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.
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:
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
We look at how recent events in the U.S. are affecting America’s position in the world, and its foreign policy stance.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
A new COVID variant now accounts for 65 percent of infections nationwide.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Nancy Solomon, host of the new podcast "Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery," talks about news on the investigation.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The deaths of John and Joyce Sheridan have received renewed attention after the release of a podcast from WNYC Studios: Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery.
Friday, April 29, 2022
Kai Wright talks with WNYC colleague Nancy Solomon about her new podcast: Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery.
Monday, April 25, 2022
We talk to WNYC's Nancy Solomon about a new podcast about a New Jersey political murder mystery.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
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Nancy Solomon : Senior Reporter, New Jersey Public Radio
More details are emerging in the New Jersey case of a political operative who hired two hit men to kill an associate operative from Jersey City.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Murphy says his second term will be aimed at making New Jersey more affordable.
Monday, January 17, 2022
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Nancy Solomon : Senior Reporter, New Jersey Public Radio
A statewide effort to change election ballot layout is not favored by the people who benefit from the system.
Saturday, January 15, 2022
After Governor Phil Murphy's State of the State speech, we look ahead to his second term - and try to untangle a dispute over redistricting.
Friday, December 24, 2021
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Nancy Solomon : Senior Reporter, New Jersey Public Radio
A new audio tour combines GPS directions with storytelling to highlight New Jersey's role in winning the Revolutionary War.
Saturday, November 13, 2021
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney's shocking loss in the general election may not just be due to a red wave in his district.
Friday, November 12, 2021
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Nancy Solomon : Senior Reporter, New Jersey Public Radio
There was enough working against Democrats inside and outside of New Jersey for the powerful state Senate president to lose his seat to a truck driver with no political experience.
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
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Nancy Solomon : Senior Reporter, New Jersey Public Radio
The race for governor in New Jersey between incumbent Phil Murphy, a Democrat, and Republican Jack Ciattarelli is neck-and-neck despite pre-election polls predicting a double-digit lead for Murphy.
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
Nancy Solomon, reporter and editor in the WNYC newsroom, and Elena Schneider, national political reporter at POLITICO, break down the results in the NJ and VA governors' races.
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
After leading in polls, Murphy is behind in a squeaker that might not be decided for days.
Tuesday, November 02, 2021
Host Brian Lehrer hears from reporters and callers from New York and New Jersey about the voting, campaigning and what comes next.
Tuesday, November 02, 2021
A discussion of the campaign finales with Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, and Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor.
Tuesday, November 02, 2021
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Nancy Solomon : Senior Reporter, New Jersey Public Radio
If Gov. Phil Murphy wins Tuesday's gubernatorial election against Republican Jack Ciattarelli — and polls show that's likely — he will be the first Democrat to win reelection in N.J. since 1977.
Monday, November 01, 2021
Ahead of Election Day, epidemiologist Stephanie Silvera looks at the public health policies that could potentially impact New Jersey and how the state combats the ongoing pandemic.