Michael Braun
Managing Editor for News/Digital News DirectorMichael Braun joined the WGCU Public Media staff in August 2022.
He has been a working journalist for 49 years, starting as a reporter with the Lisbon Morning Journal in Lisbon, Ohio in June 1977.
He also worked at the Fort Myers News-Press and Naples Daily News where he was on staff for 17 years as a page designer/copy editor and breaking news reporter.
He also worked for 25 years at The Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio, serving as a general assignment reporter, rewrite editor, copy editor, Sunday edition editor, outdoors columnist, designer and chief of the design desk.
He graduated in 1977 with a degree in media communications from Youngstown State University where he was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, The Jambar, in 1976-77.
He lives in Fort Myers and is originally from Peoria, Illinois.
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The Florida Ethics Commission said Wednesday it rejected the recommendation of its advocate and found no probable cause to believe that Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno accepted a gift of furniture that exceeded $100 from a prohibited donor or, as an alternative, that he failed to report the furniture as a gift. -
Lina María Muñoz Posada, who allegedly bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from Southwest Florida communities with her husband, former Florida property manager Orlando Miserandino Ortiz, has been arrested in Rionegro, Colombia. -
Those looking to attend a political rally at Florida Gulf Coast University today featuring President Donald Trump started lining up on the campus early. Vehicles were lining up before 6 a.m. along campus streets leading to the Alico Arena rally venue. Many had to leave after the arena filled to capacity.
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They came early and lined streets, parking lots and bridges in every part of the country for a No Kings protest rally that was focused on non-partisan voter participation. -
A report issued Friday said that inspectors making an unannounced inspection of the site near Ochopee in January found that detention center staff could not clearly identify which detention standards they used for holding detainees on immigration-related charges. There were also concerns over small metal cages used for confinement at the site. -
Primary election results Tuesday showed some surprising victories and expected wins across the state. -
Since shortly before the turn of this century, volunteers and others have been helping the annual Big Backpack Event hand out school supplies. It wasn't a surprise, then, when one of those they helped returned Sunday to give back a bit. -
A man that a local community group said was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement agents Friday has been identified by the Department of Homeland Security. -
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Fort Myers attorney Christopher "Chris" W. Crowley in a case involving freedom of speech and a political campaign between Crowley and State Attorney Amira Fox. -
The Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Center is returning as an official early voting and Election Day polling location for the 2026 primary and general elections to ensure accessibility for voters in the Dunbar community and surrounding area.
