Leah Mishkin is a multimedia journalist who received a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism at Emerson College. She completed her Masters in Criminal Justice from Boston University.
Leah was raised in New York City but holds dual citizenship from the United States and Belgium. She is fluent in French. Her passion is meeting new people and telling their stories.
Leah reported for News 12 Long Island for two years and most recently anchored for the channel in Connecticut. She was also a reporter for WBTW the CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. And she worked as an Associate Producer and Website Producer for WCTV the CBS affiliate in Tallahassee, Florida.
Leah covered the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. She has also extensively covered the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, a family whose son was killed as a result of PTSD from the Iraq war, and ongoing coverage of the Occupy Boston movement. She has done in-depth story coverage of the Middle East conflict, while studying at a Communication school in Israel.
Leah looks forward to telling your stories. If you have an idea you want covered, click here.
In 1967 protests erupted in the streets of Newark and less than a year later, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. That period of social unrest inspired the creation of the ...
Yes, it’s April, but the snow keeps on coming. Some districts announced school delayed openings and closures, and people in areas like Morris County woke up to more than seven inches of snow.
The room at the DEP headquarters in Trenton was packed with people who had questions about how New Jersey will re-enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, otherwise known as RGGI.
The current administration's stance on charter schools seems unclear in contrast with Christie's rapid expansion approach.
Minority and women-owned business attended a forum where contracting opportunities were discussed in the development of Newark Airport's new Terminal One.
Because of programs like Breakfast After the Bell, the Department of Agriculture says the number of students having breakfast at school in Paterson has increased.
The Port Authority board approved a proposal to gradually increase the minimum wage for all workers at JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark to $19 an hour by 2023.
In the Camelot program, a student with zero credits can graduate in two and a half years because of an accelerated program.
Speakers highlighted parallels between our past and our present and how they will affect the future of women's issues.
The American Gaming Association estimates Americans will bet more than $10 billion on the upcoming 2018 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. They say 97 percent of that money will be bet illegally.
The discussion at the forum focused on using techniques like education and outreach to overcome barriers.
A report from the school's faculty union looks at hiring patterns, salary, promotion and family leave policies at the state university over a 20-year span.
St. Joseph's in Paterson has cut opioids use by 82 percent with alternative pain management treatments.
The New Jersey task force on campus sexual assault says the new legislative session is an opportunity to introduce a report they published last summer on how the state's colleges and universities can ...
Pamela Capaci, the CEO of Prevention Links, says they’ve been able to launch some of the programs out of their center because of funding from the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which was ...
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