"Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption" narrated by the late Andre Braugher, features interviews with former mayors, activists, and residents, offering sharply different perspectives on the 1967 Newark Uprising. Read more here tinyurl.com/yc3ctzek Watch on #NJPBS at 8 p.m.
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R.I.P., Melvin "Mel" #Leipzig [°May 23, 1935 – Nov. 1, 2025]🕯️😔🌹

#portraitist #GalleryHenoch #Verisimilitude #NJPBS #StateoftheArts #MelLeipzigEverythingisPaintable #MorrisKantor #NeilWelliver #LouDraper #NicholasMarsicano #DanBischoff #AnneBuchsbaum #MelvinDonaldLeipzig #MelLeipzig

PBS Shutting Down in an Entire State Thanks to Trump’s Cuts New Jersey’s only public television station, NJ PBS, is anticipated to shutter in just over nine months thanks to President Trump’s budget cuts. As first reported by The New Jersey Globe this week, WNET, the company that has operated the station for 14 years since former Republican Governor Chris Christie shut down the state-run New Jersey Network, did not reach an agreement to extend its contract with the state beyond June 30, 2026. The network relied on about $1.5 million in federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but the Republican-controlled Congress in July passed the Trump administration plan to cut all federal support for PBS and its member stations Earlier this year, state funding was also cut, from $1 million to $250,000, under a spending plan signed by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy. “The recent cuts by the federal government and New Jersey state government have been very significant,” NJ PBS said in a statement. “I believe that the State’s intransigence or maybe even apathy, coupled with federal funding cuts and new media challenges, likely influenced WNET’s decision” not to renew, suggested NJ PBS Chairman Scott Kobler in an op-ed. New Jersey’s Democratic senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, lamented the move, with Booker calling it “a loss for all of us who live here,” and Kim excoriating Congressional Republicans for voting “to take money from Elmo and Daniel Tiger and give to billionaires.” “NJ PBS doesn’t just have kids’ shows and trusted, local news programming, but also critical emergency notification systems that kept residents safe during disasters,” noted Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill, who promised to “find new ways to fund public media” if elected in November. “NJ PBS shutting down is more than a station dying,” said Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, “It’s a warning about who holds power when oversight fades. Without free public media, we lose the lens that keeps those in power honest.” State Senators John Burzichelli and Andrew Zwicker called for “a top-to-bottom analysis of public television in New Jersey to determine what can and should be done to maintain the type of services the network has provided.”

Trump’s Cuts Are Officially Ending #PBS in an Entire State

Thanks, #Trump.

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Hey #njpbs the first gubernatorial debate is tonight but instead of broadcasting it you are cuprattling?

"Slavery in NJ: The Price of Silence Part One" @pbs.org #NJPBS
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Tomorrow WATCH/LISTEN/STREAM: 7p on @njspotlightnews.org
YT channel, on TV on #NJPBS & on @wnyc.org - the Republican Gov. candidates Jack Ciattarelli, Bill Spadea & Sen. Jon Bramnick w/ hosts Michael Hill & @davidcruznj.bsky.social

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New Jersey will continue to fund for @njpbs.bsky.social, @njspotlightnews.org and @npr.org or WNJT to be precise while Washington turns the blind eye. Public policy always start at a local and state level. #NPR #PBS #WNJT #NJPBS #NJSpotlightNews #PublicBroadcasting #FactsMatter #FightThePower

Governors' Perspectives - Eagleton Center on the American Governor

We are happy to announce that, in partnership with Governors' Perspectives with Kent Manahan, episodes of the series are now available on the Center on the American Governor website. Watch now to learn what former NJ governors think about current political affairs.

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Reporters Roundtable Rundown:
Guests:
-Sheena Collum on being @stevenfulop.bsky.social Lt. Gov. pick
-Reporters: Lilo Stainton (NJSN)
@mattfriedmannj.bsky.social Charles Stile (The Record)
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@njspotlightnews.bsky.social #NJPBS @davidcruznj.bsky.social

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I love your style of journalism Brenda. But all do respect, I don’t believe 80 or 287 are considered “routes.” They are considered as Interstates. Most people I know would refer to them as Interstate 80 and Interstate 287 or I-80 or I-287. #NewJersey #transportation #Interstate #error #NJPBS