NJ PBS Airs Special Thanksgiving Episode of NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi Newscast on Thursday, 11/23

November 21, 2023 - NEWARK, NJ - NJ PBS's newsroom will produce a special edition of its weeknight broadcast, NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 23 on NJ PBS. The evening's usual statewide reporting will be replaced by stories that inspire hope and community-building from the NJ PBS digital film series, 21, which spotlights changemakers across the Garden State. NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi airs at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on NJ PBS (check local listings). News segments are also available online at NJSpotlightnews.org, and on the newsroom's social media outposts.

"Thanksgiving is the perfect time to reflect and give thanks to those who enrich our lives," said NJ Spotlight News Sr. Managing Editor Jamie Kraft. "The changemakers from The 21 Film Series featured on our newscast are making their communities better through dedicated, selfless acts of caring across the Garden State. For that, we can all be thankful."

In the 21 digital film series, New Jerseyans who are making an impact in their counties tell their stories in short original documentaries, produced by NJ PBS's NJ Spotlight News team.  Online, 21 also includes statistics and information about every county in New Jersey, compiled by the NJ Spotlight News team and posted in MyNJPBS.org/21.

In the NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi Thanksgiving special, inspiring stories are shared from three counties:

• In Gloucester County, Anna Baldwin has embraced her journey with Tourette Syndrome by educating others about the condition since her initial diagnosis in sixth grade.
• In Middlesex County, Celmira Cordero educates and empowers residents about tenant rights with resources through New Brunswick Tomorrow.
• In Warren County, Laura Zhang Choi is a local champion of educational equity, safe spaces, LGBTQ inclusion, and mental health awareness.

On its way to a line-up of all 21 counties in New Jersey, the film series has told stories from:

Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Hunterdon,

Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and Warren.

NJ Spotlight News is an award-winning multiplatform news organization that provides reporting from across all 21 counties in New Jersey and beyond through a weeknight newscast, NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi on NJ PBS, a robust website, social media platforms, daily newsletters and community engagement events. Learn more at NJSpotlightNews.org.

Major funding for NJ Spotlight News and the NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi newscast is provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, The New Jersey Civic Information Consortium, PSEG Foundation, the Fund for New Jersey, The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, The Schumann Fund for New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health, NJM Insurance Group, New Jersey Education Association, Orsted, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, New Jersey Realtors and Wyncote Foundation.

Major support for The 21 Film Series is provided in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Additional funding provided by the PSEG Foundation. The views expressed within the series content do not directly reflect the views of either foundation.

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[Link]	L-R Laura Zhang Choi (Warren Cty), Anna Baldwin (Gloucester Cty) and Celmira Cordero (Middlesex Cty) are all making change in their communities and featured in the NJ Spotlight News Thanksgiving special.

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