Cyd Hoskinson
Reporter / Host, "All Things Considered"Cyd Hoskinson began working at WJCT on Valentine’s Day 2011.
Among her many accomplishments, she hosted and produced a children’s radio show called "Balloons"; covered the Ted Bundy trial and, later, the Atlanta child murder trials; co-wrote, researched and produced "Flyers of Fortune," a radio documentary about an American pilot, who fought in the Spanish Civil War; co-produced a storytelling festival Telling Tales, at the Carter Center in Atlanta; interviewed former President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Hosea Williams, Andrew Young, newspaper columnist Sydney J. Harris, Joan Fontaine and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse.
Cyd is also a big fan of modern audio drama and, before coming to Jacksonville, she served on the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company’s Board of Directors.
She has a degree in elementary education from Florida State University — everything else she’s picked up along the way.
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The Navy’s newest littoral combat ship was commissioned Saturday. It is named for Cooperstown, New York, home to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. -
Sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere should be able to see around 30-meteors an hour, although light from the full moon may complicate matters. -
Changing Homelessness plans a second count of unsheltered people in the summer after the first census raised some questions. -
Volunteers will scatter across Duval, Clay and Nassau counties Wednesday to complete the Point-in-Time Count of people living unsheltered on the streets. -
Four North Atlantic right whale calves have now been sighted this birthing season. -
The Real Black Friday market will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the day after Thanksgiving at 822 A Philip Randolph Blvd. -
JTA began offering the free bus rides in 2020 as a way to thank health care employees who had to go to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
The wife of Tom Coughlin, Judy was "a mother to all on and off the field,” her family said in a statement. -
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has closed on the purchase of 241 acres on Black Hammock Island, protecting its rare species from development and increasing recreational opportunities on the First Coast. -
The Florida Department of Health in Duval County issued an alert after the discovery of a rabid cat. The alert lasts until Sept. 8.
