November 2, 2022 – NEWARK, NJ – NJ PBS announced that its newsroom’s latest election podcast interviews feature two candidates from CD-5: Democratic Incumbent Rep. Josh Gottheimer and Republican Challenger Frank Pallotta. Each is vying to represent portions of Bergen, Passic and Sussex counties, and will individually share their platforms and perspectives with NJ Spotlight News Anchor Briana Vannozzi.

Leading into Election Day in New Jersey this November, NJ PBS’s newsroom, NJ Spotlight News, is producing a new political podcast series, NJ Decides 2022 Election Exchange, featuring conversations with candidates running for Congressional seats this year. The series seeks to give New Jersey voters insight into the candidates running for Congress with candid one-on-one conversations with them about topical Garden State issues, moderated by members of the NJ Spotlight News team.

The NJ Decides 2022 Election Exchange series is available on most popular podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. It will also post on NJSpotlightNews.org. Video from the conversation sessions will also post on the NJ Spotlight News YouTube channel and be incorporated into news coverage on the team’s weeknight newscast, NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi.

To date, the following episodes have been produced, with more to come:

·    Episode 1: Election Exchange with Rep. Tom Malinowski. Listen here. NJ Spotlight News Anchor Briana Vannozzi goes one-on-one with New Jersey’s District 7 Democratic two-term incumbent Congressman Tom Malinowski.

·     Episode 2: Election Exchange with Rep. Andy Kim. Listen here. NJ Spotlight News Digital Sr. Projects Editor Colleen O’Dea goes one-on- one with New Jersey’s District 3 Democratic two-term incumbent Congressman Andy Kim.

·    Episode 3: Election Exchange with Bob Healey. Listen here. NJ Spotlight News Digital Sr. Projects Editor Colleen O’Dea goes one-on-one with New Jersey’s District 3 Republican challenger Bob Healey.

·     Episode 4: Election Exchange with Rep. Mikie Sherrill. Listen here. NJ Spotlight News Sr. Political Correspondent David Cruz goes one-on-one with New Jersey’s District 11 Democratic two-term incumbent Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill.

·    Episode 5: Election Exchange with Rep. Josh Gottheimer. Listen here. Anchor Briana Vannozzi goes one-on-one with 3-term democratic incumbent Rep. Josh Gottheimer, currently representing District 5.

·    Episode 6: Election Exchange with Frank Pallotta. Listen here. Anchor Briana Vannozzi goes one-on-one with District 5’s Republican challenger Frank Pallotta.

The NJ Spotlight News editorial team will continue to connect with candidates in key races across the state now through election day to participate.

This is the second major podcast production for NJ PBS and NJ Spotlight News this year; its Hazard NJ series about the effect of climate change on New Jersey Superfund sites has tallied over 100K downloads to date.

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.org.

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ABOUT NJ PBS 

NJ PBS, New Jersey’s public television 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, NJ Business Beat with Rhonda Schaffler, Here’s the Story, Drive By History, One-on-One with Steve Adubato, State of the Arts 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.org, plus live news specials, community engagement events and daily newsletters. It recently launched its first podcast, Hazard NJ, investigating the effect of climate change on NJ Superfund sites. The MyNJPBS.org 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.