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Britt Kennerly

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Covers:  I edit breaking news, education news and FLORIDA TODAY's Style section. I'm also a community issues columnist and specialize in writing personality profiles and about issues of aging.
Journalist @Florida_Today. I string nouns & verbs together to share life on the sunny, funny Space Coast. Cat herder. Disney addict. Married to my best pal.

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Britt Kennerly is a veteran journalist who has interviewed everyone from a former U.S. president (Jimmy Carter) to Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics and from Tony Bennett to Ted Nugent. She like to find the fab in the meh, spends many weekends at Disney World and thinks holidays in Quebec are the Best. Thing. Ever. Britt once broke a little toe in her hurry to get a plate of chicken stir fry, plans to die with a TV remote in her hand and not-so-secretly thinks her anipals are as cute and smar…

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Disney vs. Ron DeSantis: 'Don't Say Gay' feud isn't stopping fans from visiting Disney World

Disney vs. Ron DeSantis: 'Don't Say Gay' feud isn't stopping fans from visiting Disney World

Even if you've been deep inside Space Mountain for the past few weeks, you might have heard the intense rumbl…

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When people scour Facebook for food help at midnight, we have a problem | Opinion

When people scour Facebook for food help at midnight, we have a problem | Opinion

It was just a couple of bags of food, the kind of staples you'd find in many cabinets and refrigerators. Stuf…

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The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

A three-part series, "The Long Goodbye" details a family's journey through dementia, through the life story o…

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Florida Today Britt Kennerly

Florida Today Britt Kennerly

Latest columns from Florida Today's Britt Kennerly, deputy public opinion editor. She covers issues of people…

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A family and world united by grief: COVID's continued, shattering impact | Kennerly

A family and world united by grief: COVID's continued, shattering impact | Kennerly

It's overwhelming, really, if you think about how many of us are affected by the loss of more than 1 million …

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Good morning, moon! Rocket's journey dazzles in Photo of the Week

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By Britt Kennerly Verified
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 9. A FLORIDA TODAY visual journalist captured a striking photo of the rocket passing near the moon. The photographer noted the shot was unplanned and served as a reminder that no launch is routine. The rocket successfully deployed 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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Music's still king for this 1976 Rockledge grad, an Elvis tribute artist

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By Britt Kennerly Verified
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Jack Smink, a Rockledge High School alumnus, became a globally recognized Elvis tribute artist. Smink has performed as Elvis over 1,000 times, including at the King Center in Melbourne, FL, across the U.S. and in England.
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Music's still king for this 1976 Rockledge grad, an Elvis tribute artist

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By Britt Kennerly Verified
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Back in the '70s, soon-to-be high school grads might have voted a classmate "Class Clown" or "Most Likely to Succeed," while in recent years, so-called "senior superlatives" in yearbooks trended toward tags such as "Most Likely to Star in a Reality Show" or "Most TikTok Followers." But how many classes of, well, any year have a singing football player who winds up becoming an Elvis tribute artist who has performed around the globe, run for office and can fit in his letterman's jacket 50 years...
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