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 St. Johns County School District is asking parents to take a dress code survey at the same time the federal government is investigating parents’… -
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A total lunar eclipse this week promises to be visually stunning.A lunar eclipse happens when the earth gets between the sun and the moon and creates a… -
Jacksonville-based CSX announced Wednesday it’s buying a trucking company that specializes in hauling liquid chemicals.Railroad executives said buying… -
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue is hiring emergency communications officers to answer 911 and non-emergency calls and to send personnel and equipment where… -
Now’s your chance to “come on down” and play The Price Is Right.The FSCJ Artist Series is bringing the live, interactive stage version of the popular…
