Claire Heddles - Jacksonville Today
ReporterClaire joined WJCT as a reporter in August 2021. She was previously the local host of NPR's Morning Edition at WUOT in Knoxville, Tennessee. During her time in East Tennessee, her coverage of the COVID pandemic earned a Public Media Journalists’ Association award for investigative reporting.
Claire grew up in the desert city of Tucson, Arizona and received a master’s in journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. As a student, her work with Al Jazeera's Contrast VR won a Webby award. After graduation, Claire worked at NPR as a national desk intern.
Claire’s work has aired nationally on NPR’s All Things Considered, and she has bylines at NPR, The Advocate Magazine and Truthout.
Outside of reporting, Claire enjoys trying new recipes and restaurants around Jacksonville, throwing pottery and spending time outdoors. You can contact Claire with tips, story ideas or comments at (904) 250-0926, cheddles@wjct.org or on Twitter @claireheddles.
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A student government poll found that the vast majority of students oppose Gov. Ron DeSantis' efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs. -
College and university students around Florida walked out Thursday to support diversity, equity and inclusion programming. -
Duval Schools says media specialists have reviewed about 2,000 of the 1.6 million titles in the district. -
In what appears to be an internal training video obtained by WJCT News, the district’s chief academic officer tells teachers to temporarily pull books from classrooms until they've been reviewed. -
Sterman, the late influential donor under criminal investigation, was issued five separate badges to access Jacksonville Sheriff's Office buildings over the past decade, starting under former sheriff and current congressman John Rutherford. -
Under a new state law, superintendents will have to certify that they’ve held an annual public hearing on new instructional materials, and that media specialists and librarians completed the online training. -
Board of Education member Esther Byrd, from Neptune Beach, introduced the motion. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis recently required all public state colleges and universities to submit details about diversity, equity and inclusion programs. -
The Florida House has a speaker from Northeast Florida for the first time in two decades. -
Two City Council committees voted thumbs-down on the bill. Curry's proposal would ask voters whether officeholders should resign to seek another office.
