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First Coast Connect

First Coast Week in Review

From left are Will Brown, race and poverty reporter at Jacksonville Today; Tricia Booker, author, former reporter and journalism professor at the University of North Florida; David Bauerlein, metro reporter at the Florida Times-Union; and Dan Scanlan, reporter at WJCT News.
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From left are Will Brown, race and poverty reporter at Jacksonville Today; Tricia Booker, author, former reporter and journalism professor at the University of North Florida; David Bauerlein, metro reporter at the Florida Times-Union; and Dan Scanlan, reporter at WJCT News.

Our panel of journalists weighs in on the week’s top headlines, including:

  • A Category 4 “monster,” Hurricane Helene, comes ashore.
  • The Jacksonville City Council approves a nearly $2 billion budget.
  • City lawmakers unanimously approve spending $25,000 for the supervisor of elections to contact inactive voters facing removal from the voter rolls.
  • Weapons and student arrests continue to paralyze local schools.

Guests:

Then, the Center for International Education teams up with the Diplomacy Lab at Florida State College at Jacksonville to enhance students’ global perspective by sending them abroad.

Guests:

  • Cindy Robinson, associate director of the Center for International Education, conference organizer and host.
  • Lourdes Norman-McKay, professor of biological sciences, director of FSCJ’s Diplomacy Lab Program.
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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.