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Larry Higgs

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  • Transportation Reporter, NJ.com
New Jersey
Covers:  Anything that rolls, floats or flies, including the agencies that get people around, the commuting lifestyle and doing some problem solving/question answering for readers.
Doesn't Cover: What my editors like to call "inside baseball" topics that put the reader to sleep.
NJ Advance Media #journalist covers #transportation & #commuting. @njdotcom, riding NJ Transit, GSP & bike. Subscribe&support email lhiggs@njadvancemedia.com.

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I'm a reporter for NJ.com and the Star-Ledger covering transportation issue with an emphasis on commuting between New Jersey and New York. I'm a Jersey veteran, having worked at the Asbury Park Press, Courier-News and Daily Record in the past.
I'm a multi-modal traveler, using the type of transportation that works best at a particular time. As a wisened NJ Transportation Commissioner said, no one mode of transportation is the "silver bullet."
You will find me on buses, trains, bikes, e-scooter…

What was your first job as a journalist?

A small, upstart weekly in Parsippany N.J.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes and I hated it.

How is social media changing news?

Instant contact with readers and eyewitnesses and they have access to journalists.

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