NJ Spotlight News

NJ Spotlight News is a pioneering partnership between NJ Spotlight’s digital newsroom and NJ PBS, New Jersey’s public television network. As the largest nonprofit newsroom dedicated to the state of New Jersey, NJ Spotlight News covers important issues in education, health care, public policy, politics and the environment on multiple platforms: traditional broadcast, digital reporting, social media content and live journalism roundtables.

Current Position

Location: Newark, New Jersey

Beat: Mental health issues especially affecting rural New Jerseyans

Position:

This beat focuses on mental health issues in New Jersey, from both an individual and systemic point of view. Shining light on addiction, depression and suicide, among other issues, the multimedia reporter also covers the rural population, including opioid addiction.

Reporter: Bobby Brier