About
- The local news you need to know about, from a variety of sources and presented in an easy-reading format
- Original reporting you won’t see anywhere else, sometimes based on input from you, our readers
- A heads-up on how to get connected with local decision making
- Exclusive analysis and perspectives on local politics, culture, and urban planning from a diverse set of contributors
- A calendar of cultural happenings
- Photo essays that capture our region through the eyes of local photographers
- And more (but if you want to just scan the top news of the day, that’s OK too).
Jacksonville today is a different place than it was yesterday, and the decisions we make as a community now will shape the Jacksonville of tomorrow. Our goal is to help our readers feel more connected to where we live and to each other, so they can make those decisions in a more informed way.
Jacksonville Today is independent and locally owned and operated by WJCT Public Media.
Jacksonville Today is a member of The Institute for Nonprofit News. The Institute for Nonprofit News strengthens and supports more than 425 independent news organizations in a new kind of news network: nonprofit, nonpartisan and dedicated to public service.
Mission Statement
Jacksonville Today produces and distributes audience-engaged journalism that expands civic discourse and fosters a vibrant, inclusive, and knowledgeable community.Our Team
Randy comes to Jacksonville from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, where as metro editor, he led investigative coverage of the Parkland school shooting that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He has spent more than 40 years in reporting and editing positions in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Florida.
Will Brown is a Report for America corps member focusing on race, poverty and inequality for Jacksonville Today.
He previously reported for the Jacksonville Business Journal. And before that, he spent more than a decade as a sports reporter at The St. Augustine Record, Victoria (Texas) Advocate and the Tallahassee Democrat.
Over his 15-year career, Brown has won awards for breaking news, social media and photography. And in 2020, he contributed photographs for WFSU News/Health News Florida’s national Murrow Award-winning series “Committed: How and Why Children Became the Fastest Growing Group Under Florida’s Baker Act.”
Brown has an undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University and a master’s from the University of South Florida. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and soccer. He lives in Clay County with his wife and son.
Casmira Harrison is a Jacksonville Today reporter focusing on local government in Duval County.
Harrison has a wide range of experience in more than 20 years in newspapers across Central Florida. From her beginnings as an ad designer at the Citrus County Chronicle to county government reporting at the Daytona Beach News-Journal and, most recently, as the editor for the Palatka Daily News, she enjoys all aspects of covering a community.
When she isn’t knee-deep in meeting agendas, Harrison enjoys playing guitar, riding motorcycles, traveling and seeking out truly outstanding restaurants.
Contributors
Cole Pepper has covered sports in Jacksonville since 1996, most recently for News4Jax. He is currently broadcast director for Sporting Club Jacksonville and has called play-by-play for a number of teams, including the Suns, Tomcats, Jacksonville University, Sharks and The Bolles School football. He also served as the studio host for the Jaguars Radio Network.
Mike Clark devoted about 47 years to Jacksonville's two daily newspapers. He retired in 2020 after 15 years as editorial page editor at The Florida Times-Union, where he and his staff won local, state, regional and national journalism awards.
He is currently writing a book and producing a podcast based on the letters that his great-great-grandfather, Edgar W. Clark, a Union private, sent to his wife during the Civil War. More information at civilwarsurvivor.com.Financial Support
Jacksonville Today is supported by individuals, corporations, and foundations with an interest in the vital role journalism plays in our civic life.
Funders and sponsors have no influence on editorial decision making.
Support is provided through the Local Journalism Initiative at WJCT Public Media.
Major support provided by*:
- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
- The Jessie Ball duPont Equity and Placemaking Fund
Additional support provided by*:
- The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
- Florida Blue
- VyStar Credit Union
- First Horizon Foundation
- The Fund for Nonprofit News (NewsMatch) at The Miami Foundation
- Report For America
- Susannah and Craig Albright
- The Martha and Tom Baker Family Fund
- Gilchrist and Amy Berg
- Marion and David Cangemi
- The Cascone Family Foundation
- The DuBow Family Foundation
- The Egan Family Advised Fund
- Holly and Tim Finchem
- Caroline D. Fitzgerald
- Cynthia and Walter Graham, Jr.
- The Ann and David Hicks Family Charitable Fund
- The David M. Hicks Jr. Family Fund
- The J.B. Foundation
- Farley Kern and Mike Petro
- The Henri Landwirth Family Advised Fund
- Barney and Edward Lane, III
- Drs Ilene and Jeffrey Levenson
- David and Katharine Loeb
- The Meyers-Labenz Family Fund
- The David C. Miller Family Foundation
- Pamela Y. Paul
- In Honor of Timothy D. Payne
- Sally and Anthony Perez
- Matthew Rapp
- The Rueger Family
- Susan and Fred Schantz
- Fiona Strathern and Thad Moseley
- The Glenn and Lisa Ullmann Advised Fund
- Jim Van Vleck
- Dori and Bill Walton
- The Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Fund
- Tracey S. Westbrook
- Kimmie Winston
- Jim and Ellen Wiss
* As of July 2024