Shay Simon, Action News JaxMorning Anchor<\/p>\n
Shay Simon is a morning news anchor at Action News Jax. She joined the station in April 2025.<\/p>\n
She returns to her home state of Florida after previous roles in Tennessee and South Carolina. <\/p>\n
As an anchor in Memphis, Shay helped the team earn a TAB award after a shooting spree caused the city\u2019s first emergency shutdown. She also covered multiple high-profile murder trials, including that of rapper Young Dolph\u2019s killer and three former Memphis Police Department officers convicted of federal felonies for their role in Tyre Nichols’ death. <\/p>\n
During her time in Columbia, South Carolina, Shay covered numerous stories that received national attention, including the murder trial of Nathaniel Rowland. <\/p>\n
In 2021, between covering the pandemic and continuous protests across South Carolina\u2019s capital city, she also published her first book. She founded “Jumping into Journalism” to help college students navigate the ever-changing world of news. <\/p>\n
She was born and raised in Orlando. She received her broadcast journalism degree from the one and only Florida A&M University.<\/p>\n
While at FAMU, Shay won an AP Award for her work and interned at CBS in New York City. <\/p>\n
Shay and her husband are blessed to now call Jacksonville home! <\/p>\n
When she\u2019s not behind the desk, she is out in the community. If you have a story idea or would like her to host your community event, email her at Shay.Simon@actionnewsjax.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shay Simon, Action News JaxMorning Anchor Shay Simon is a morning news anchor at Action News Jax. She…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[137941,137946,116660,796,137942,137943,794,28,137945,116,118,117,795,349,137944],"class_list":["post-334766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-4-rivers","tag-4-rivers-round-up-campaign-to-benefit-child-cancer-fund","tag-4-rivers-smokehouse","tag-796","tag-careathon","tag-child-cancer-fund","tag-duval","tag-florida","tag-four-rivers","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-ne-florida","tag-northeast-florida","tag-round-up-campaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}