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Star Ledger- Former NJN staple Michael Aron to join NJTV ““Mike is such a well-regarded journalist whose body of work mostly is about New Jersey,” Priolo said. “When you start a baseball team, you want to start with Mickey Mantle. We got Mickey Mantle.
The Star-Ledger
TRENTON — Veteran Trenton political reporter Michael Aron will return to New Jersey public television next month, when he joins the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting as its vice president of news and public affairs.
Aron, a 29-year veteran of New Jersey Network, the state-run public broadcaster that went dark July 1, will bring his long-running series “On the Record” and “Reporters Roundtable” to NJTV and will serve as a political correspondent of NJTV’s nightly news show, “NJ Today.”
“It feels great. It means I get to keep doing what I enjoy doing — watching the politics of this state, which are never endingly fascinating,” said Aron, a resident of Montclair.
Aron, who will begin work next month, said his series and contributions to the NJTV lineup will begin to air sometime in September.
"I may go on the air in August to get my feet wet,” Aron said. “We’re feeling our way through this.”
NJTV is operated by Public Media NJ, a subsidiary of New York public broadcaster WNET. Aron will be employed by the NJPB Foundation, a nonprofit that previously supported NJN.
Last week, the foundation and Public Media NJ announced they had reached an cooperative arrangement that would allow both boards to raise money and provide programming for NJTV. In addition, three members of the Foundation board, as well as former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean, joined the board of Public Media NJ.
Steve Priolo, the foundation president, said the foundation remains autonomous as it continues to support the work of NJ’s public TV. He said it was important that Aron be the foundation’s first new hire.
“Mike is such a well-regarded journalist whose body of work mostly is about New Jersey,” Priolo said. “When you start a baseball team, you want to start with Mickey Mantle. We got Mickey Mantle.”
Priolo said the next step will be to raise money to fund Aron’s two series, as well as other public affairs programs that are in the planning stages.
Digital Journal - Michael Aron, the "Dean of the Statehouse Press Corp," Joins the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting and Returns to New Jersey Public Television
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, July 26, 2011
NEW YORK, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Respected New Jersey journalist, Michael Aron, a 29-year veteran of New Jersey Network, is joining the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting (FNJBP) as Vice President of News and Public Affairs.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110726/DC417090)
NJTV also named Aron as its Chief Political Correspondent and announced that Aron will return as host and executive producer of his two well regarded and long-running public affairs television series, On The Record and Reporters Roundtable with Michael Aron. (Premiere dates and broadcast schedule will be announced soon). Aron will also contribute statehouse coverage to the NJTV-produced nightly broadcast "NJ Today" when it premieres in the fall.
"Having the chance to continue being a journalist in this state and contributing substantive content that allows me to cover the people I so enjoy reporting on and about is a welcomed opportunity, " Aron said.
Aron's role as Vice President of the FNJPB will be to provide strategic planning for the production of substantive public affairs and news oriented programming which fit the needs and requirements of NJTV. FNJPB recently entered into an agreement with NJTV to raise funds and to work together on New Jersey centric programming.
Michael has been a journalist since 1970, starting at Seattle Magazine, then West Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Rolling Stone, and New Jersey Monthly. He started at NJN in 1982 and has won a number of broadcast awards, including a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award. He went to college at Harvard, graduate school at Princeton, is a native of Philadelphia, lives in Montclair, and has three grown daughters.
Aron has interviewed every New Jersey governor, state supreme court chief justice, and legislative leader during his tenure, plus a number of presidential candidates. He has covered national political conventions, trade missions abroad, and all the major political issues of the state.
About The Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting & NJTV
The Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting (FNJPB) raises funds to support and create "New Jersey Centric" programs. The corporation is organized and operated exclusively for educational, charitable, scientific and literacy programs within the meaning of Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
NJTV, formerly New Jersey Network (NJN), began broadcasting on July 1, 2011. NJTV is operated under an agreement with the state of New Jersey by Public Media NJ, Inc. (PMNJ), a newly formed non-profit affiliate of WNET, parent company of award-winning public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21.
The newly formed PMNJ will have a New Jersey-based Board of Trustees and will maintain offices in New Jersey that will house approximately 20 employees focused on editorial, community outreach, production, fundraising and underwriting functions.
NJTV is comprised of WNJN, WNJS, WNJB, and WNJT, which collectively broadcast throughout the state.
SOURCE WNET New York Public Media
Steve Priolo, President, FNJPB, spriolo@fnjpb.org, +1-609-980-8500: Kellie Specter, WNET, specter@wnet.org, +1-212-560-3009
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Njspotlight.com - Education Commissioner Speaks Out on Public Radio…Acting education commissioner Chris Cerf discusses school reform, economically disadvantaged kids, teacher evaluation, and more
, July 27 in Education|Post a Comment
New Jersey’s acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf took to the radio waves yesterday, spending 20 minutes with Brian Lehrer of WNYC radio, one of NJ Spotlight’s partners.
In a wide-ranging interview, Cerf spoke to the differences between New Jersey and New York City schools, where he last worked as deputy chancellor.
He also fended off a question from the host as to whether all of Gov. Chris Christie's talk of tenure reform and policies to eliminate "last in, first out" for teachers will really make that big a difference for low-performing districts like Asbury Park.
And to a teacher calling in to the show -- “Jane from Millburn” -- he spoke about problems with recruiting and hiring teachers, an issue that plagues many school systems and often goes unnoticed in all the talk of reform.
Listen to the interview: go to www.njspotlight.com
