Friday Media Roundtable; Coming Out Day Goes Virtual

On this week’s Friday Media Roundtable, we discussed some of the top stories in Northeast Florida, including:

• The city is looking at giving Lot J developers a $65.5 million interest-free loan.

• The University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Polling Lab released two polls this week.

• Local retailers haved launched the Shop Jax campaign to encourage residents to support local businesses amidst the opening of the new Jacksonville Beach Whole Foods location.

• The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has captured an emu chasing people on the Westside.

Our guests were:

• AG Gancarski of Florida Politics

• Tim Gibbons of theJacksonville Business Journal

• WJCT news contributor Fred Matthews

• And journalistClaire Goforth.

Coming Out Day Goes Virtual

Local nonprofit JASMYN is hosting its annual Coming Out Day breakfast online this year. Keynote speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Dr. Jericho Brown, will be joined by Jimmy Midyette, this year’s Diamond Award winner.

JASMYN CEO Cindy Watson joined us to discuss the event.

Katherine Hobbs can be reached at newsteam@wjct.org or on Twitter at @KatherineGHobbs.