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First Coast Week in Review

Jack Webb, David Bauerlein, Tricia Booker, Nikesha Williams
Stacey Bennett
Jack Webb, David Bauerlein, Tricia Booker, Nikesha Williams

Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest local stories of the week. Among our topics:

  • The growing role of politics in higher ed informs a scuttled bid for a new UF president  
  • Pride illuminated a Downtown bridge, despite a statewide ban on official rainbow lights 
  • St. Johns supports requiring truck drivers to pass English proficiency exams after a teen died in a crash
  • Jax leaders send conflicting messages about local immigration enforcement
  • And the question of where to build a new jail begins to seriously percolate 

Guests:

  • Jack Webb, attorney and former City Council president
  • David Bauerlein, metro reporter at The Florida Times-Union
  • Nikesha Williams, author and producer of the Black & Published podcast
  • Tricia Booker, author and journalism professor at the University of North Florida

And, haiku writers
are formally recognized
by local authors.

Guests:

  • Regina Edwards, president of Authors Roundtable of Florida, Inc. 
  • Brandon Dwyer, first place winner of the Authors Roundtable’s Haiku Poetry Contest
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