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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What's Health Got to Do with It?We devoted this week’s episode of "What's Health Got to Do with It" to strokes — what causes them, how to prevent them, how to treat them and more. -
First Coast ConnectDuval Schools has reversed its trans restroom policy; April 17-18 is Holocaust Remembrance Day; dispose of unwanted prescription drugs on Drug Take Back Day; What's Good Wednesday lists the week's good news. -
First Coast ConnectUNF has a new poll on the Jacksonville mayor's race; ChatGPT is upending most professions; April is Child Abuse Prevention Month; Tour with a Twist celebrates Earth Day. -
What's Health Got to Do with It?Also, "What's Health Got to Do with It" takes a closer look at Medicare Advantage plans. -
First Coast ConnectElections Supervisor Mike Hogan talks about increasing voter turnout; the Indigo Girls will perform with the Jacksonville Symphony; author Jon Heymann discusses his new book; Cre8Jax reveals its entertainment picks. -
First Coast ConnectA new community campaign targets hate speech; it's time to set up summer camp; two teachers share banned books; scooter tours spotlight Downtown development. -
What's Health Got to Do with It?On this week’s episode, we discussed xenotransplantation, which could change how organ transplants are performed, withDr. Joseph Tector, a transplant surgeon at the Miami Transplant Institute and the founder of Makana Therapeutics. -
What's Health Got to Do with It?This week's "What's Health Got to Do with It" panel includes a neurologist, an internist and a neurosurgeon — plus Lynn Cullen, author of "The Woman with the Cure." -
First Coast ConnectJournalist Graeme Wood discusses extremism; women rising at the FBI; the Great St. Johns River Cleanup runs through April 22; the Jumbo Shrimp prepare for a new season. -
First Coast ConnectUNF students talk about the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs; the Supreme Court considers student loan forgiveness; Election Day is Tuesday; the inaugural Jacksonville Vegan Chef Challenge is April 1.
