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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Twenty-one people had been reported dead as of Friday morning, but there are likely more. Some 14,000 people remain in shelters. -
Power outages could climb as wind and rain continues. High winds are hampering some recovery efforts. -
Gullah/Geechee community members warn historic burial sites are at risk in Rayonier-owned logging land in Nassau County. Rayonier has yet to share a clear plan for protecting the sacred sites in their development plans for the area. -
A grand jury report unsealed last week accuses the district's former chief of police of failing to report more than 500 crimes. -
Moez Limayem, the new president of the University of North Florida, says race-related topics can be taught objectively. -
Parents, students and a nonprofit organization, Centerline Inc., say the law improperly chills discussion of issues such as gender identity and sexual orientation. Opponents have branded it the "Don't Say Gay" law. -
Candidate T.K. Waters has come under scrutiny over where he lives. He said he's renting on the city’s Northside and building a home in the city. -
Charter schools make up less than a quarter of Duval's public schools, but they represent almost half of the low-performing ones, according to new state school grades. -
Duval County Public Schools took down an anti-bullying video that taught middle and high school students how to support their LGBTQ peers, a Jacksonville Today review of internal district emails showed. -
Data obtained by Jacksonville Today shows that more than 650 Jacksonville police officers live outside the county they patrol.
