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 ConnectThe St. Johns County School District announced Tuesday that it will push back its start date, due to the coronavirus pandemic, and in part, to… -
One group that’s been hit particularly hard by the pandemic are Florida’s craft beer brewers.On Tuesday, the Florida Brewers Guild sent a letter to Gov.… -
First Coast ConnectDespite the steady rise in new coronavirus cases, area schools are still planning to open on August 10, for both brick and mortar and virtual classes.Many… -
First Coast ConnectEducators, parents and students in Northeast Florida are scrambling to figure out what school will look like when it starts back up for some in… -
Another store at the St. Johns Town Center has apparently permanently closed.A sign posted at the Disney Store near Nordstrom reads “This Disney store… -
First Coast ConnectAs the number of new coronavirus cases in Florida continues to soar, researchers are trying to improve the state’s coronavirus testing and tracing… -
There’s a battle brewing over what back-to-school in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic might look like in Florida.School districts throughout the… -
First Coast ConnectA lawsuit has been filed in Jacksonville seeking to scale back the Republican National Convention next month at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The… -
First Coast ConnectPart of the Republican National Convention is still scheduled to take place in Jacksonville next month. A group of local pastors have joined the growing… -
First Coast ConnectFlorida has topped 200,000 coronavirus cases.The increasing spread of COVID-19 is taking place as part of the Republican National Convention is still…
