Dan Sforza Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gannett reporter faces ethics questions after repeated asks of N.J. governor about indoor dining

July 24, 2020 1:16 pmJuly 24, 2020 10:01 pm

Dustin Racioppi spends his days as a statehouse reporter for The (Bergen) Record. Some nights and weekends, he moonlights as a bartender at Murphy’s Tavern, an old speakeasy and restaurant in Rumson that is owned by his wife. Occasionally the...

Gannett will run three South Jersey newspapers as part of Pennsylvania operation

May 16, 2020 8:24 pm

Gannett is consolidating news operations in Pennsylvania and South Jersey into a new operation headed by Shane Fitzgerald, the Atlantic Sub-Regional Executive Editor for GateHouse Media’s 24 newspapers, including the Burlington County Times and the New Jersey Herald. Fitzgerald shifted...

Bergen Record lets editorial page editor go

April 27, 2020 12:11 pmApril 27, 2020 2:36 pm

The (Bergen) Record today axed editorial page editor Bruce Lowry, the latest casualty in layoffs occurring throughout the Gannett organization. “Regretfully, I’ve been informed today is my last day at The Record and North Jersey.com,” Lowry said in a Twitter...

Sad news from Gannett: layoffs of New Jersey reporters, staff coming today

April 24, 2020 1:23 pmApril 24, 2020 6:27 pm

Layoffs are coming today at several Gannett newspapers in New Jersey, the New Jersey Globe has learned. At least three layoffs were made today at The (Bergen) Record, the flagship of Gannett’s ten daily newspapers in New Jersey, including one...

Gannett announces furloughs

March 30, 2020 11:57 am

Gannett, which operates ten daily newspapers in New Jersey, will begin furloughs of all employees making more than $38,000-per-year “due to economic effects from COVID-19,” according to a tweet from Mike Pettigano, a video reporter for The (Bergen) Record. Pettigano...

Bergen Record asks readers to pay for election coverage they never provided

October 31, 2019 5:37 pmOctober 31, 2019 6:57 pm

The clear front-runner for the Chutzpah of the Year Award goes to The (Bergen) Record Executive Editor Dan Sforza, who has made a pitch for new subscribers touting election coverage that never happened. “Now is the time to make sure...

The Record limits non-subscribers’ access

July 16, 2019 5:00 amJuly 16, 2019 10:47 am

Starting today, The (Bergen) Record will begin reducing the number of news stories available online to non-subscribers. The newspaper has also reduced the number of free stories available on their website from ten per month to seven. “Now more than...