio station WMNF in 1979. He previously hosted a show on a radio station before being fired by email in 2021.
Reset Campos, an eight-time Emmy-winning journalist who worked for CBS in Miami and ABC in Tampa Bay, will take over Lorey on “Florida” from March 21st.
To watch the last time we host Lorei’s “Florida of the Week” or to listen to the programme on the podcast form, visit wedu.org/shows/florida-this-Week.
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