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Jerry Izenberg (born September 10, 1930) is a sports journalist with The Newark Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey.He was born in Newark, New Jersey. [1] His career with The Star-Ledger began in 1951 while he was still a student at Rutgers University, Newark, [2] but was interrupted for several years during which he served in the Korean War.
Di Ionno is a former general news columnist at New Jersey's top newspaper, The Star-Ledger. [2] [3] He is an adjunct professor of journalism at Rutgers University–Newark. He is a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist in news commentary for his columns on Hurricane Sandy, the suicide of Tyler Clementi, and other local events and issues.
In August 2009, Robert Treat opened a second campus in the former St. Mary's school on the campus of the Newark Abbey. [10] [11] In August 2009, Adubato stepped down as executive director. His daughter, Michele Adubato, is the current CEO. Historian Terry Golway has referred to Adubato as "the legendary boss of Newark’s North Ward." [12]
The paper dropped Newark from its masthead sometime in the 1970s, but is still popularly called the Newark Star-Ledger by many residents of New Jersey. [7] [8] During the 1960s The Star-Ledger ' s chief competitor was the Newark Evening News, once the most popular newspaper in New Jersey. In March 1971, the Star-Ledger surpassed the Evening ...
Guy Sterling (born September 23, 1948) is an American journalist, author and historian. He spent most of his 35-year newspaper career as a reporter with The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, primarily covering the courts and criminal justice matters, the Meadowlands Sports Complex and the New Jersey Mafia.
It faced increasing competition from the Newark Star-Ledger, and for its final four months, the daily editions of the Newark Evening News were printed on Star-Ledger presses. [11] That was because the paper's new owners had sold the presses, along with the Sunday News edition, to the Star-Ledger. [11] The paper folded on August 31, 1972. [11] [14]
In 2008, a series of scandals hit the press with investigative reporting by the Newark Star-Ledger leading to disclosures concerning the handling of Athletics Department finances. Mulcahy was fired in December 2008 by then-president Richard McCormick under pressure resulting from the Star-Ledger investigations, [ 9 ] though he said he had done ...
"It was the activism of Black law students during the late 1960's after the Newark riots that caused them, along with several Black attorneys, to organize the Concerned Legal Associates ("CLA"). Their members included attorneys, Isaac McNatt, CLA's first president, Pearl Crosby and Geneva Sanford, along with students, George Logan, Kathy ...