Heather Schatz
Senior Producer, Talk ShowsHeather is the senior producer of WJCT 89.9 FM talk shows including First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, the Florida Roundup and What's Health Got to Do with It?
Heather spent close to 10 years at CBS News in New York City, where she worked for CBS Network Radio, CBS This Morning and The Early Show, producing news and feature stories for television and radio. While there, she was nominated for a national Emmy Award for a feature series and received National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Certificates of Recognition for the reporting of the September 11 events and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Since returning to Florida in 2007, Heather has worked as the communications director for Best Buddies International and the National YoungArts Foundation and as a communications consultant for a number of businesses.
She is also a long-standing member of the Writer’s Guild of America, East, and contributes to Edible Northeast Florida magazine. Heather has a master's degree in journalism and mass communications from New York University and a bachelor's degree in public policy from Cornell University.
Heather lives at the Beaches with her husband and two children.
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First Coast ConnectThis month, Jacksonville City Councilwoman Joyce Morgan will lead a series of “Safer Together” workshops aimed at creating a safer community.She joined us… -
First Coast ConnectWe kicked off the new year with a closer look at the latest on the proposed $457 million Lot J plan.That is the proposed development next to TIAA Bank… -
2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic and politics, and oftentimes, the two were intertwined in Florida.For today’s program, we take a look back at… -
COVID-19 has cost Florida billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs. The virus has hit the state’s biggest industry — tourism — hard.On… -
First Coast ConnectIn Jacksonville, there have been real efforts this year to address long-standing racial inequities in the city.The City Council has a new committee… -
First Coast ConnectAfter a long and difficult year in this pandemic, some good news is finally on the horizon.UF Health Jacksonville received its first doses of the COVID-19… -
First Coast ConnectFlorida’s top public health official said Tuesday that five Florida hospitals, including UF Health Jacksonville, could receive COVID-19 vaccinations as… -
First Coast ConnectThe leader of the Jacksonville City Council has kicked the discussion over the controversial Lot J development into next year. Council President Tommy… -
First Coast ConnectAs we all prepare for what could be a tough winter dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, the drug maker Pfizer announced Monday that an early analysis of… -
President Donald Trump won Florida and its 29 electoral votes handily this week. He made gains across the state, helping him build up a bigger winning…
