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Panelists for the June 13 program included (clockwise from upper left): Panel moderator Briana Vannozzi, anchor of NJ Spotlight News; Jahmila Smith, Project Manager, Trainer, Older Adults initiative, Garden State Equality; Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer, NJ Spotlight News; Dr. John Kraus, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization Inc.; Dr. Ellen E. Lee, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Division Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry, UC San Diego, Staff Psychiatrist, VA San Diego Healthcare System; and Asw. Angela V. McKnight, Deputy Majority Leader, Chair, Aging and Senior Services, New Jersey General Assembly

June 17, 2023

SBN produces concluding segment of three-part NJ Spotlight News roundtable series on mental health issues

SBN produced the livestream broadcast of NJ Spotlight News’s third virtual roundtable discussion of mental health issues in New Jersey on June 13, a panel that focused on detection of mental health challenges as we age, effects of isolation/loneliness and benefits of social interaction, technology/telehealth/artificial intelligence (AI) role toward maintaining mental health.

Panelists participating in the NJ Spotlight News Roundtable on Child Care were, clockwise from upper left: Moderator John Mooney, NJ Spotlight News Executive Director & Founding Editor; Cecilia Zalkind , President & Chief Executive Officer, Advocates for Children of New Jersey; Winifred Smith-Jenkins, Senior Director, Zadie’s Nurturing Den; Peter T. Rosario, President & CEO, Ocean County YMCA; Carole Johnson, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services; and Tim Sullivan, CEO, New Jersey Economic Development Authority

December 22, 2020

NJ Spotlight News roundtable focuses on the importance of child care in reopening the NJ economy

The most recent NJ Spotlight News roundtable produced by SBN focused on the importance of child care to a successful reopening of the New Jersey economy. SBN produced the virtual roundtable from its broadcast center in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and transmitted the live stream over Vimeo Live to an audience of several hundred child care professionals, policy experts and legislators around the world.