MOORESTOWN, NJ—(SBN)—Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, campaigned in Moorestown yesterday for Democratic congressional candidate Andy Kim, who is seeking to unseat Rep. Tom MacArthur, a Republican and strong supporter of President Trump. Giffords and Kelly urged the rally attendees to vote in November to unseat MacArthur, who has a high rating from the National Rifle Association for his legislative support for looser gun regulation.
Gifford, who was seriously wounded in a shooting in 2011, has become, with her husband, a national advocate against gun violence.
Steve Stern of BlueJersey.com captured the video in our report. You can see the complete video from the rally here.
Clarification, 5/9/2018, 12:06 p.m.: Ryan T. Carney, a spokesman for Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-03), says MacArthur did not author legislation to provide holders of concealed-carry gun permits with reciprocal rights across state lines, but was actually a co-sponsor of the legislation.
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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 a wide range of audio and video podcasts in his other role as managing partner of State Broadcast News’s parent, The Lubetkin Media Companies.
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.
In March 2021, he was elected to the board of directors of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and in July 2021 he was named secretary of the chapter. In August 2021, he was honored by SPJ with one of the organization’s 2021 Howard S. Dubin Outstanding Pro Member Awards, given to regular members of an SPJ chapter who go above and beyond in serving their chapter.
Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996.
Steve also has reported on-camera and produces virtual conferences for NJSpotlightNews.org, 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.
From May-November 2019, he produced and reported a 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.
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.
Earlier in his career, Steve reported on rock music at the Jersey Shore for the Asbury Park Press, and was a broadcast news anchor and production engineer for WJLK-AM & FM, then owned by the Press. He also worked as a general assignment reporter for the Red Bank Register, Shrewsbury, NJ.
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