Joseph Capriglione works as a News Editor in the WNYC newsroom.
He works with the station’s roster of hosts, producers and reporters on stories that air on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He was the founding producer of WNYC's long-form narrative unit that created the acclaimed podcasts The United States of Anxiety and Caught. In 2015, he served as the producer for the team that won a Peabody Award for their coverage of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the Bridgegate scandal.
Prior to joining the newsroom full time, Joseph worked at WNYC as a freelance producer for The Brian Lehrer Show and The Takeaway. He got his start in public radio as a general assignment reporter at Newark’s WBGO. He’s also done freelance reporting and production work for NPR, Marketplace and the BBC World Service.
Joseph Capriglione appears in the following:
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
By
James Ramsay : Digital Producer
Keep to the right. Don’t spit. Don’t walk in a line of three. Give seniors the right-of-way. But also: Relax and don’t let sidewalk shenanigans ruin your day?
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
By
Charles Lane
City investigators fault the department’s lax enforcement of parking permits given to municipal workers for official business.
Friday, March 15, 2024
By
Caroline Lewis
The report says the state needs to beef up its health infrastructure and train its government workers on responding to emergencies.
Monday, March 11, 2024
New Jersey lawmakers are considering new limitations for the state's open public records act, saying it's outdated and is being abused.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
By
Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky : New York Public Radio
Fans of the venue are trying to piece together how more than dozen complaints culminated in the abrupt closure of a Friday night gig.
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
The Democratic governor is all in on providing state incentives to create housing, after lawmakers rejected growth mandates last year.
Tuesday, February 06, 2024
By
James Ramsay : Digital Producer
Although double parking is illegal in New York City, look down virtually any street and you’ll see that drivers have largely decided that “a parking spot” is wherever they want it to be.
Tuesday, January 09, 2024
City officials say migrant families with no place to stay can reapply for shelter at an intake center in Midtown.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
By
Brigid Bergin : Reporter
"I will not stand by as I am stoned by those who have flaws themselves," the embattled congressmember said.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
A new report says New York City's initial COVID-19 wave hit weeks earlier than initially reported and says leaders should apply lessons from spring 2020 to prepare for the next pandemic.
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Republican Vito Fossella says he wants the state legislature to revisit NYC's right to shelter mandate.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
By
Charles Lane
The once formidable head of the correction officers union has returned from two years in prison with $19 million in debt and a new perspective on incarceration.
Friday, August 11, 2023
WNYC's Tiffany Hanssen talks with retired Judge Shira Scheindlin, whose 2013 ruling in Floyd v. City of New York found the NYPD's stop & frisk tactic to be unconstitutional.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Young children and senior citizens are most at risk during an extreme heat event, but pregnant women and people on certain medications may want to take precautions, too.
Friday, July 21, 2023
By
Louis C. Hochman
The new lawsuit says the feds gave a “rubber stamp” to an environmental review while ignoring the possible impacts on North Jersey.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
By
Elizabeth Kim
The mayor says the city will begin rolling out the plan in emergency shelters over the next few days.
Monday, July 10, 2023
Interstate 95 reopened in Philly less than two weeks after a deadly collapse, thanks to the construction of an interim roadway. Can a similar plan work on a crumbling stretch of the BQE?
Thursday, July 06, 2023
By
Clayton Guse : Editor, WNYC News /
Ramsey Khalifeh
Gateway supporters said the funding represented a crucial step in the project's completion.
Friday, June 30, 2023
Bay Ridge Council Member and Finance Committee Chair Justin Brannan on New York City's new $107 billion budget.
Thursday, June 29, 2023
By
Arun Venugopal : Senior Reporter, WNYC News /
Herb Pinder
The ruling turns back decades of precedent relied upon by schools to expand opportunity to underrepresented students of color and to ensure diversity in their classrooms.