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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An attempt to add a self-defense provision to the newly revised Duval Schools Code of Student Conduct was shot down Tuesday evening.The Duval County… -
Before the phrase “civil rights movement” had even entered the American lexicon, Asa Philip Randolph was among the earliest forces propelling it.Randolph… -
A bill passed Tuesday night by the Jacksonville City Council will give hundreds more kids a chance to experience summer camp this year.Before city… -
It’s the game everyone’s been waiting for. Maybe not everyone, but certainly a few local officials looking to settle a score.The second annual Celebrity… -
Education is a journey taking students from possibilities to achievements. And it’s not for the faint of heart. This week a brand new group of teachers… -
For most of Duval County, school’s out for summer, but for 11 young professionals sitting in a University of North Florida program the lessons are only… -
There were a few things the nearly 350 high school students sitting in Edward Waters College's Milne Auditorium on Thursday had in common. They are all… -
Teachers in Duval County’s scrutinized Bridge to Success program will get a four-figure reason to stick around next year.The district is offering teachers… -
Changes proposed in the 2014-15 Duval County Schools Code of Student Conduct aim to take a more individualized and less stringent approach to penalizing… -
Ability Housing of Northeast Florida is appealing the Jacksonville planning department's decision stifling its plans to purchase a set of Springfield…
