Rhema Thompson
Reporter/ProducerRhema Thompson began her post at WJCT on a very cold day in January 2014 and left WJCT to join the team at The Florida Times Union in December 2014.
She has been in the news industry for more than six years, working in both broadcast and print. She received her master's degree in broadcast from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Connecticut and is a Husky for life.
Before joining the WJCT team, she served as education reporter for the Pensacola News Journal. Over the course of her career, she has produced for CBS News and covered crime, courts, arts and entertainment for several publications including The Newport Daily News, The Hartford Courant and The New York Daily News.
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Duval County Public Schools will have about $20 million more to spend this school year, and a few million will go toward a state-mandated extra hour of… -
Puss ‘N Boots, Rose, Where Did You Get That Red? and Santa Claus Mystery.These are just a few of the books challenged in Duval County Public Schools over… -
School grades for Florida’s elementary and middle schools are out and across the state both the number of A schools and F schools have seen a sizable… -
The health of Northeast Floridians ranks among the best and the worst, depending on where you live. St. Johns County ranks best in the state, but nearby… -
Since Facebook made its grand entrance into cyberspace circa 2004, it has created a digital stage for self-promotion.That stage has since widened with the… -
Duval County Public Schools faces about $1.3 million less in class-size penalties this year than last year.The Florida Department of Education recently…
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The new school year starts in a little over a month, but as of now, about 470 Duval County teachers have yet to find out where they will start the year.… -
It’s been a little over a week since 11 science and math professionals took their first steps toward a life in education. On a recent Thursday, they took… -
In a move toward another big change in the district, the school board took the first step toward a multi-million dollar effort to boot up technology in… -
The results of a state investigation into Duval County Public Schools' Exceptional Student Education (ESE) program show the district in violation of some…
