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  1. Apr 9, 2021 · National award-winning journalist Greg Tufaro is leaving the profession to serve as chief of staff for Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. Tufaro spent the last 30 years reporting on a myriad of...

  2. Chief of Staff to Senator Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. · Experience: New Jersey's 18th Legislative District · Education: Rutgers University · Location: Edison · 14 connections on LinkedIn.

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  3. May 6, 2021 · EDISON, NJGreg Tufaro, a lifelong Edison resident and award-winning journalist with more than three decades of experience, has recently traded his press pass for a state ID. Last...

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  4. 'The guy is an institution.' For three decades, Greg Tufaro showed us how to do it right. The veteran Middlesex County sports writer, who is transitioning to a job in politics, leaves quite a legacy.

    • ‘A Special Person in The Media’
    • A Subject Close to His Heart
    • ‘Greg Would Do It’

    Greg has covered every sport under the sun. Perhaps most illustrative, though, is his work on wrestling. He came to the mat mid-career, mostly because the Home News Tribune couldn’t find anyone else to cover the demanding beat — and he sensed how passionate its community was. “Greg shows up at an Old Bridge (High School) football game, introduces h...

    Perhaps Tufaro’s signature issue was sudden cardiac arrest among young athletes, which claimed the lives of high school students Kittim Sherrod of Edison and Brandon James of South Brunswick. In 2009 both collapsed and died while playing sports, and autopsies revealed they had undetected heart defects. Tufaro’s extensive reporting on the tragedies ...

    The foundation will continue as Greg enters his next phase. So will one other slice of his legacy: All the people he helped break into journalism and mentor. There are a lot of us. Keith Sargeant, now an authoritative Rutgers athletics reporter for New Jersey Advance Media and the Star-Ledger, was serving tacos in the food court at the Edison Targe...

  5. Greg Tufaro. Greg has received four national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors in the categories of investigative reporting, game story writing, breaking news and news...

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