John Burr
WJCT Business Analyst/ Co-host of "Business Brief"WJCT Business Analyst John Burr is a veteran journalist who has been been directing news coverage and reporting in Jacksonville since 1983. He is currently also a news analyst for WJCT, where he can be heard regularly on the "First Coast Connect" media roundtable.
John is also the principal at Nighthawk Creatives, a media services company. Burr was editor-in-chief for the Jacksonville Business Journal, a post he held for seven years. He came to the Business Journal after reporting and editing for The Florida Times-Union, where he left as an assistant managing editor in 2008.
He is the winner of numerous journalism awards as a reporter, columnist and editor.
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JEA recently announced it will close a coal-fired power plant on Jacksonville’s Northside, which came online in the late 1980s. With the complex’s… -
"Localnomics” is the idea that cities’ and businesses’ working together is the best way to solve long-simmering economic problems. The concept was… -
This week, the board of the Jacksonville-based CSX railroad will consider a company takeover.CSX is the largest publicly owned company in town and North… -
Jacksonville’s Financial News and Daily Record is under new ownership as of this month. It was the last Jacksonville newspaper owned by a local family.The… -
Jacksonville’s Hidden Hills Country Club is opening its golf course to the public after suffering declining membership. Arlington’s Hidden Hills is just… -
The Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday introduced new leadership after the firing of head coach Gus Bradley. The team is counting on former Coach Tom… -
A long-planned mixed-use development called East San Marco is finally proceeding in the historic Jacksonville neighborhood after building permits were… -
It’s a new year, and I'm predicting big things for Northeast Florida.Among them: the first sighting of a boom economy in a decade, high consumer… -
Online retail giant Amazon is planning to build two Jacksonville distribution centers — with the latest slated to go near the Cecil Commerce Center on the… -
The University Club on Jacksonville’s Southbank is closing this month after nearly 50 years of offering its members full-service dining with a spectacular…
