Career

Vasilinda's career began as a student Florida State University

Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

. In January 1974, he founded Capitol Report airing on Florida Public Radio. Vasilinda was then hired to do freelance radio reporting and in 1975, Capitol News Service was founded where Vasilida actually began his formal career. In 1978, Vasilinda purchased video equipment and began receiving a monthly retainer and by 1983 CNS owned the 3rd Sony Betacam. He was also with Florida's News Channel

Florida's News Channel

Florida's News Channel was a regional cable news television channel seen on selected cable systems in September 1998. It originated from Florida's state capitol, Tallahassee, Florida, at studios remodelled from a former movie theater. The network was run by Mike Vasilinda...

 before it folded in 2003. Vasilinda is the president of Mike Vasilinda Productions (MVP), a high definition

High-definition video

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, television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 and video production

Video production

Video production is videography, the process of capturing moving images on electronic media even streaming media. The term includes methods of production and post-production...

 company located in Tallahassee.

Family

Mike Vasilinda is married to Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda

Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda

Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda is an attorney and community college professor living in Tallahassee, Florida.Vasilinda was born in Rochester, New York and is a Democratic politician who serves as the member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 9. Vasilinda came to Florida in 1977...

, a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 politician who serves as the member of the Florida House of Representatives

Florida House of Representatives

The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The House is composed of 120 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 156,677.The House convenes at...

 from District 9. They have two children: Anna Laura Rehwinkel, Catherine Rehwinkel.

Public service

• Member: Florida Missing Children’s Information Clearing House Advisory Board
• Member: American Cancer Society
  American Cancer Society
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  , Leon Unit
• Member: Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce
• Member: Kids Inc
• Member: First Amendment Foundation
• Member: Council on Culture and Arts