PISCATAWAY, NJ—(SBN)—SBN News Director Steve Lubetkin participated in a “Meet the Media” Panel sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the New Jersey PRSA chapter. The program was held at Rutgers University’s campus here on April 5.
Steve recorded the panel discussion for his “Lubetkin on Communications” podcast series. You can listen to the program in the player below.
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Participants in the panel were:
- Steve Lubetkin, NJ/PA Editor for GlobeSt.com
- Charlie Kratovil, Editor, New Brunswick Today
- Ivy Charmatz, Executive Producer, News & Special Projects, News 12 New Jersey
- Jackie Lieberman, Franchise Owner and Managing Editor, TAPintoWestfield.net
- Ken Schlager, Editor, New Jersey Monthly
- Michael Days, Editor for Readership Engagement, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Howard Burns, Editor, NJBiz
- John Ensslin, Staff Writer, The Record
Moderating the panel was Ken Hunter, APR, director of marketing & communications for NAFA Fleet Services.
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Steve Lubetkin is the news director for StateBroadcastNews.com. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations.
In May 2019, he began anchoring and reporting for the new weekly podcast, “The CRE News Hour,” a news and features program focusing on the commercial real estate industry.
From 2014 to 2019 he was New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com and filled in covering Chicago/Midwest and Atlanta.
He has won numerous awards for his audio and video news reporting from the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute.
Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies.
Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC.
In March 2021, he was elected to the board of directors of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996.
Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional.
You can email Steve at steve@statebroadcastnews.com.
