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 ConnectAhead of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Sunday game in London, owner Shad Khan alluded to what he called a “50 year curse” when it comes down to Downtown… -
On Friday’s program, we took a closer look at Florida’s Republican Party with Mike Haridopolos, author of The Modern Republican Party of Florida and… -
First Coast ConnectAccording to the Human Trafficking Hotline, Florida ranks third for human trafficking cases in the U.S., behind California and Texas. Human trafficking… -
First Coast ConnectPublix says it plans to close its Gateway Town Center store in late December, which has raised concerns about the area becoming a food desert.A food… -
On Friday's program, we took a closer look at the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, it’s ties to Florida, and two new University of… -
First Coast ConnectDo Florida voters want President Trump impeached?Two UNF Public Opinion Research Laboratory polls are out this week. One shows Florida voters are evenly… -
First Coast ConnectWe took a closer look at the fractured state of Florida’s cannabis activist community - and its attempts to get a recreational marijuana initiative on… -
First Coast ConnectThe Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Florida launched a new campaign about media literacy Tuesday. The organization wants to stop the misuse of… -
First Coast ConnectThe American Flood Coalition is hosting its first-ever Florida Mayors Summit in the nation’s capitol. Nineteen current mayors representing more than 2.6… -
On this week's Florida Roundup, we discussed the Florida connection to the impeachment inquiry surrounding President Donald Trump with Emily Mahoney,…
