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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Nearly half of Duval County residents consider test scores and school grades to be the most important factor when deciding on a school, but the majority… -
Kedrick Brown knows what can happen when you don’t pass Florida’s statewide exams by senior year.“My brother was one of them and he stressed it to me… -
After months of discussion, the Duval County School Board approved the plan to turnaround the district’s struggling middle schools.Board members voted… -
An error in a recently released study on teacher earnings placed Duval County Public Schools 10 spots higher than it should have been, the study’s… -
Twenty-six Duval County high school students were at Jacksonville University Thursday afternoon to cap of their final day in a special course aimed at… -
It is with great sadness that WJCT reports that Luke Johnson has passed away.Luke was the focus of a special September feature for Childhood Cancer… -
A student Gallup poll show Duval County Public Schools students seem to be more optimistic and emotionally healthy this year.More than 56,000 students in… -
The head of one of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the country was in town Tuesday to talk counter-terrorism, cyber-war and the new… -
About 15 percent of Duval County teachers were rated as highly effective and nearly 77 percent rated effective in the 2013-14 year, according to the… -
UPDATED 11:30 a.m.: This story has been updated with responses from Duval Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti. A new study shows lifetime earnings for…
