For Friday's First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross Media Roundtable, our panel of journalists looked at some of the biggest stories of the week, including:
- The dueling Martin Luther King Jr. breakfasts
- Homicides in Jacksonville
- The implosion of the Old City Hall Annex and the demolition of the Hart Bridge ramps
Our panelists were:
- Nate Monroe of The Florida Times-Union
- David Cawton of the Jacksonville Daily Record
- Shelton Hull of Folio Weekly
- Tim Gibbons, editor of the Jacksonville Business Journal
Above and Beyond
If you’re a longtime fan of our regular Friday afternoon radio show Science Friday, be sure to listen even more closely today, for the premiere of a new 90-second weekly segment called Above and Beyond, which is hosted by two local experts. The first topic they will cover is Sunday’s lunar eclipse and blood moon. Eddie Whisler, Director of the Planetarium at MOSH; and Anthony Ouellette, Professor of Biology and Chemistry at Jacksonville University & Producer, The Science Of... joined us to tell us about it, as well as their Super Blood Moon Watch Party.
Heather Schatz can be reached at hschatz@wjct.org, 904-358-6334 or on Twitter at @heatherschatz.