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 ConnectDistrict 10 Jacksonville City Councilwoman Brenda Priestly-Jackson, who introduced an emergency resolution last week calling JEA to stop seeking bids to… -
First Coast ConnectOver the weekend, Jacksonville City Councilman Matt Carlucci called for a grand jury investigation into JEA.He joined us to explain why.'It’s… -
On Friday’s Roundup we discussed school safety in Florida. Reporting by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel this week found that a disturbing number of violent… -
First Coast ConnectCongressman Ted Yoho - who represents North-Central Florida, including parts of Orange Park, Palatka, Gainesville and Ocala - is retiring. He says he’ll… -
On Friday’s Roundup, two members of the House Judiciary Committee from Florida joined us to discuss the latest in the impeachment inquiry, and how it’s… -
First Coast ConnectThe House Intelligence Committee released the results of its investigation into President Donald Trump on Tuesday. The committee claims the evidence shows… -
First Coast ConnectJEA’s leadership is pushing back against critics of its move to potentially privatize the utility.Kerri Stewart, VP and Chief Customer Officer at JEA,… -
First Coast ConnectJacksonville City Councilman Matt Carlucci is publicly urging JEA CEO Aaron Zahn to resign. This, as the debate continues over a possible sale of the… -
With World AIDS Day approaching, we spent the full program taking a closer look at HIV in Florida with:Stephen Fallon, Executive Director, Latinos… -
First Coast ConnectThis week, the FDA issued warning letters to 15 companies for illegally selling products containing cannabidiol - that’s CBD - in ways that violate the…
