This week’s Friday Media Roundtable covered these top stories on the First Coast:
- Donna Deegan is considering a mayoral run
- Mayor Lenny Curry announced his pick for the role of chief resiliency officer
- The mayor took out billboards in four cities urging people to move to Jacksonville
- Florida is seeing a rise in new Covid-19 cases as the Delta variant takes hold in unvaccinated pockets of the population nationwide
This weeks panelists were:
- Anne Schindler of First Coast News
- Mike Mendenhall of the Jax Daily Record
- Contributor Charles Griggs
- David Bauerlein of The Florida Times-Union
'Mandy’s Voice'
Mandy's Voice, a short film that's set to film in Jacksonville, is a true story about a local non-verbal autustic teen. The film showcases the teen's experience with facilitated communication--a polarizing form of communication therapy.
Roxanna Lewis, the director and producer of Mandy’s Voice, joined us to discuss her upcoming film.
Mackenzie Guiry can be reached at newsteam@wjct.org
