Paul D'Ambrosio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Asbury Park Press rides coattails of TAPinto brand on digital marketing promo

September 2, 2021 4:26 pm

Gannett could be facing legal action after the Asbury Park Press used the brand name of a top competitor for local news as part of an ad promoting their digital app. The ad asks people to “Tap into real-time reporting”...

Full apology from journalist who wrote offensive Asbury Park Press caption

April 1, 2021 5:13 pmDecember 17, 2021 9:10 am

The journalist who lost his job with the Asbury Park Press after posting an offensive caption last month has offered a full apology. Gustavo Martinez Contreras had added a caption to a photograph of an Orthodox Jewish nurse preparing to...

Monmouth County pulls legal notices from Asbury Park Press, denounces offensive caption

March 25, 2021 4:57 pmMarch 25, 2021 5:07 pm

The Asbury Park Press is about to lose a major source of revenue after a misogynistic and anti-Semitic caption caused the Monmouth County Board of Commissioners to pull their legal advertising. “We are not going to continue to give money...

Asbury Park Press has broken trust with readers, legislator says

March 24, 2021 7:37 amMarch 24, 2021 12:46 am

A Monmouth County lawmaker believes the Asbury Park Press needs to be more accountable for a sexist, anti-Semitic photo caption that led to the firing of one of the journalists. Assembly Human Services Committee Chair Joann Downey (D-Freehold) said she...

Smith says Gannett employee responsible for controversial photo option should be held accountable

March 22, 2021 9:49 pm

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) today expressed disappointment with a Gannett-owned newspaper’s response to a misogynistic photo caption that appeared in their digital edition on Sunday. “It was shocking—and out of character—for the Asbury Park Press to post a highly offensive...

Gopal skewers Asbury Park Press, tells editor that they should be held to same standard they hold others to

March 22, 2021 4:16 pmMarch 23, 2021 10:23 am

Senate Majority Conference Leader Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) excoriated his hometown newspaper for publishing a misogynistic photo caption, telling the Asbury Park Press that the owe readers a more detailed account of how a caption referring to “a fucking hot...

Murphy bashes Gannett for ‘really offensive’ photo caption, suggests someone should lose their job

March 22, 2021 3:02 pmMarch 22, 2021 9:35 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sharply criticized the Asbury Park Press and Gannett for a photo caption that included misogynistic and ethnic slurs, calling the reference to “a fucking hot nurse, a total JAP” as “completely, utterly unacceptable, really offensive – offensive...