Articles by Steve Lubetkin

NJ-SPJ tours NJTV

Behind a bank of cameras and glass panels, NJTV news anchor Mary Alice Williams interviewed her guest as we watched from the walkway at 2 Gateway Center during our NJ Society of Professional Journalists’ tour on Oct. 22.

Somewhere in …


My EIJ 1.0

EIJ2015JlogoArmed with information I ripped from my copy of “Quill” magazine, a coupon for the airport shuttle bus and the EIJ15 app, I headed to my first Society of Professional Journalists’ Excellence in Journalism (EIJ) 2015 Conference in Florida last …


Weinberg pulls transparency bills

Legislative alert_158x57Bad news for open government.

Noting there were not enough votes to get the two bills that would update the state’s sunshine laws out of committee, State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) took both bills off the state Senate Budget and …


Red Alert: Trouble in Trenton

Legislative alert_158x57This Tuesday, June 23, an important committee meeting will take place in Trenton, one that could greatly affect open government in New Jersey. We are urging you to write to the legislators in your district and have created a format


NJ-SPJ supports bills amending state transparency laws

unnamedNJ-SPJ officers Ron Miskoff and Miriam Ascarelli were at a state Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing in Trenton yesterday supporting proposed legislation to update and modernize NJ’s Open Public Meetings Act (OMPA) and Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Also …