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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The COVID-19 pandemic is sparking growing concerns about the nation’s food supply chain for meat and other items.Some consumers are feeling the effects… -
First Coast ConnectThe COVID-19 pandemic is sparking growing concerns about the nation’s food supply chain, particularly with shortages of meat, but also with other… -
First Coast ConnectThe shooting death of an unarmed black man in South Georgia is making news around the world.Protesters took to the streets of a Brunswick neighborhood on… -
First Coast ConnectAs the battle against coronavirus takes its toll on the global economy, one industry that has been hit particularly hard is aviation. In the United… -
First Coast ConnectFamily physicians are often the first line of health care providers that patients turn to when they present with COVID-19 symptoms. And even though… -
First Coast ConnectOn Monday's program, we took a closer look at the workplace issues around today's gradual reopening of the state with Jacksonville attorney Tyler White.… -
This week Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his Phase One reopening plan, which will take effect across most of the state (with tighter restrictions remaining… -
First Coast ConnectOn Friday’s episode of First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, our Media Roundtable discussed some of the biggest stories impacting Northeast Florida this… -
First Coast ConnectOn Thursday’s program, we took a closer look at how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted colleges and universities - and what their summer and spring… -
The coronavirus pandemic has hit the food and beverage industry particularly hard, as restaurants and bars have been closed for in-room dining and drinks…
