Breakfast with Nate Monroe, The Tributary

Name: Breakfast with Nate Monroe, The Tributary
Start: 2025-05-21T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-21T09:00:00-04:00
Location: Riverplace Tower

Schedule

Wed May 21 2025 at 08:00 am to 09:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Riverplace Tower | Jacksonville, FL

Nate Monroe is Executive Editor of The Tributary. He has been a beat reporter, investigative reporter and columnist for newspapers in the Southeast for the past 15 years. Most recently, he wrote a column about Florida for the USA Today Network. He was previously a metro columnist, beat reporter and investigative reporter for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, where he focused on covering the largest municipal government in Florida. Prior to arriving in Jacksonville in 2013, Nate was a reporter for newspapers in the Florida Panhandle and South Louisiana.
Nate’s investigative work has won more than a dozen awards and led to federal convictions, voter-led reforms, and other significant impacts. He was part of a team of Times-Union reporters who scrutinized a scandalous effort to privatize JEA, Jacksonville’s city-owned electric and water utility, work that is credited with helping to halt the effort, prompting voter-led reforms, and launching a federal investigation into the controversy that resulted in a conviction. In partnership with reporters at the Orlando Sentinel and Floodlight, an investigative newsroom, Nate also broke news, based on leaked documents, that consultants working for one of the largest electric companies in the nation had conducted surveillance on him and tampered with Florida democracy through questionable campaign-finance tactics in local elections. In 2016, Nate was part of a team that uncovered a sham charity with ties to former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, which was ultimately the centerpiece of a federal indictment and later her conviction on fraud and tax crimes. He and a colleague also produced a groundbreaking investigation into the flood risks associated with deep dredging of the St. Johns River over the past century.
About Cuppa Jax:
Cuppa Jax holds gatherings for neighborhood and community leaders that are open to everyone in Jacksonville. Join us on Wednesday mornings in Riverplace Tower on the Southbank to discuss important issues facing our city.
Scheduled speakers will talk for 10-15 minutes. The rest of the time is spent with Q&A and discussion of relevant issues brought up by participants. We also encourage attendees to make community announcements at the beginning of the program.
Some important things to note
No membership fee. Unlike many other discussion forums in Jacksonville, there is no membership fee to attend or participate in Cuppa Jax. We do ask attendees to cover the cost of coffee and breakfast provided by Village Bread Cafe. If you cannot attend due to the cost of the event, please email [email protected] with a request for a scholarship and we will be glad to cover your ticket.
Topical and timely. We are seeking local thought leaders who can discuss and educate about important community issues to speak at future dates. We don’t accept offers to speak about or pitch organizations. Cuppa Jax is non-partisan, and does not endorse candidates or issues. An offer to speak does not constitute an endorsement. It's simply an opportunity for the community to have a meaningful discussion.
Directions:
We meet at Riverplace Tower, also known as the Ameris Bank building. This is a walkable location along the Southbank Riverwalk and also convenient to JTA's First Coast Flyer and the Skyway's Riverplace Station.
There is limited free street parking, and paid parking is also available in a neighboring surface lot and garage.
Entering from the Riverwalk: take the stairs or elevator next to Village Bread Company up to the Skyline Room.
Entering from Riverplace Blvd: take the escalators and walk toward the back of the building, behind the Ameris Bank offices.
Entering from the garage: make a right at the first bank of elevators and another right into the hallway between the Ameris Bank offices.
Entering from the driveway between Riverplace Tower and the Doubletree: Walk down the hallway to the left, and make another left toward Village Bread Cafe. Take the elevator or stairs near Village Bread Cafe to the meeting space.