Our weekly Media Roundtable Friday on First Coast Connect featured Florida Times-Union Reporter Tessa Duvall, radio host Angela Spears, Jacksonville Daily Record Reporter Dave Cawton and WJCT Reporter Ryan Benk.
The topics discussed included
- A list of replacements for suspended Jacksonville City Council members Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown is on Governor Rick Scott’s desk.
- Controversy over outgoing Interim Duval County School Superintendent Patricia Willis promoting two relatives.
- More homicides in Jacksonville including three young men and a transgender victim (01:18).
We heard about the new Jacksonville Daily Record & Observer weekly free publication and updates to the Jacksonville Daily Record with Publisher Matt Walsh and Editor Karen Brune Mathis (35:19).
Ahead of their free concert Friday night at Hemming Park we heard from the band The Hunts and Friends of Hemming Park Director Christina Parrish Stone (46:00).
Kevin Meerschaert can be reached at kmeerschaert@wjct.org, 904-358-6334 or on Twitter at @KMeerschaertJax.
