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08/05/16: Media Roundtable Week In Review; TEDx Jacksonville; National Farmers Market Week

Media Roundtable

We discuss the week's biggest news stories with our roundtable of local journalists: 

  • Andrew Pantazi, Florida Times-Union reporter; 
  • Julie Delegal, Folio Weekly writer;
  • Tim Gibbons, Jacksonville Business Journal editor;
  • and Jacksonville blogger Fred Matthews.

Topics include Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign stop in Jacksonville this week, confirmed cases of the Zika virus being transmitted through mosquito bites in Florida, and more.
TEDxJacksonville

TEDxJacksonville has announced the on-stage lineup of speakers for its 2016 conference, “Fear Less."

We preview this year's event with Sabeen Perwaiz, TEDxJacksonville executive producer, and event speaker Dane Grey, president of Elite Parking Services of America.

National Farmers Market Week

Next week marks the 17th annual National Farmers Market Week.

It’s a celebration sponsored by the Department of Agriculture that highlights the important role farmers markets play in the nation’s food system.

We discuss it with Amy Robb, publisher of the magazine Edible Northeast Florida, and John Silveira, director of the Riverside Arts Market.

Sean Birch joined the WJCT team in late 2011 and was with the company until 2016.