Anne Schindler
Host, "First Coast Connect"Anne Schindler joined WJCT News as host of First Coast Connect in October 2023, after nearly three decades in Jacksonville print and television.
Anne has worked in the Jacksonville media market since 1995, first as a reporter for the original Folio Weekly, then as the publication’s editor-in-chief from 2002 until her departure.
In 2012, Anne transitioned to television as executive producer of special projects for First Coast News, Northeast Florida’s NBC and ABC affiliates.
Anne graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in journalism. Her first job in journalism was at the Twin Cities Reader, under the paper’s then-editor, David Carr.
She currently serves as chair of the Northeast Florida Media Committee and is a member of the University of North Florida School of Communication’s Professional Advisory Board.
Her credits include a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative journalism, eight Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards and five NATAS Suncoast Emmy Awards, including in the investigative reporting and topical documentary categories.
“To bring everything I’ve learned to First Coast Connect at this moment in our region’s evolution is a dream opportunity,” Anne said. “I’m ready to listen — and to ask the hard questions that matter to our audience.”
You can reach Anne at aschindler@wjct.org.
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First Coast ConnectFour of our favorite book nerds share their favorite reads and recommendations. -
First Coast ConnectOur media panel unpacks the week’s top stories, from a large-scale gambling sting to plans for a retrofitted Metro Park. -
First Coast ConnectHow patients and doctors can avoid political minefields in health care. -
First Coast ConnectWe examine how the Sunshine State blazed the nation’s current political trail, as well as its role shaping the incoming administration. -
First Coast ConnectOneJax honors the former mayor with its Silver Medallion Humanitarian Award. -
First Coast ConnectA Florida prosecutor is working to vacate 2,600 convictions from a sheriff’s operation that illegally sold manufactured crack cocaine. -
First Coast ConnectOur media panel unpacks the week’s top stories, ranging from a city garbage fiasco to an unrelenting stench in Murray Hill. -
First Coast ConnectNew reports expose the practice of home insurance companies reducing storm damage claims by as much as 97%. -
First Coast ConnectA look at the effect of the Sporting Jax women's soccer team — the first professional major league women's sports franchise to land in Jacksonville. -
First Coast ConnectJacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan takes your calls and questions in our monthly segment.
