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Read our latest article in the new issue of 904 magazine!
The newest issue of 904 magazine has hit the shelves. You can read it online by clicking here, or you can pick up a copy at your local newsstand. If you haven’t seen it yet, 904 is a relatively new business and executive lifestyle magazine from the same folks who publish Jacksonville Magazine. [...]
Continue reading...Are crime and weather the only news?
7. August 2008
I admit to only watching the local news stations a couple of times a week, at the most. Frankly, the broadcasts are depressing. We start off with a teaser about the weather. Then footage from 9 different crime scenes. Maybe a car accident or two mixed in there. The weather [...]
Continue reading...WJCT plans to cut ‘Week in Review’ from their television line-up
1. August 2008
Local public broadcasting station WJCT is planning to discontinue the popular public affairs program “Week in Review” hosted by Tom Patton. The show, which has aired both on TV and 89.9-FM, has provided a much needed venue for local and state political discussions. Unfortunately, tough economic times are forcing cut-backs everywhere, and WJCT [...]
Continue reading...Check out our article on property tax cuts in the newest issue of 904 magazine
27. July 2008
The newest issue of 904 magazine has hit the shelves. You can read it online by clicking here, or you can pick up a copy at your local newsstand. If you haven’t seen it yet, 904 is a relatively new business and executive lifestyle magazine from the same folks who publish Jacksonville Magazine. [...]
Continue reading...Because Marijuana is Hard to Spell…
25. March 2008
Jacksonville.com has the following headline on their homepage: “Fernandina Beach woman arrested with suitcase full of weed” To be fair, the author does use the term marijuana to describe the drug inside the actual article. And it is actually quite amazing how much of the substance the woman was carrying: When they arrived, Duckworth was getting out [...]
Continue reading...WJXE-TV Channel 15: A New Local Station!
30. September 2007
Jacksonville is getting a new local television station starting on November 1st that will cater largely to the urban and African-American audience. The focus will be on locally produced and syndicated programs that provide family-friendly entertainment and education, with a pretty clear focus on Jacksonville’s minority communities. A new morning show called The [...]
Continue reading...Source of Those “Ron Paul Revolution” Signs
25. September 2007
A few weeks back the city was blanketed with those “Ron Paul Revolution” banners. Now, a video has popped up on YouTube that shows members of the local Ron Paul Meet-Up Group painting and hanging them everywhere.  It probably would have been wiser for them to stick to “Ron Paul for President” signs and avoid the word “Revolution” as [...]
Continue reading...Homicide database opens
29. July 2007
A database recording details of and mapping out homicides since 2004 is now online at jacksonville.com. This should be a useful tool for journalists and researchers. All numbers below include police-involved shootings. Among other things, it shows that: Only one 2007 homicide has been recorded in the 04 ZIP code (Riverside and some [...]
Continue reading...Enough With The Crime Stories…
28. June 2007
I swear, if someone was visiting Jacksonville and they flipped on CBS47 they would think they were in Detroit. We do have a higher than acceptable murder rate, but it’s not what should define the city. Right now on the CBS47 website they are featuring 8 local news headlines. Six of them are either crime reports, [...]
Continue reading...“Zoo Crew” Returns to Local Radio
5. June 2007
Back in January we wrote a piece about WAPE-FM dumping local “morning zoo” personalities Steve Sutton, Amadeus, and Eden Kendall. They were replaced by something called “The Morning Mess” which is nearly impossible to listen to. Anyway, it seems now that the former Big Ape Morning Zoo folks have found their way back on the radio, starting later [...]
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26. September 2008
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