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Newark First Lady Linda Baraka's Women Moving Forward initiative and a chat with "Choice" playwright Winnie Holzman

Newark First Lady Linda Baraka
City of Newark
Newark First Lady Linda Baraka

On this May 4 edition of the WBGO Journal....

We say goodbye to New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne Jr. of Newark….

We’ll have the latest on the the pro-Palestinian protests on local college campuses…

Newark First Lady Linda Baraka joins us to talk about a financial empowerment program for women in the city

And host Doug Doyle chats with acclaimed playwright Winnie Holzman and McCarter Theatre Center’s Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen about the new comedy Choice….

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.