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Jon Craig

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Pleasantville native Jon Craig is special editor for the Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess Daily Voice sites. He is also the primary reporter for Daily Voice Plus Politics in Westchester and Fairfield.

Jon graduated from Cornell University and received his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Across a 35-year career, he's worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Chicago, New York, Ohio & Washington, D.C and as managing editor for weekly newspapers in Rye, White Plains and Harrison.

Jon also writes periodically for the Cornell Chronicle.

Career Highlights:

  • Covered Metro-North train wreck that killed a motorist and five commuters, 2015
  • Researched state investigative project for PublicIntegrity.org, 2011-12
  • National MADD award for database analysis of repeat drunk drivers in Ohio, 2008.
  • Henry F. Guggenheim Fellow, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2010.
  • Sentenced to jail for protecting confidential sources (won on appeal), 1999.
  • Broke 30th anniversary story about Kent State shootings — using FBI records, resurrecting theory a student informant triggered fatal National Guard volley, May 2000.
  • Covered Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.
  • Uncovered voting problems before & during presidential recount in Ohio, 2004.
  • Witnessed botched Death Row execution of Romell Broom in 2009, one of more than a dozen I covered; Wrote about three inmates whose death sentences were commuted to life without parole.
  • Won IRE, SDX and multiple national & state awards for series led by Erik Kriss investigating New York General Assembly. 1994.
  • Guest lecturer at universities in NY & Ohio. Taught Syracuse high school journalism class.
  • Co-authored IRE-award winning series on illegal restraints/beatings at juvenile detention centers. Gov. Mario Cuomo had NY inspector general confirm what Hart Seely and I found at Division for Youth & fired top directors, 1993.
  • Survived Air Force Kool School training at North Pole, 1996.
  • Covered Persian Gulf wars, including 2002 bomb missions from Turkey and stateside Army/Air Guard training. 1991.
  • Supervised overnight coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 after Libyan bomb killed 35 Syracuse University students over Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988.
  • Covered aftermath of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash from Cape Cod, 1999.
  • Greeted Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as Cornell Sun sports editor during daily's 100th anniversary dinner in May 1980. 

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Authorities Locate Suspect SUV In Fatal North Brunswick Hit-Run Authorities Locate Suspect SUV In Fatal North Brunswick Hit-Run
Authorities Locate Suspect SUV In Fatal North Brunswick Hit-Run An SUV wanted in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 22-year-old Princeton woman has been located, authorities said. "The driver has been located and the investigation is continuing," said Andrea Boulton, spokeswoman for the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. No charges had been issued as of Monday, she said. The county prosecutor and North Brunswick police had asked for the public's help to locate a dark-colored SUV captured in a surveillance photo near the 1 a.m. collision. Alysa Kristjanson, 22, of Princeton was found along Route 130 near a Dunkin' Donuts in North Bruns…

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SpaceX Rocket's Historic Launch Engineered By Bergen County Native SpaceX Rocket's Historic Launch Engineered By Bergen County Native
SpaceX Rocket's Historic Launch Engineered By Bergen County Native A New Jersey native played an integral role in the recent launch of the NASA/SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Sam DiMaggio, a 1985 graduate of Leonia High School, is principal dynamics engineer on the SpaceX project. The sophisticated rocket's May 30 flight from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., carried its first-ever crew to the International Space Station aboard a Crew Dragon capsule. DiMaggio joined SpaceX in 2000 and was a designer on the initial Falcon 1 launch vehicle, the world's first privately-developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit in 2008. He received his bachelor…

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KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Seek Suspects In Pair Of Burlington County Shootings KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Seek Suspects In Pair Of Burlington County Shootings
Know Anything? Authorities Seek Suspects In Pair Of Burlington County Shootings Authorities in Burlington County are seeking the public's help locating suspects in connection with a pair of Thursday morning shootings. No arrests have been made. A man was shot multiple times after answering a knock at his door on Spindletop Lane in Willingboro at 1:30 a.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said in a statement with Williingboro Director of Public Safety Kinamo Lomon.  He was flown to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, where he was listed in critical but stable condition, they said. An hour later, multiple shots were fired into a home on the…

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VIDEO: Police Rescue Beachgoers From Wicked Atlantic Winds, Sandstorm VIDEO: Police Rescue Beachgoers From Wicked Atlantic Winds, Sandstorm
Video: Police Rescue Beachgoers From Wicked Atlantic Winds, Sandstorm Atlantic City police helped rescue beachgoers from a sandstorm whipped up by high winds  It was part of a lingering series of thunderstorms that left hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents without power on Wednesday. "If you were outside earlier today you saw the unbelievable storm that passed through our region, Atlantic City Police Department wrote on their Facebook page. "Thankfully, everyone is okay and they have a crazy story to tell." According to the post, Police Sgt. Annese Parks happened to be in the right place at the right time to help a family by carrying a child of…

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Neptune Teens Arrested In Asbury Park Shooting, Victim Critical Neptune Teens Arrested In Asbury Park Shooting, Victim Critical
Neptune Teens Arrested In Asbury Park Shooting, Victim Critical Authorities have arrested a pair of teenagers in the Asbury Park shooting that left a third man in critical condition. Zyier Small, 18, of Neptune and Malik Carey, 19, of Neptune City were taken into custody on Tuesday night shortly after a shooting at Asbury Park Village housing complex, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a statement. Small and Carey are charged with first conspiracy to commit murder, first attempted murder, hindering apprehension, obstruction and various weapon charges, Gramiccioni said. The teenage suspects were apprehended at about …

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Firefighters Fight Apartment House Blaze At Carteret Gardens Firefighters Fight Apartment House Blaze At Carteret Gardens
Firefighters Fight Apartment House Blaze At Carteret Gardens Firefighters and EMS crews responded to an apartment building fire Thursday afternoon. A fire was reported at Carteret Gardens Apartments at 25 Wedgewood Drive shortly after noon, authorities said. The Carteret Fire Department was battled the two-alarm blaze and mutual aid was en route, according to initial reports.   This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.

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Authorities Locate Suspect SUV In Fatal North Brunswick Hit-Run Authorities Locate Suspect SUV In Fatal North Brunswick Hit-Run
Authorities Locate Suspect SUV In Fatal North Brunswick Hit-Run An SUV wanted in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 22-year-old Princeton woman has been located, authorities said. "The driver has been located and the investigation is continuing," said Andrea Boulton, spokeswoman for the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. No charges had been issued as of Monday, she said. The county prosecutor and North Brunswick police had asked for the public's help to locate a dark-colored SUV captured in a surveillance photo near the 1 a.m. collision. Alysa Kristjanson, 22, of Princeton was found along Route 130 near a Dunkin' Donuts in North Bruns…

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Shooting Victim Airlifted In Willingboro Shooting Victim Airlifted In Willingboro
Shooting Victim Airlifted In Willingboro Authorities are investigating a shooting in Burlington County early Thursday. A medivac helicopter airlifted a Willingboro gunshot victim to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden at about 1:40 a.m., according to initial reports. The shooting happened at 39 Spindletop Lane, where police responded to reports of gunfire. Police arrived to find a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds, Willingboro police said. Police did not release the victim's age or identify. The Burlington County Major Crimes unit arrived at the scene to assist in the investigation. The motive for the shooti…

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Man Critical After Asbury Park Shooting, Teen Suspects In Custody Man Critical After Asbury Park Shooting, Teen Suspects In Custody
Man Critical After Asbury Park Shooting, Teen Suspects In Custody Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a shooting that left one man hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. Police responded to the sound of gunshots Tuesday night at the Asbury Park Village housing complex on Atkins Avenue, a spokesman with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said. Local police found a 19 year-old man who sustained multiple gunshot wounds around 10:30 p.m., according to Christopher Swendeman, the county prosecutor's spokesman. EMS transported the victim, who has not been identified, to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition, Swe…

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Firefighters Called To Water Rescue, Boat Fire Amidst South Jersey Storm Firefighters Called To Water Rescue, Boat Fire Amidst South Jersey Storm
Firefighters Called To Water Rescue, Boat Fire Amidst South Jersey Storm UPDATED: A dive team was called to the Jersey Shore to rescue at least three children reported to be stranded on wake boards during the storm. It was among dozens of emergency calls Wednesday afternoon due to a severe thunderstorm with high winds and a chance of hail. Police, divers and EMS crews were called to Beaver Dam Road and Princeton Avenue in Brick Township about 1:30 p.m., according to initial reports. It was not clear if the children were still on their boards or in the water. Late Wednesday afternoon, after the storm passed, firefighters and EMS were called in Robbinsville…

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