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NJ's outgoing Governor Phil Murphy signs a bill during his last AGM and a chat about the YouTube series 'The Diner Anthologies'

NJ Governor Phil Murphy
AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
NJ Governor Phil Murphy

On the January 17 WBGO Journal...

Outgoing NJ Governor Phil Murphy may have made public radio history when he signed a bill during his last AGM. The legislation amends the Farmland Assessment program, to make sure only real farmers are eligible to get a property tax break for growing agricultural products, not homeowners who plant a garden on their land so they can qualify for a tax benefit...

WBGO’s Jon Kalish has the story of a Crown Heights man who has created an urban homestead that includes a chicken coop, vegetable garden and fruit trees...

Daniel Yeroshalmi holds one of his 20 hens
Daniel Yeroshalmi
Daniel Yeroshalmi holds one of his 20 hens

And host Doug Doyle chats with director Ryan Sarno and actress Gabriella Piazza about The Diner Anthologies premiering on YouTube and YouTube TV on January 25...

The Diner Anthologies
Underworld Productions
The Diner Anthologies

Set inside a classic diner, each episode of The Diner Anthogoies tells a standalone story crafted by a different creative team, with subtle connective threads linking the episodes into a larger narrative. Each installment plays like a short film, prioritizing cinematic visuals and emotional storytelling in a concise (under 13 minute / episode) format.

Ryan Sarno and Gabriella Piazza chat with WBGO's Doug Doyle about their involvement in The Diner Anthologies, a new series on YouTube and YouTube TV
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Ryan Sarno and Gabriella Piazza chat with WBGO's Doug Doyle about their involvement in The Diner Anthologies, a new series on YouTube and YouTube TV

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 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.