Marcellina Ventura-Douglas
Radio News ReporterMarcellina Ventura-Douglas is the Radio News Reporter for WTJX-FM, 93.1. She was born and raised on the island of St. Croix, where her grandfather founded the historic newspaper, The St. Croix Avis. Marcellina earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of the Virgin Islands, also working in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone while she attended school. After leaving Malone's office, Marcellina went on to serve as program director of Vivid Streaming before working for the Virgin Islands National Guard as a Family Assistance Center Specialist from 2017 to 2018, where she supported service members and their families following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer, but was soon tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to deliver local evening news through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00 pm on 93.1 FM and available on demand, wherever you get your podcasts.
Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org
Phone: (340) 474-1682
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On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Four young Virgin Islands athletes are representing the territory at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, gaining international competitive experience in swimming and track and field. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: More than 12,000 Virgin Islanders have cast their ballots during early voting for tomorrow’s general election, surpassing participation in the last gubernatorial election four years ago, despite having fewer days to vote early. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: During a Coastal Zone Management meeting on WAPA’s plans to install four emergency standby generators on St. John, CZM Commissioner Kurt Marsh raised concerns about significant “deficiencies” in the project’s plans and questioned why the Authority had not begun critical planning and permitting work months earlier. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: "This is like almost a wayward administration going on here...you know, it's terrible Marcellina, terrible" — Senator Ray Fonseca's expresses his disappointment in hospital leadership as he speaks with WTJX's radio news reporter Marcellina Ventura-Douglas. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Two financing companies are seeking to seize funds from Juan F. Luis Hospital's bank accounts and other assets to collect more than $6.4 million following a federal court judgment over unpaid medical equipment lease obligations. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The opening of the Dilsa Capdeville Head Start Center on St. Thomas marks the completion of a $42 million federally funded initiative to rebuild six early childhood education facilities across the Virgin Islands, while honoring Capdeville's more than six decades of advocacy for children and families. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: With their federal criminal trial scheduled to begin November 2, Davidson and Sasha Charlemagne have been ordered to work with prosecutors to narrow outstanding evidentiary disputes involving exhibits the government intends to introduce. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Continued power outages lasting more than 24 hours have prompted protest on St. Thomas, with demonstrators demanding that the government request federal intervention as WAPA struggles to restore reliable electricity service. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Senate Vice President Kenneth Gittens calls for the government to consider selling WAPA's power generation assets to a qualified private operator, arguing that repeated outages and rising costs have made the territory's electricity crisis economically unsustainable. This comes on the heels of WAPA’s Executive Director Karl Knight attributing the latest St. Thomas/St. John power outages to a series of equipment failures during a board meeting today, noting that significant relief is still months away. -
On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Police are investigating the territory’s 41st homicide of the year following the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jahmarie Warden on St. Croix, while a man discovered near the scene was arrested on unrelated firearm and ammunition charges.
