Dan Scanlan
ReporterDan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with almost 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast.
An avid automobile enthusiast who has written about classic cars and events for national magazines, Dan began his broadcast career at radio stations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He moved to Jacksonville in the early 1980’s to be news director at a local station, then shifted to WJXT-TV as overnight and morning news anchor and reporter.
That led to three years at the NBC station in Jacksonville as police reporter and morning news anchor, followed by time as a public relations and advertising director involved in a number of political campaigns.
After a stint managing a hotel comedy club, Dan began a 34-year career as police and current events reporter at the Florida Times-Union, before joining the WJCT News team.
You can reach Dan at dscanlan@wjct.org, (904) 607-2770 or on Twitter at @scanlan_dan.
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The 98,000-square-foot Highlands Elementary School will be built at the site of the current campus on De Paul Drive, adding students from Pine Estates by later next year. -
Breeze Airways, a 2-year-old low-cost airline, is adding seasonal nonstops from Jacksonville to Los Angeles International Airport, Raleigh-Durham and Pittsburgh. -
A growing number of people in the Jacksonville area are turning to electric vehicles, but local EV-charging infrastructure hasn’t kept pace. -
Voters on Tuesday defeated a ballot issue to allow higher buildings in the area, but the proposed redesign of Latham Plaza still faces opposition. -
A ceremony Wednesday commemorated those who died when Iraqi missiles hit the ship based at Naval Station Mayport almost 40 years ago. -
Detective Lonnie Miller Sr. was shot and killed during a burglary call in 1995. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is trying to develop new leads. -
The Democrat Morgan won 51% of the vote to defeat former Republican state lawmaker Jason Fischer in Tuesday's runoff election. -
The Norman Studios Silent Film Museum — Florida's only intact silent-film studio complex — will have free public tours Saturday to showcase $1 million in renovations. -
The current facility can handle a maximum of 45 bodies but has been at capacity several times in recent months, city documents show. -
Edith Adriana Jaworski, a 17-year Sheriff's Office veteran, was charged after a car crash Saturday.
