July 8, 2020 — NEWARK, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy joins NJTV News Sr. Correspondent David Cruz for live Q&A  on this week’s edition of Chat Box with David Cruz.  With a potential second COVID-19 wave approaching New Jersey and economic pressure mounting, the two will discuss what’s next and answer questions from the ...

July 7, 2020 — NEWARK, NJ — NJTV News and NJ Spotlight will provide comprehensive Primary Day coverage across New Jersey on July 7th across all of their on-air and online platforms. NJ Spotlight and NJTV News will combine their reporting and post all coverage on Primary elections across the state throughout the day on […]

July 2, 2020 – NEWARK, NJ – NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced that Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron will step down from his daily role reporting to focus on weekly “special” contributions to the network’s weeknight newscast, NJTV News.  Aron, known as the “Dean of the ...

June 29, 2020 – NEWARK, NJ – NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced that it will broadcast the acclaimed documentary, Asbury Park: Riot Redemption Rock & Roll, on Sunday, July 5 at 10pm on NJTV (check local listings). Watch a preview here. The 90-minute film tells the story of the long-troubled town of Asbury […]

June 17, 2020- NEWARK, NJ – NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced that it will broadcast its annual Gala Benefit on Wednesday, June 24 at 7pm on NJTV (check local listings). The Gala, which was postponed from earlier this month out of respect for protest-related events, would ordinarily be an in-person affair.  It ...

June 15, 2020 – TRENTON, NJ — NJTV will provide live online coverage of Governor Murphy’s Coronavirus press conference today. Coverage, slated to begin at 1pm today, will coincide with actual proceedings. Click here to watch the press conference.

In the midst of a pandemic, widespread protests against police killings of black Americans have sparked a national conversation about race and policing. Now, an investigation into the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a New Jersey state trooper has brought that conversation home. On this week’s Chat Box, NJTV News Senior Correspondent ...

June 4, 2020 — NEWARK, NJ — Due to today’s events, including a memorial for George Floyd, the NJTV Gala Benefit: A Tribute to Independent Journalism has been postponed to focus programming on the relationship between police and people of color in our country. We will instead be airing a MetroFocus Virtual Town Hall: Racism, […]

UPDATE: Tonight’s broadcast of the virtual NJTV Gala Benefit: A Tribute to Independent Journalism has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. June 4, 2020–NEWARK, NJ – NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced that it will broadcast its annual Gala Benefit on Thursday, June 4 at 7pm on NJTV (check local ...

May 26, 2020 – Newark, NJ – NJ Spotlight, affiliate to NJTV News, announced that John P. McAlpin will assume duties as its Managing Editor today, reporting directly to Jamie Kraft, Senior Managing Editor of NJTV News and NJ Spotlight, and John Mooney, NJ Spotlight’s Founding Editor.  An award-winning journalist, McAlpin’s experience ...