https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190530/to-curb-flooding-jacksonville-eyes-rules-limiting-impervious-surfaces
What? Flooding in the local Jacksonville area
Who? Homeowners, business owners, property owners
Summary- Jacksonville's Storm Resiliency and Infrastructure Development Review Committee is looking to push a bill that would lessen the probability of flooding in local areas. The bill would further limit how much of a property could be covered by fixed structures. The problem described in this article is flooding in Jacksonville city limits. As Florida is hurricane-prone, flooding affects many Jacksonville residents, specifically home and property owners.
#2- Jacksonville’s Clarke School helps bring deaf children into the ‘hearing world’
https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190530/jacksonvilles-clarke-school-helps-bring-deaf-children-into-hearing-world
What? Deafness
Who? Deaf children and adults, teachers, schools, public establishments, parents
Summary- Jacksonville is known for its state of the art specialty medical facilities. This article portrays the a breakthrough story for a deaf child who grew up within these facilities. The problem described in this article is the struggles of deaf children in the community. Deaf children and their parents, schools, and teachers encounter this problem. However, Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech have offered a hopeful solution for those that are deaf.
#3- Northeast Florida community health assessment spotlights lack of access to care
What? Lack of access to primary care providers
Who? Jacksonville residents, veterans, seniors, children, minority groups
Summary- After a 2019 Community health assessment, it has become apparent that Duval County has a lack of primary care providers. This stems from several factors such as demographics, location, and transportation availability. People that specifically have this problem are Duval residents, veterans, children, seniors, and several minority groups. Jacksonville has some of the top medical care facilities but the problem lies in accessing these facilities.
#4- High-performing Duval charter schools mimic nearby high-performing public schools
What? Education quality across Duval County
Who? Charter schools, public schools, students, parents, teachers
Summary- Charter Schools across duval county are starting to out preform that of regular public schools. This becomes an issue when it comes to perks and funding. The problem is the quality of education that students are receiving across the board in each school break down. The people who are affected by the problem are charter schools, public schools, parents, students, and teachers.
#5- Coast Guard crew returns to Mayport after seizing $41 million worth of cocaine
What? Cocaine trafficking into the US
Who? US citizens, jails, hospitals, judicial system
Summary- A Coast Guard crew out of Mayport seized $41 million dollars worth of cocaine from entering the country through our waterways. This article shows that cocaine trafficking is still a very relevant issue today across the country. Examples of those who are affected by this problem is the US as a whole, jail, hospitals, and the judicial system.
Reflection: It was interesting to read these local newspaper articles to identify a problem. In my opinion, it almost seems like there is an underlying problem in many of the articles that are published in general. Whether it be subliminal or obvious, problems motivate people to write. I actually enjoyed this assignment because it made me think about the reasoning behind why these problems exist today.
*Note: I used the Florida Times-Union newspaper as the source for my articles.
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