John Davis
Host, Reporter, Assistant News Directorjrdavis@wgcu.org
John Davis has been a Reporter/Producer for WGCU since 2007. For more than a decade he served as the local host for NPR’s Morning Edition. He currently serves as producer and host of WGCU’s radio talk program Gulf Coast Life Arts Edition with John Davis. Prior to joining WGCU, he worked at WDUQ-FM in Pittsburgh, PA (now WESA) covering local government and general assignments. John studied journalism at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Florida Gulf Coast University. His work has garnered awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, the Radio Television Digital News Association, and a first-place award and “Best in Show” from the Florida Associated Press for his investigative work in 2011. Davis helped lead news team coverage around the clock during Hurricane Irma in 2017, which won a National Edward R. Morrow Award. More recently, his election and political coverage has garnered awards from the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists.
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In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024, Sunny Lubner interviews her good friend Stephanie Davis about her childhood troubles, including the stigma of having a lesbian mother and an escape attempt from a camp for troubled girls. -
Laboratory Theater of Florida is mounting a production of playwright Lynn Nottage’s comedic play “Clyde’s.” Nottage is the first and only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. We explore the play in a conversation with the production’s director Tijuana Clemons, actor Sonya McCarter, and Lab Theater founding artistic director Annette Trossbach. -
In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024, we hear Jennifer Fallon speaking with her partner Robert Conk about how they met, their decision to move to Southwest Florida, their relationship, and the importance of laughter. -
Delta Blues guitarist, bassist and vocalist Anthony “Big A” Sherrod performed live in studio while in Southwest Florida for a Big A & The All Stars concert at Florida Gulf Coast University earlier this month. We’ll hear music and conversation from Sherrod along with Delta Blues documentarian, organizer and advocate Roger Stolle. -
In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024, Kim Cool talks with her friend and inspirational speaker MK Mueller about the importance of taking risks. -
In an unexpected and unprecedented move, last month, Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed $32 million dollars in state grants for more than 600 arts and culture organizations throughout Florida. We hear from Molly Rowan-Deckart with the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, Elysia Dawn with United Arts Collier, and arts reporter Tom Hall about how local arts and culture organizations are coping with the lost funds and about the economic impact of the region’s arts and culture industry. -
Internationally renowned psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer died, July 12 at the age of 96. In remembrance, we listen back to our 2018 interview with Dr. Ruth ahead of her visit to Fort Myers to attend Florida Repertory Theatre’s production of a play about her life titled “Becoming Dr. Ruth.” -
In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024, Jessica Lindsey talks with her mother Denise Pringle about their relationship, motherhood, and the powerful women in their family. -
Players Circle Theater is hosting a production of a new one-man musical drama titled “A Man of the Decade: An Evening with John Lennon.” Ahead of opening night, July 12, we talk with actor, playwright and musician Randy Noojin, who wrote and stars in the show, along with Players Circle Theater co-founder and artistic director Bob Cacioppo. -
In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024, long-time partners Kevin Kennedy and Glenn Sweigart share their stories of coming to terms with their sexuality, and learning to embrace and live their own truths.
