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Tom Davis is an award-winning journalist and web producer who is New Jersey editor of Patch.com. Tom is a Point Pleasant Boro native who formerly managed the Ocean County bureau for The Press of Atlantic City. He wrote a book that was released in 2011 called A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family From Generations of Mental Illness. Until 2010, Tom Davis was a multi-media journalist with The Record of Bergen County, N.J., where he also wrote articles that appeared in The Star-Ledger. He teaches journalism classes at Rutgers University, where he sits on the Digital Committee and is helping to develop more of a digital media presence in the Journalism and Media Studies Department. Tom created Rutgers Reporter, a weekly web newspaper with content produced by his classes. Contact: tom.davis-at-patch.com. Twitter: http://twitter.com/NJShorePatch. Phone: 732-395-8956.
At The Record, he wrote Coping for five years. In 2007, he was named Citizen of the Year by the American Psychiatric Association New Jersey chapter. Davis also received an ambassador award from the New Jersey Governors Council on Stigma in 2008. He taught a groundbreaking course on mental health issues in the media at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Tom Davis was one of six people in the nation to win the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship in 2004.
Check out the top news that made headlines this week across the Patch network in Central Jersey, South Jersey and the Jersey Shore.
A new report says at least eight NJ counties still have a "moderate" risk of coronavirus transmission. Three counties don't. Here why.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect throughout the Jersey Shore and Central and South Jersey. Here's what's expected.
Gov. Murphy signed a bill into law that ends the NJ COVID health emergency but would keep some orders in place. Here's what that means.
The state Legislature passed a bill that would end the NJ COVID health emergency but would keep some orders in place.
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A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect in several NJ counties now that 60-mph winds and hail are in the latest forecast.
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Severe weather is expected in New Jersey, packing 60-mph winds that could cause power outages. Here's what to expect.
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New laws are taking effect in NJ in June that will affect millions of Garden State workers and families – particularly involving the police.
New Jersey had its lowest COVID numbers in nearly a year over the weekend as the Garden State continues to push efforts to expand vaccines.
The state is preparing for June and the summer and will lift more COVID restrictions. Here's what's planned.
Here's what you should expect in New Jersey after much of the Garden State has had a stormy weekend.
Pressure and practicality played big roles in Gov. Murphy's about-face in reversing New Jersey's COVID mask order.
Check out the top news that made headlines this week across the Patch network in Central Jersey, South Jersey and the Jersey Shore.
A new report says at least eight NJ counties still have a "moderate" risk of coronavirus transmission. Three counties don't. Here why.
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