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First Coast Connect

First Coast Week In Review

The Downtown Jacksonville skyline.
Bob Self
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Florida Times-Union
The Downtown Jacksonville skyline.

Our panel of reporters and city government experts discusses the week’s top headlines:

  • Students head back to school with new rules about campus protests.  
  • Bipartisan outrage stalls what the governor calls a “half-baked” plan to convert state parks into revenue streams.
  • The Eastside will get Community Benefits from the Jaguars stadium deal — but not as quickly as originally planned.
  • Residents of Moncrief are still waiting on beautification projects five years after they were approved.
  • And the state’s travel website removes information for LGBTQ tourists.

Guests:

  • David Bauerlein, metro reporter at the Florida Times-Union.
  • Tricia Booker, former Folio Weekly reporter and journalism professor at the University of North Florida.
  • Attorney and former Jacksonville City Council member Randy DeFoor.
  • Action News Jax reporter Nicholas Brooks.

And, Jacksonville Music Experience contributor Hurley Winkler sits down with Pylon Reenactment Society’s Vanessa Briscoe-Hay for a conversation ahead of the legendary Athens band’s performance at Jack Rabbits on Saturday.

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Anne Schindler joined WJCT News 89.9 as host of First Coast Connect in October 2023, after nearly three decades in Jacksonville print and television. Anne has worked in the Jacksonville media market since 1995, first as a reporter for the original Folio Weekly, then as the publication’s editor-in-chief from 2002 until her departure. In 2012, Anne transitioned to television as executive producer of special projects for First Coast News, Northeast Florida’s NBC and ABC affiliates. You can reach Anne at aschindler@wjct.org.