fueled in large part by a start-up grant from the Knight Foundation.

NJFOG’s board of trustees wishes to acknowledge and thank the founders for their advocacy and considerable volunteer effort in building the organization, which continues to expand its reach today to educate New Jersey residents about their “right to know.”

The below individuals are among those who deserve special mention.

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Ron Miskoff – Ron is a graduate of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) in New Brunswick and received his Master’s of Liberal Studies from Rutgers-Newark. While at Rutgers, he was an editor of The Targum and was a member of WRSU radio. He spent many years in the broadcast industry on the air and later as a reporter for The Home News Tribune; after that he worked as a photographerfor Greater Media newspapers. Ron also owned a printing company, a photo studio and a firm that provides layout services for high school and college student newspapers. In the 1980s he published a local newspaper. He has been a part-time lecturer at Rutgers since the 1980s and is now a full-time faculty member. He is also the associate director of the Journalism Research Institute at Rutgers. Ron is a former president of the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ-NJ), currently serves as Treasurer for SPJ-NJ and also serves on the board of the Garden State Scholastic Press Association. Ron served as the President of NJFOG from 2009 to 2011 and is a current member of the Board.

Joseph V. Tyrrell – Joe Tyrrell has been