We talk about the week's biggest news during our Friday Week in Review. Among the topics for our media panel this week:
- A high school prank becomes a deadly game.
- St. Augustine reacts to Nights of Lights overload.
- A developer bulldozes a historic cemetery.
- Jacksonville officials showcase renderings that are becoming realities.
- University of North Florida students find a workaround to the state’s DEI ban.
We'll also take your questions at (904) 742-7541 or firstcoastconnect@wjct.org.
Guests:
- Tiffany Salameh, consumer investigative reporter at News4Jax.
- David Bauerlein, metro reporter at The Florida Times-Union.
- Jim Piggott, former City Hall reporter at News4Jax.
- Jessica Clark, anchor and reporter at First Coast News.
Then, an exclusive look — and listen. A recording of Wednesday night’s performance of the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus (courtesy of Jacksonville Today reporter Will Brown) captures their performance of the Black National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing, written by Jacksonville native James Weldon Johnson.
And, we explore the artists showcased by the Cummer Museum’s Black History Month observance, from Romare Bearden to Augusta Savage. The museum is also displaying movie posters from the city’s silent film era in the exhibition Jacksonville’s Norman Studios: Movie Posters from the Permanent Collection.
Guest:
- Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, curator, author and CEO of the Cummer Museum.
