NEW YORK and TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, offers multi-platform media coverage of today's Garden State elections, including live broadcasts and online updates extending into the night.
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The network's television coverage begins tonight with a live special edition of its week-nightly news program, NJ Today at 6 p.m. ET (check local listings). Anchored by NJ Today Managing Editor Mike Schneider, the show will feature segments with political analysts, pollsters and other experts assessing the state's political climate.
The network continues its on-air coverage with NJ Decides 2011, beginning at 8 p.m. ET(check local listings). The night-long live election show will be anchored by Mike Schneider, joined throughout the evening by Senior Political Correspondent Michael Aron and New Jersey Capitol Report co-hosts Steve Adubato and Rafael Pi Roman (who also anchored NJ Today Summer Edition). Political experts from around the state will weigh-in, including Patrick Murray (Director, Monmouth University Polling Institute), Peter Woolley (Executive Director, Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind™ research center), Brigid Harrison (Professor, Political Science and Law at Montclair State University), Roger Bodman (Senior Partner, Public Strategies Impact), Julie Roginsky (Owner, Comprehensive Communications Group) and Dick Sheeran (Veteran KYW-TV Philadelphia/South Jersey News Reporter).
Throughout the day, NJTV will update it's newly-launched NJ Today website, http://www.njtvonline.org/njtoday with election programming updates, voter information, live-from-the-field correspondent tweets, race results and more. It will keep the dialogue going on Twitter @njtvonline and its Facebook page http://facebook.com/njtvonline, where visitors can also send in photos and stories related to their observations at the polls. The platforms will periodically intersect when hot-button election issues are posed on-air for Facebook fans to discuss online. On-site correspondents will also report and tweet live from two of the most heated district contests in Atlantic and Bergen counties.
"NJTV is committed to covering tonight's election news for as long into the night as it takes to get the job done," said NJTV General Manager John Servidio. "As a multi-platform network, we can offer New Jerseyans the latest news and analysis both on-air and online for complete, comprehensive state election coverage."
To achieve its coverage, NJTV will use a combination of studios, news trucks and remote interview stations positioned across the state to provide live election coverage and content for broadcast and the web.
Support for NJTV's election night coverage is provided by Integrity Health.
Additional support for NJ Today provided by New Jersey Manufacturers (NJM) and Verizon.
ABOUT NJTV
Now in its 19th week on the air, NJTV brings quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout New Jersey and its Tri-state neighbors.
NJTV's broadcast schedule combines acclaimed national PBS series like American Masters, Nature, Charlie Rose, and BBC World News America with an array of state-focused news, arts and public affairs shows, including One-on-One with Steve Adubato, Perspectives, Caucus New Jersey and State of the Arts . The station's week-nightly news broadcast, NJ Today, features stories from across the Garden State. NJTV complements its growing news staff by partnering with state-wide media and higher education institutions. The station actively solicits viewer news tips, story ideas and feedback, along with locally-produced film shorts and long-form documentaries, making New Jerseyans part of the station's editorial team.
The station's website, http://www.njtvonline.org/ posts the latest local news, information and program schedules, and its NJ Learns section offers local educators free, classroom-ready, digital resources through PBS LearningMedia™.
NJTV is comprised of WNJN, WNJS, WNJB, and WNJT, which collectively broadcast throughout NJ. Formerly New Jersey Network (NJN), NJTV is operated under an agreement with the state of New Jersey by Public Media NJ, Inc. (PMNJ), a non-profit affiliate of WNET, parent company of award-winning New York public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21. Station sponsorships and partnerships are available.
Throughout the day and night, NJTV will use its brand-new NJ Today website, www.njtvonline.com/njtoday and social media outposts on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NJTVonline and Twitter @njtvonline to extend and enhance its NJ Decides 2011 broadcast coverage of this week's state elections which will determine 120 legislative seats. Starting today, the network is providing special online election content and interactive features to keep constituents abreast of -and talking about-the latest race news and coverage.
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