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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Florida Blue is teaming up with Walgreens to provide no cost flu shots, Nov. 18, this Wednesday in Jacksonville.The free flu vaccines are available to… -
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Nonprofit groups working to eliminate racism and promote diversity on the First Coast can apply for a chance at getting financial help from the Mayo… -
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TaxSlayer and ESPN announced Friday the 76th annual Gator Bowl college football game will be played Saturday, January 2 at TIAA Bank Field.Just as the…
