About
The Authors
Cara Matthews
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them.
Email Cara at clmatthe@gannett.com
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them.Email Cara at clmatthe@gannett.com
Gerald McKinstry
Gerald McKinstry has been a staff writer for The Journal News in both Westchester and Rockland counties since 2004. He currently covers Westchester County government and politics in the region. He's also covered many other communities on both sides of the Hudson River. Before that, he was an editor with The Standard Star and Review Press, two weekly newspapers affiliated with The Journal News in southern Westchester. He started that post in 2001. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Iona College. McKinstry grew up in a hilly place called Yonkers, "a city," as the saying goes, "where nothing is on the level." He is married and has two children.
Email Gerald at gmckinst@lohud.com
Gerald McKinstry has been a staff writer for The Journal News in both Westchester and Rockland counties since 2004. He currently covers Westchester County government and politics in the region. He's also covered many other communities on both sides of the Hudson River. Before that, he was an editor with The Standard Star and Review Press, two weekly newspapers affiliated with The Journal News in southern Westchester. He started that post in 2001. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Iona College. McKinstry grew up in a hilly place called Yonkers, "a city," as the saying goes, "where nothing is on the level." He is married and has two children.Email Gerald at gmckinst@lohud.com
Brian Tumulty
Washington correspondent Brian Tumulty has worked at the Gannett Washington Bureau since October 1992 covering the economy, taxes and organized labor as well as serving as Washington correspondent for newspapers in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Born in Queens and a graduate of Fordham University, Tumulty spent 15 years in Westchester covering Yonkers city hall and reporting on business.
Email Brian at btumulty@gannett.com
Washington correspondent Brian Tumulty has worked at the Gannett Washington Bureau since October 1992 covering the economy, taxes and organized labor as well as serving as Washington correspondent for newspapers in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Born in Queens and a graduate of Fordham University, Tumulty spent 15 years in Westchester covering Yonkers city hall and reporting on business.Email Brian at btumulty@gannett.com
Ben Rubin
Ben Rubin is the White Plains City Hall and schools reporter. He was previously the Rockland office mobile journalist and Orangetown reporter, and has covered Rockland higher education and West Point for The Journal News. Before coming to TJN, he worked as a reporter at the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Conn., and the North Adams Transcript in North Adams, Mass. He was born and raised in Wynnewood, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb, and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English writing: nonfiction and political science.
Email Ben at bfrubin@lohud.com
Ben Rubin is the White Plains City Hall and schools reporter. He was previously the Rockland office mobile journalist and Orangetown reporter, and has covered Rockland higher education and West Point for The Journal News. Before coming to TJN, he worked as a reporter at the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Conn., and the North Adams Transcript in North Adams, Mass. He was born and raised in Wynnewood, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb, and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English writing: nonfiction and political science.Email Ben at bfrubin@lohud.com
Mike Risinit
Mike Risinit covers Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and elsewhere. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
Email Mike at mrisinit@lohud.com
Mike Risinit covers Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and elsewhere. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.Email Mike at mrisinit@lohud.com
Liz Anderson
Liz Anderson is a local news editor at The Journal News, supervising coverage of southern Westchester County, including the Sound Shore area. She previously was a beat reporter at the paper, covering Westchester County government and politics. In prior jobs, the New England native covered the Rhode Island and New Hampshire statehouses and the New Hampshire presidential primary, among other topics.
Email Liz at ecanders@lohud.com
Liz Anderson is a local news editor at The Journal News, supervising coverage of southern Westchester County, including the Sound Shore area. She previously was a beat reporter at the paper, covering Westchester County government and politics. In prior jobs, the New England native covered the Rhode Island and New Hampshire statehouses and the New Hampshire presidential primary, among other topics.Email Liz at ecanders@lohud.com
