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From The Newsroom: The Florida Times-Union


    • Feb 13, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Story behind the story: JEA saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 40:44


    On the latest Page One Podcast, a trio of Times-Union journalists — Nate Monroe, Chris Hong and David Bauerlein — talk with host Mark Woods about how they covered the JEA saga in 2019 and what lies ahead in 2020.

    Story behind the story: Reporter Sandy Strickland

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 35:00


    Sandy Strickland started working for the Times-Union in December 1969. As the paper celebrates her 50th anniversary, Sandy talks to Page One Podcast host Mark Woods. 

    Story behind the story: Sears set to close at Avenues mall

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 22:09


    Times-Union reporter Andrew Pantazi talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about the closing of the last Jacksonville Sears and what that means for the future of The Avenues mall.

    Story behind the story: Jacksonville youth home closed

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 28:30


    On the latest Page One Podcast, Times-Union reporter Andrew Pantazi talks about his special report on a Jacksonville youth home that shut down after a decade's worth of complaints.

    Story behind the story: Council's JEA workshops begin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 17:37


    Times-Union reporter David Bauerlein talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about the Jacksonville City Council starting workshops to discuss the potential sale of JEA.

    Adam Van Brimmer Breaks Down Georgia Florida Rivalry

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 4:47


    Kimberly Miller Game Day FLA/GA Weather Forecast with Gatehouse Florida Weather Reporter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 4:09


    Kimberly Miller gives a weather forecast for Jacksonville, FL for Sat. Nov 2nd, leading up to the Florida Georgia Rivalry Football Game

    Mary Kelli Palka Dives Into Florida Georgia Rivalry Football Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 7:17


    Mary Kelli Palka Dive Into Florida Georgia Rivalry Football Game

    Mark Woods and Tim Schmitt Discuss The Florida Georgia Rivalry Football Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 11:27


    Mark Woods and Tim Schmitt Discuss The Florida Georgia Rivalry

    Tim Schmitt Sits Down With Garry Smits About Florida Georgia Rivalry

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 22:53


    Tim Schmitt Sits Down With Gary Smits About Florida Georgia Rivalry, and the rivalry game on Nov. 2nd. 

    Story Behind the Story: Is Putnam County coming back to life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 22:25


    For years Putnam County has been among the poorest in the state, but new data suggest the county might be going through a revitalization. Times-Union reporter Andrew Pantazi spent a day in Palatka investigating.

    Story Behind the Story: Gardner Minshew

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 26:14


    You can call him Larry. On this episode of Page One podcast, Times-Union reporter Garry Smits talks about Gardner Minshew — and explains why the Jaguars QB getting Garry's name wrong in press conferences has become a running gag.

    Story Behind the Story: First Baptist Church Jacksonville

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 19:37


    What does First Baptist Church of Jacksonville's plans to sell much of its downtown property mean for downtown and the church? Times-Union reporter David Bauerlein talks about his coverage of the news with Page One podcast host Mark Woods.

    Story behind the story: Jacksonville businessman faces Ponzi lawsuit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 14:17


    A sports car erupts in flames, nearly killing a Jacksonville businessman and leading dozens of clients to sue and ask: Where is our money? On this week's Page One Podcast, Times-Union reporter Steve Patterson talks about the story of Robert Hetsler.

    Story behind the story: Duval sales tax referendum saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 21:25


    Times-Union education writer Emily Bloch discusses the latest twist and turns involving a possible sales tax referendum. 

    Tracking Jacksonville's homicide numbers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 14:09


    Times-Union reporter Andrew Pantazi and Public Safety Editor Scott Butler talk about tracking Jacksonville's homicide rate and explain how the Times-Union's homicide database differs from that of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

    Story behind the story: Catching up on JEA, Lot J and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 22:22


    Page One Podcast host Mark Woods returns from vacation and asks Times-Union reporter Chris Hong about all the recent news — JEA, Lot J and more.

    Story behind the story: Documentary explores Jacksonville's Southern rock roots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 11:54


    Times-Union reporter Matt Soergel talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about plans for a documentary that will feature the Jacksonville roots of Southern rock.

    Story behind the story: D-Day at 75 years

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 27:35


    Times-Union reporter Matt Soergel talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about the paper's 75th anniversary D-Day story – a compilation of the stories survivors have told the T-U through the years.

    Story behind the story: Meet Emily Bloch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 18:03


    Emily Bloch, the Times-Union's new education beat writer, joins Page One Podcast host Mark Woods to talk about the proposed half-cent sales tax, charter schools and why her Twitter handle is @emdrums.

    Story behind the story: Work Forced

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019 31:34


    On the latest Page One Podcast, Times-Union investigative reporter Ben Conarck talks with host Mark Woods about "Work Forced," his report on how unpaid prisoner labor makes up Florida's shadow economy.

    Story behind the story: Boeing 737 skids off runway into St. Johns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019 23:34


    In the latest Page One Podcast, Assistant Metro Editor Scott Butler talks with Mark Woods about the team effort involved in covering the Friday night plane crash in the St. Johns River.

    Story Behind the Story: Times-Union moves to Wells Fargo Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2019 24:59


    On the latest Page One Podcast, Times-Union Editor Mary Kelli Palka talks with host Mark Woods about moving the newsroom from 1 Riverside Avenue to the Wells Fargo Center.

    Story behind the story: Jacksonville Landing agreement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 18:55


    If the Jacksonville Landing falls, what comes next? T-U reporter David Bauerlein discusses that question with Mark Woods on this week's Page One Podcast. 

    Story Behind the Story: Crime and the mayoral race

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 28:50


    Times-Union columnist and podcast host Mark Woods talks with reporters David Bauerlein and Andrew Pantazi about how crime is factoring in Jacksonville’s mayoral race.

    Story Behind the Story: Sunshine Law probe conclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 26:14


    Times-Union reporter Christopher Hong talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about the conclusion of a probe into potential Sunshine Law violations.

    Story behind the story: Nate Monroe's "It's Easier Here?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 25:31


    Story behind the story: Criminal justice reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019 39:02


    Times-Union reporters Andrew Pantazi and Ben Conarck discuss criminal justice reform, from Amendment 4 to a new Department of Corrections secretary, with podcast host Mark Woods.

    Story Behind the Story: Mark Walks Jax

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 27:16


    Times-Union Editor Mary Kelli Palks talks with columnist Mark Woods about his continuing series, Mark Walks Jax, chronicling his walk across Jacksonville.

    Story Behind the Story: When Kids Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 28:06


    Times-Union reporter discusses her upcoming project, "When Kids Kill," with editor and guest host Mary Kelli Palka.

    Story Behind the Story: Jacksonville crime rate increases

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 23:54


    As the rest of the state grows safer, Duval County is headed in the opposite direction. Times-Union reporter Andrew Pantazi discusses about the latest murder and violent crime statistics with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods.  

    1998: Wayne Weaver on the birth of the Jaguars, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 16:16


    In 1998, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the NFL awarding Jacksonville the Jaguars franchise, then-owner J. Wayne Weaver sat down with the Times-Union to reflect on the birth of the Jaguars and its first years. Here is the second part of our conversation.

    1998: Wayne Weaver on the birth of the Jaguars, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 49:07


    In 1998, then-Jaguars owner J. Wayne Weaver sat down with the Times-Union to reflect on the first five years of the Jaguars franchise. Here is part 1 of our discussion.

    Story Behind the Story: JEA search for new CEO

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 26:13


    Times-Union reporter Nate Monroe talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about how JEA's national search for a CEO led right back to interim CEO Aaron Zahn.

    Story behind the story: Covering Hurricane Michael

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 33:03


    Times-Union reporter Eileen Kelley talks with PageOne Podcast host Mark Woods about going to the Florida Panhandle after Hurricane Michael to help the Panama City News Herald staff put out a paper.

    Story Behind the Story: Covering kids and gun violence in Jacksonville

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 18:54


    Times-Union reporter Tessa Duvall talks about her in-depth coverage of kids and gun violence — and, as a past TEDxJacksonville speaker, gives Page One Podcast host Mark Woods some tips for his upcoming talk.

    Story Behind the Story: JEA nuclear power saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 16:21


    Times-Union reporter Nate Monroe breaks down the JEA nuclear power saga with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods.

    Story Behind the Story: Jacksonville's consolidated government at 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 19:53


    Charlie Patton, who recently retired after 42 years at the Jacksonville Journal and Times-Union, talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about the 50th anniversary of consolidation. 

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 1:01


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 1:28


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 2:03


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 1:53


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 3:01


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 0:54


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 3:05


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 0:40


    911 call for emergency help following the Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 shooting at the GLHF Game Bar/Chicago Pizza during a Madden gaming tournament.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting victim (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 5:03


    In this 911 call released by Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, a man calling from the 550 Water Building requests help for another victim shot in the Jacksonville Landing shooting on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018.

    911 call: Jacksonville Landing shooting victim (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 4:06


    In this 911 call released by Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, a victim from the Jacksonville Landing shooting on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, tells a dispatcher that he has been shot in the leg and requests help near the CSX building.

    Story Behind the Story: Covering Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 29:08


    Former Times-Union music writer Dan Macdonald shares stories of covering Jacksonville's Lynyrd Skynyrd during the late 1980s when the band reunited for a tribute tour — and what would become a second life for the band — a decade after the tragic plane crash in 1977.

    Story Behind the Story: The Times-Union reporting interns

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2018 14:53


    Emily Sullivan and Hannah Lee talk with host Mark Woods about the wide range of stories — murder trials, power plant implosions and more — they covered this summer as Times-Union interns.

    Story Behind the Story: 7-year-old girl killed in shootout

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2018 13:51


    Times-Union reporter Dan Scanlan talks to host Mark Woods about the recent killing of 7-year-old Heidy Rivas Villanueva at a Westside Jacksonville parking lot.

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