Skip To Main Content
Bobby Brier on Muck Rack

Bobby Brier

Verified
New Jersey
As seen in: NJ PBS, NJ Spotlight News, Yahoo Noticias, MosaicNJcom, NJ.com, The Star-Ledger, Yahoo, NorthJersey.com, The Record (Bergen County), NewsBreak, WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA), Chalkbeat and
Multimedia reporter @NJSpotlightNews covering mental health issues especially in rural communities | Alum @nyu_ajo & @Report4America
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Bobby

Contact Bobby, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

As advocates push small fee for 988 crisis line, foes see new tax

|
By Bobby Brier Verified
| The Bernardsville News Verified
Even with mental health awareness on the rise, New Jersey bears a sad statistic: More than 650 residents took their lives in 2025. That’s at least 12 more than the previous year, and the first uptick in such deaths since 2022, according to provisional data from state Department of Health. Lawmakers in Trenton, seeking to help those with mental health issues, are renewing their push for a permanent revenue source to operate New Jersey’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

As suicides rise, New Jersey lacks permanent funding for 988 crisis hotline; 62,000 calls in six months.

|
By Bobby Brier Verified
| 70and73.com
As Gov. Mikie Sherrill prepares to introduce her first spending plan next week, the Legislature has yet to pass a bill that would add a 40-cent fee to each New Jersey telephone bill to fund the state's 988 Suicide & Crisis hotline. At the same time, New Jersey is seeing a tragic trend: More than 650 residents took their lives in 2025, according to provisional data from the state Department of Health.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

As suicides rise, NJ lacks permanent funding for 988 crisis hotline

|
By Bobby Brier Verified
| NJ Spotlight News Verified
As Gov. Mikie Sherrill prepares to introduce her first spending plan next week, the Legislature has yet to pass a bill that would add a 40-cent fee to each New Jersey telephone bill to fund the state’s 988 Suicide & Crisis hotline. At the same time, New Jersey is seeing a tragic trend. More than 650 residents took their lives in 2025, according to provisional data from the state Department of Health.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 413 licensed articles (416 Total)