NJ PBS's Newsroom, NJ Spotlight News, Offers Comprehensive, Multiplatform Election Night Coverage On November 5

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NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NJ PBS's newsroom, NJ Spotlight News, will broadcast and stream extensive live election night coverage on Tuesday, November 5 beginning at 8 p.m. on NJ PBS
(check local listings ) and the NJ Spotlight News YouTube channel . Watch a promo here .

Throughout the day, the latest election news and information will be posted on the
NJ Spotlight News website
and its social media accounts.

The team's evening coverage, NJ Decides 2024: Election Night , will kick off at 8 p.m. with in-studio analysis from NJ Spotlight News Anchor Briana Vannozzi, Senior Writer and Projects Editor Colleen O'Dea, Sr. Political Correspondent David Cruz and Rider University's Micah Rasmussen, political experts, plus on-location correspondent reports from candidate headquarters across the state. Sr. Correspondent Joanna Gagis will be tracking, in studio, the Presidential Race and how the balance of power at the Capitol shakes out.

All coverage will be streamed throughout the night on
MyNJPBS/live ,
NJSpotlightNews,
and the NJ Spotlight News
YouTube channel .

Leading up to Election Day, NJ Spotlight News has rolled out a series of free resources to help constituents learn about candidates and why voting matters.
The Election Exchange podcast series features one-on-one discussions with legislate and Senate candidates. This information includes a voter's guide with candidate profiles and a series of videos entitled Gotta Know Jersey , which explain the logistics of voting and why it matters.
All election content is available at NJSpotlightNews/njdecides . NJ PBS and Rowan University also hosted a discussion between Curtis Bashaw and Andy Kim , who are running for U.S. Senate this year.

NJ Spotlight News is an award-winning multiplatform news organization that provides reporting from across all 21 counties in New Jersey and beyond through a weeknight newscast, NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi on NJ PBS, a robust website, social media platforms, daily newsletters, and community engagement events. Learn more at NJSpotlightNews .

Major funding for NJ Spotlight News and the NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi newscast is provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, PSEG Foundation, the Fund for New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health, NJM Insurance Group, New Jersey Education Association, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, New Jersey Realtors and Wyncote Foundation.

ABOUT NJ PBS

NJ PBS, New Jersey's public media network, brings quality arts, education, and public affairs programming to all 21 counties in the state. Headquartered at the Agnes Varis NJ PBS Studio in Newark, the network offers diverse local programs including
American Songbook at NJPAC ,
Chat Box with David Cruz ,
New Jersey Business Beat with Raven Santana ,
Here's the Story ,
Drive By History ,
One-on-One with Steve Adubato ,
Soundcheck ,
State of the Arts ,
Table for All with Buki Elegbede
and
Treasures of New Jersey
and PBS favorites such as
Nature,
NOVA,
Amanpour and Company
and
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Its award-winning newsroom, NJ Spotlight News, provides multiplatform reporting from across the Garden State on its weeknight newscast,
NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi , and digitally via
NJSpotlightNews , plus live news specials, community engagement events, podcasts and daily newsletters. The
MyNJPBS
network website offers streaming programs and free digital resources for educators via PBS LearningMedia New Jersey. NJ PBS is operated under an agreement with the state of New Jersey by Public Media NJ, Inc. (PMNJ), a non-profit affiliate of The WNET Group, the parent company of award-winning New York public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21.

SOURCE The WNET Group

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