J.D. Allen
Managing EditorA native Long Islander, J.D. is WSHU's managing editor. He also hosts the climate podcast Higher Ground.
J.D. has reported for public radio stations across the Northeast. He has experience investigating the climate crisis at WSHU, healthcare and small businesses for "Long Island Business News" and real estate and land-use for The Express News Group newspapers in the Hamptons. J.D.'s a lecturer at Stony Brook University, Quinnipiac University and Suffolk County Community College. He's also a leader at the regional chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. J.D. holds a B.A. in journalism and sociology from Stony Brook University and an M.S. in communications from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.
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WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with CT Mirror’s Jenna Carlesso about her article, “As COVID hangs on, the ‘new normal’ is leaving many behind,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. -
The Shinnecock and Unkechaug tribes want lawmakers in New York to pass the Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act before the legislative session ends next month.
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Much of the state is in red zone alert level, meaning more than 15 people for every 100,000 have tested positive in the past week, according to the CDC.
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According to state data released this week, about 2% of kindergarten students had not received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine when immunization records were collected in fall 2020, when most schools were closed due to COVID-19.
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Suffolk County Water Authority customers will pay about 4% more per month on average, or just over $20 per year. That is in addition to the $80 annual water quality treatment fee, which remains unchanged.
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WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala to discuss her article, “As hospital systems grow in Connecticut, rural patients lose services,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.
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The New York governor is up to date on her vaccinations and is asymptomatic.
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Because New England’s offshore winds are speedy and steady, with shallow waters, the region is ideal for the future of America’s offshore wind.
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In mid-March, the Long Island Power Authority learned the New Jersey parent company, PSEG, has been lobbying for the state to study the option of selling LIPA to a private entity, instead of a proposal to study making LIPA distribute electricity themselves.
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Lawmakers are considering a bill that provides menstrual pads and tampons in public schools, prisons, homeless shelters and colleges.
