Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:
- Eastside residents want new leadership of the Community Benefits Agreement after reports about City Council member Raul Arias’ own finances.
- Duval Schools’ superintendent is no longer warning of a $100 million budget deficit, just one year after the projected shortfall prompted school closures.
- Jacksonville homeowners sue the nation's largest homebuilder, claiming misleading sales tactics led to inflated mortgage payments.
- Prosecutors clear an officer who shot an unarmed 14-year-old in the back, saying the teen was partly to blame.
- Three major Downtown projects see cost overruns, from MOSH to the Four Seasons to the Stadium of the Future.
Guests:
- Megan Mallicoat, education reporter at Jacksonville Today
- Nikesha Williams, former TV producer, author of The Seven Daughters of Dupree
- David Bauerlein, metro reporter at the Florida Times-Union
- Tiffany Salameh, anchor and investigative reporter at News4Jax
And, a local poet is making space for the experience of moms. Nicole Zwolinksi, featured poet at JaxbyJax XI Literary Arts Festival in 2024 and St. Augustine PoetFest in 2025, created The Motherhead Project to provide a space for what she calls “anonymoms” to express their questions, joys and greatest fears. She is publishing her first full-length poetry collection, Motherhead, next summer and will give a preview at The Lynx, author Lauren Groff’s bookstore in Gainesville, on Saturday, part of the Local Author Festival.
Guest: Nicole Zwolinski, local writer and poet
Topics and guests subject to change.