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 ConnectIs Florida ready for Hurricane Ian? Plus we hear from Andy Block, CEO of Rubix Foods/Darifair; Dr. Joe Sirven, host of What's Health Got To Do With It?, fills us in on what to expect from the new season of his show and sports analyst Josh Torres provides a wrap up of the Jaguars victory this weekend. -
What's Health Got to Do with It?For our first episode of season two, we examined the biggest healthcare headlines with our monthly medical roundtable. -
Two festivals — The Original Jax Taco Fest this weekend and the Jacksonville Taco and Tequila Festival next weekend — will both take place in the Urban Core, but they each will have something quite different to offer. -
The brewery announced Wednesday that it will release “Hey Putin, Go F*** Yourself!” or HPGFY, a Belgian-style Tripel, to raise money for humanitarian relief efforts in the besieged country. -
First Coast ConnectAn activist's arrest; Jan. 6, one year later; culinary trends; What's Good Wednesday -
First Coast ConnectAn activist's arrest; Jan. 6, one year later; culinary trends; What's Good Wednesday
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Southeastern Grocers, the Jacksonville-based parent company of the Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarket chains, is officially pulling the plug on its plans to take the company public — at least for the time being. -
First Coast ConnectMillions of Americans will be affected by President Joe Biden’s new vaccine requirements for the workplace.If you work for a company that has 100 or more… -
First Coast ConnectCOVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to rise in our area, as students are preparing to return to school in a few weeks - without a mask… -
Editor's Note: Heather Schatz is the senior producer of WJCT News' talk shows. In this essay she shares her family’s experience with her son’s COVID…
