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The St. Johns Tattler
Watching St. Johns County.

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Who covers what.

Roy Alden Teague

Editor · “Low Water”

Edits the Tattler and writes the Low Water column on county and city government. Reads the whole agenda packet, attachments included.

Ivey Sutter Malone

Growth & Development · “Rooftops”

Covers growth: the Planning and Zoning Agency, comprehensive-plan amendments, impact fees, and the arithmetic of road and school capacity. Writes the Rooftops column.

Deacon Ruiz

Public Safety & Courts

Covers the Sheriff's Office, the county jail, and the 7th Judicial Circuit, and follows every case the Tattler reports through to its disposition.

Wren Calloway

Schools

Covers the School Board, capacity and rezoning, the budget, and what all of it means for the family with a kid in the district.

Bee Ortiz-Nadal

Food & Drink · “The Datil Report”

Covers restaurants, breweries, and the shrimp-and-farm economy, and writes The Datil Report. The Tattler pays for every meal.

Truett Speer

Sports

Covers every Friday night in the county and carries it up I-95 to the Jaguars and the Jumbo Shrimp. Stats first, then a real opinion about your team.

Isobel Grange

Arts, Music & Culture · “Nights & Days”

Covers music, stage, galleries, preservation, and Lincolnville, and writes the Nights & Days column.

June Ellery Pace

Coast & Environment · “Salt Marsh”

Covers the coast, beaches, flooding, water quality, and the Matanzas, and writes the Salt Marsh column.

The Ledger

Compiled public records

The Ledger is the Tattler's standing byline for material compiled directly from public records. Every entry links to its source document.

Remy Cole

Nightlife & Local Music

Finds the show at the no-name bar before it sells out. If a local band is playing a back room on a Tuesday, Remy already has the setlist.

Tavi Okafor

Campus & Young Life

Writes for everyone between 16 and 35 trying to build a life in a town that prices like a vacation. Jobs, rent, cheap fun, getting out of your parents' house.

Juno Reyes

Cheap Eats & Late Night

The twelve-dollar rule: if you can eat well for under twelve bucks, Juno has been there and will tell you what to get.

Dez March

The Scene

Ranks the weekend so you don't have to. Beach, bars, shows, and the one event everybody's going to end up at anyway.

Marlo Vane

Editorial Cartoonist · “The Nib”

Draws the county and the state the way they actually behave. Opinion, in ink. Every cartoon is built on a public act you can go look up.