New York Red Bulls Sporting Director Denis Hamlett has come a long way from the 10-year old who left Costa Rica to move to the United States to live with his mother in Silver Spring, Maryland. Hamlett joined SportsJam host Doug Doyle to talk about his participating in this week's national mini-pitch effort. The first mini-pitches honoring Black Players for Change (BPC) were unveiled at West Side High School in Newark. To mark the occasion, members of BPC, Black executives from the New York Red

A project called "The Writing On The Wall" has been bringing writings by incarcerated individuals to public attention using unconventional avenues of distribution. The project is a collaboration between two New Yorkers, a conceptual artist and a college professor. Click above to hear WBGO’s Jon Kalish tell their story.

Unions warn layoffs would further delay ambulances arrival as WBGO News Director Doug Doyle talks with Reporter Bob Hennelly. DOYLE: As New York City continues to double down on its efforts to head off a second surge of the coronavirus, statistics just released show what a serious toll the initial wave of the virus had on the FDNY’s response times to life threatening medical emergencies. With us now is WBGO’s Bob Hennelly, who covers the New York City Fire Department for the Chief Leader to go

President Trump announced this week that he and the first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that throws the final stretch of the presidential campaign even further into unknown territory. President Trump plans to continue carrying out his duties, but is expected to remain home for two weeks, canceling campaign events as doctors watch him at the White House. The President is 74, an age that makes him more vulnerable to the disease. The White House physician

The Peer Learning + Collaboration Fund in Newark is an opportunity for local reporters, media makers, organizations and city residents to apply with collaborative projects to meet information needs identified throughout the city. With the support of the Victoria Foundation and Nicolson Foundation, $45,000 is available for organizations to address information needs identified by Outlier Media . Local writer and Founding Partner of 3 rd Space, Kenneth Miles , is coordinating the Newark Fund and

A new collaborative study has revealed what Newark residents feel they need the most. WBGO Community Engagement Reporter Brit Harley chats with Vanessa Maria Graber of the Free Press about the results of the study that shows some of the top priorities are getting timely and useful information about food and education, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Graber is the newest member of Free Press and is now focusing much of her work on Newark. " Free Press is an organization works on a

The late Supreme Court Justice Rute Bader Ginsburg became the first woman to lie in state at the nations capital this week, as the country continues to mourn the womens rights icon and legal giant. Ginsburg passed away on September 18th at the age of 87. WBGO's Alexandra Hill reports on Ginsburg’s ties to Rutgers University Law School in Newark where she was a law professor from 1963 through 1972. It was there that she helped to build what is now one of the most respected and widely published

DD: The Toronto International Film Festival has been the gateway for serious filmgoing since at least American Beauty started up north in September 1999 and went all the way to the Oscars in February the next year. This 45th edition, which ran for 10 days and closes this weekend, has been unlike any other in its history. Our film critic, Harlan Jacobson, has a rundown for us. HJ: Well, I’m in Toronto in spirit, as this critical North American gateway festival went virtual for most of its

The Loved and Lost project is a statewide media collaborative that launched in June to name and celebrate the lives of very resident in New Jersey lost to COVID-19. It's being coordinated by the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University and was originally a project of NorthJersey.com. Betsy Abraham, The Project manager at Loved and Lost, and Stefanie Murray, the Director for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, joined WBGO News Director Doug Doyle to talk about the

Acclaimed jazz guitarist Vic Juris died on December 31, 2019, at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston at the age of 66 after a six-month battle with liver cancer. This Sunday, September 20, from 4-5 p.m., fellow West Orange guitarist Dave Stryker (they lived on the same street) will give a nod to his late friend while also performing some of his own material at the New Jersey Jazz Society’s Virtual Social, which can be viewed on the NJJS Facebook page (NJJS). Stryker spoke with WBGO News