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Melissa Ross has 42 articles published.

In addition to her work writing for Florida Politics, Melissa Ross also hosts and produces WJCT’s First Coast Connect, the Jacksonville NPR/PBS station’s flagship local call-in public affairs radio program. The show has won four national awards from Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). First Coast Connect was also recognized in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 as Best Local Radio Show by Folio Weekly’s “Best Of Jax” Readers Poll and Melissa has also been recognized as Folio Weekly’s Best Local Radio Personality. As executive producer of The 904: Shadow on the Sunshine State, Melissa and WJCT received an Emmy in the “Documentary” category at the 2011 Suncoast Emmy Awards. The 904 examined Jacksonville’s status as Florida’s murder capital. During her years in broadcast television, Melissa picked up three additional Emmys for news and feature reporting. Melissa came to WJCT in 2009 with 20 years of experience in broadcasting, including stints in Cincinnati, Chicago, Orlando and Jacksonville. Married with two children, Melissa is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism/Communications. She can be reached at [email protected].

RPOF annual dinner with Dick Cheney speech now sold-out

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The Florida GOP has announced that former Vice President Dick Cheney will give the keynote speech at the RPOF Statesman Dinner on November 12th. The event is at capacity with more than 950 tickets sold. The dinner is taking place the night before the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, billed as a is a two-day event that is bringing presidential candidates along with Florida’s state and federal elected officials together in the most important swing state in the nation to address voters, grassroots leaders,…

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Matt Corrigan on Jeb Bush: “I think he’ll fight to the end”

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Reports of Jeb Bush’s demise are premature, says the man who wrote the book on his tenure as Florida governor. “As someone who has written about him, what I will say is, he is not a quitter. He is a fierce competitor. I think he’ll fight to the end,” author and University of North Florida professor Matt Corrigan said Thursday. Corrigan’s “Conservative Hurricane“ is a well-regarded look at Bush’s time in Tallahassee. He concedes that after Wednesday night’s CNBC debate,…

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Meet Jared Rosenstein, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Transitioning from the Republican to the Democratic side of the aisle, 25-year-old Jared Rosenstein is wining raves for his work on the staff of another Jared, state Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Coral Springs. “I got into politics during the 2008 presidential election. I was proudly supporting Sen. John McCain and I discovered that the vast majority of my then high school classmates blindly supported Sen. Barack Obama without knowing any of his specific positions. After much heated debate with my classmates, I…

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30 Under 30: The fresh faces of the RPOF: Jordan Gibson, Wadi Gaitan, and Clay Barker

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With mad digital content management skills and a passion for new media, 26-year-old Jordan Gibson is passionate about her work as digital director for the RPOF. “I was raised around campaigns, even waving signs at a young age. So, combining my creative talents with my love for politics has been a natural direction,” says Gibson, who worked on the digital team for Rick Scott’s re-election campaign. She has also logged a stint with CFO Jeff Atwater, and got her start after meeting…

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UNF poll: Donald Trump holds slight Florida lead

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A new poll shows Donald Trump still leads among Florida’s Republican primary voters, taking 21 percent of the vote if the election were held today, with Ben Carson closing in at 19 percent. The new University of North Florida statewide poll shows Marco Rubio coming in third with 14 percent and Jeb Bush at a distant fourth with 9 percent of the vote. The school’s Public Opinion Research Laboratory conducted the telephone survey. Even though Carson is polling higher than…

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Meet William Arnold, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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At the ripe old age of 29, Contribution Link’s  William Arnold already has built a reputation as a data wizard. Originally from Jacksonville, Arnold got his start in politics working for former Jacksonville City Councilman Stephen Joost while he was still in college. He then moved on to stints under Rick Scott and Adam Hollingsworth, among others. “Their trust encouraged me to convert a lifelong passion into a career. I am forever grateful to all three,” he says. Known as…

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Email insights: Film Florida blasts Ybor City scene re-creation in Georgia

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In an email to supporters, Film Florida President Michelle Hillery is blasting the state’s lack of film production incentives, which she argues led a feature film production to choose Brunswick, Ga., to recreate Ybor City for the upcoming feature film Live By Night. “The producers of the film spent months working with the Tampa-Hillsborough Film & Digital Media Commission to scout Ybor City, but in spite of our ideal weather, low taxes and true location, Georgia’s extremely competitive model for their state film program made more…

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