November 2, 2021
Experts say electrification of trucks and cars would be an essential step toward canceling out America’s yearly greenhouse gas emissions…
November 1, 2021
OPINION | Life is the goal
By next week, vaccines could be available locally for children ages 5 to 11 and the long pandemic nightmare we’ve…
November 1, 2021
ADAPT: The State of the St. Johns River
Following the release on October 15 of the 14th annual State of the St. Johns River report, WJCT Public Media…
October 31, 2021
OPINION | Stop prosecuting Corrine Brown
Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown, who long represented part of the Jacksonville area until 2017, is set to stand trial for…
October 27, 2021
PHOTO ESSAY | Leighton Hoey’s view from inside Jacksonville’s music scene
Introduction by Matthew Shaw | Photographs and captions by Leighton Hoey As someone who has spent the last half-decade or…
October 26, 2021
OPINION | Why Amtrak should be on Jacksonville’s radar
Jacksonville stands to be a major beneficiary over the next 15 years as Amtrak plans to add service across the…
October 25, 2021
OPINION | Who’s policing the police?
My son is 6,He likes to run,I encourage him to go the distance Jury selection is underway in the murder…
October 24, 2021
OPINION | 2023 mayoral hopefuls flex fundraising muscles
Time was when a candidate could run for mayor or whatever they wanted in Duval County, armed with nothing more…
October 21, 2021
PHOTO ESSAY | Tom Schifanella’s hidden Jacksonville
Atlantic Beach-based landscape photographer Tom Schifanella trains his lens on Jacksonville’s natural beauty.…
October 20, 2021
OPINION | One Riverside and how to activate an urban sidewalk
One Riverside Avenue, the development planned to replace the former Florida Times-Union headquarters, will likely be up for final site…
October 19, 2021
OPINION | Take ‘Em Down
“I’m never living in the South again.” This is what my mother says to me often. A New Orleans native…
October 18, 2021
OPINION | At least the politicians are still recyclable
Problems are plaguing the city of Jacksonville’s recycling drop sites, and Mayor Lenny Curry’s Chief Administrative Officer Brian Hughes got…
October 14, 2021
OPINION | Are Jax Democrats’ fears of taking risks holding them back?
For those who wondered about how their City Council districts were drawn, the ongoing redistricting process shows that the more…
October 12, 2021
OPINION | The future of Bay Street depends on ‘clustering’
In city planning, clustering is part of what we at The Jaxson like to call the “Three C’s”: the clustering…
September 29, 2021
A Q&A with Jacksonville’s first-ever Chief Resilience Officer
Anne Coglianese, Jacksonville’s first Chief Resilience Officer, has been on the job since July, 2021. She has been tasked with…
August 31, 2021
Your flood insurance premium will probably rise; Climate change and coastal development are to blame
The vast majority of the more than 1.7 million households in Florida that have flood insurance policies through the National…
August 26, 2021
Climate Change & National Security in Northeast Florida
On August 24, WJCT Public Media and the American Security Project hosted an in-person and on-line discussion on how rising…
July 29, 2021
A Florida city wanted to move away from fossil fuels. The state made sure it couldn’t.
The story behind Florida’s new laws that strip cities of their ability to fight climate change.…
June 23, 2021
A century of altering the St. Johns River has left Jacksonville more vulnerable to flooding
In 1898 the St. Johns River went about 18 feet down at its deepest point. Now it’s about 40 feet…
May 27, 2021
What Jacksonville can learn from Nashville about fighting climate change
Compared with Nashville, Jacksonville is doing relatively little to reduce its carbon footprint and does not have a climate action…
May 4, 2021
Dad Suspected Of Killing 2 Sons, Including UF Bat Boy, Burning Home, And Killing Himself
A father was suspected of killing his two young sons early Tuesday – including an 11-year-old who was regularly the…
April 20, 2021
ADAPT: Using Parks & Green Space In The Fight Against Climate Change
On April 20th, WJCT Public Media hosted a virtual panel discussion on the varied roles that parks and green space…
April 15, 2021
Green infrastructure turns old concepts into new reality
Many cities around the country now have proven examples of green infrastructure — Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Portland and St.…
March 23, 2021
Making a more resilient River City: Top 10 findings from new City Council report
The city of Jacksonville is playing catch-up when it comes to addressing climate change, but it’s now poised to take…