Nancy Solomon is a senior reporter and the founding managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, which won a 2014 Peabody Award for Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and the Abuse of Power. Her latest project is the podcast, Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery.
Solomon fell in love with radio reporting and production at KLCC in Eugene, Oregon, in 1995. She moved to New Jersey in 2001 and has been covering the state ever since. She has produced more than a hundred stories for NPR and was a 2008-09 Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. During that year, Solomon produced “Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students” for which she won a Peabody Award. Long before becoming a journalist, Solomon was the first woman ever hired to work on the county road crew in Portland, Oregon.
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Nancy Solomon appears in the following:
Ask Governor Murphy: November 2025 Recap
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Nancy Solomon, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
Election Day Exit Polls in New Jersey
Tuesday, November 04, 2025
Nancy Solomon, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, talks about the Election Day news in the New Jersey governor's race.
New Jersey Gubernatorial Debate Recap
Thursday, October 09, 2025
Nancy Solomon recaps the final New Jersey governor's debate between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
Ask Governor Murphy: September 2025 Recap
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Nancy Solomon, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on the assassination of Conservative activist Charl...
Ask Governor Murphy: July 2025 Recap
Friday, July 18, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Topics include this year's budge...
Ask Governor Murphy: June 2025 Recap
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including the results of the gub...
New Jersey’s Gubernatorial Primary Results
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, offers analysis of the Democratic and Republican winners of the NJ gubernatorial primary elect...
New Jersey’s Gubernatorial Primary Key Issues
Monday, June 09, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, breaks down the key issues as New Jersey voters head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their vot...
Ask Governor Murphy: May 2025 Recap
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including the recent setbacks at...
Ask Governor Murphy: April 2025 Recap
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her April conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including how President Do...
Ask Governor Murphy: March 2025 Recap
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Topics this month: how federal c...
Ask Governor Murphy: Potential Disruption from Federal Budget Cuts
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Governor Murphy discusses how the state is grappling with fiscal uncertainty in light of threatened budget cuts from Washington.
How Bob Menendez Came By His Gold Bars
Friday, March 07, 2025
The former senator faces prison time for accepting bribes in cash and gold, and for related crimes. Then he made a thinly veiled plea to the President he had once voted to impeach.
Ask Governor Murphy: January 2025 Recap
Thursday, January 09, 2025
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Topics this month included conge...
Ask Governor Murphy: December Recap
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor, and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including legislatio...
Ask Governor Murphy: November Recap
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor, and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including how a seco...
This Week in Politics: The only competitive congressional race in New Jersey
Friday, October 11, 2024
New Jersey has one competitive congressional race on the ballot this November. In the 7th Congressional District, the Republican incumbent, Tom Kean Jr., is fighting a challenge from ...
Ask Governor Murphy: October Recap
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor, and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, where they talked ab...
Ask Governor Murphy: Teens voting and wind energy
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Host Nancy Solomon and the governor discussed teens voting in certain local elections, the state's plans around wind energy, and more.
Ask Governor Murphy: On Recruiting the 76ers and Smoking in Casinos
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The governor fields questions on tax breaks, merging school districts and what he is doing to improve customer service at state agencies.
