Renata Di Gregorio joined First Coast News as a reporter in December 2019. She woke up early to tell stories for Good Morning Jacksonville for four years before transitioning to the "dayside" news team to work on more investigative pieces.
During her time in Jacksonville, Renata has covered multiple high-profile court cases and earned two Emmy Awards and a nomination for her work. The latest story to gain this recognition involved looking into a number of industrial disasters plaguing Brunswick, Georgia in a short time period.
In her first year in town, Renata became the face of First Coast Foodies and broke a story about an investigation into an odor plaguing the Murray Hill area, which won her a Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Award.
Renata traded tornadoes for hurricanes when she moved to Jacksonville from Huntsville, Alabama, the Rocket City. There, she reported on the rocket being developed to bring the first people to Mars and interviewed the governor about prison reform following a triple murder.
Before Huntsville, Renata reported in her home state of West Virginia. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from West Virginia University's Honors College with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism and a minor in Spanish.
Renata is working on becoming fluent in Spanish, is a textile artist and can be found doing adventurous activities outside. She is excited to continue to tell Jacksonville’s story.