About

The New Jersey State House News Service is a nonprofit “wire service” that works with colleges and universities to mentor and train student journalists.

Our reporting on state government and politics is available for publication by more than one hundred partner media organizations across the state, among them NJSpotlightNews, TapInto, The Press of Atlantic City, Planet Princeton, Morristown Green and The Hills Newspaper group. 

Editors

The news service is led by Deborah Howlett, a Lecturer II in journalism and digital media at Rutgers University. She has more than 25 years experience covering government and politics for USA Today and The (Newark) Star-Ledger.

The news service is managed by Elise Young, a veteran reporter and editor who has worked for the Bloomberg News covering financial news in New Jersey and as a State House reporter for The Record in Bergen County.

Student Journalists


Alumni

News service student journalists interviewed Gov. Murphy during the Fall ’24 semester. (Photo: Office of NJ Governor)
Justus Wilhoit
Princeton S’25
Cora LeCates
Princeton S’25
Victoria Gladstone
TCNJ S’25