Reporter’s Notebook: Orderly Chaos — How a Newsroom Covers Election Night
This week, Jacksonville Today Associate Editor Mike Mendenhall and St. Johns County reporter Noah Hertz relive Election Night, from the newsroom’s “orderly chaos” and pizza vote to reporters stationed at campaign headquarters across the region. Hertz explains how he tracked local races the Associated Press doesn’t cover, such as the St. Augustine City Commission, and how the team balanced raw results against deeper analysis for radio, the web and the newsletter. Read Noah’s full election coverage at jaxtoday.org.
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6 Nov 2026
The Morning Report: Jacksonville’s Push to Reduce Violent Crime
Jacksonville is set to learn how much federal funding it will receive through the U.S. Justice Department’s Model Cities Initiative, a nearly $300 million program involving four cities. Hear more on that story and other headlines heading into the weekend on The Morning Report.
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5 Nov 2026
The Morning Report: Amendment 3 Fallout
A multimillion-dollar incentive package for a proposed downtown Jacksonville development remains in limbo after City Council's Finance Committee reached a 3-3 tie vote. The proposal would provide Gateway Jax with more than $28 million in cash incentives and up to $21 million in property tax refunds to help bring a residential tower and Publix grocery store to Pearl Square. Hear more on that story and other location headlines on The Morning Report.
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