Jon Craig

Reporter

jon.craig@dailyvoice.com

Pleasantville native Jon Craig is special editor for the Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess Daily Voice sites. He is also the primary reporter for Daily Voice Plus Politics in Westchester and Fairfield.

Jon graduated from Cornell University and received his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Across a 35-year career, he's worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Chicago, New York, Ohio & Washington, D.C and as managing editor for weekly newspapers in Rye, White Plains and Harrison.

Jon also writes periodically for the Cornell Chronicle.

Career Highlights:

  • Covered Metro-North train wreck that killed a motorist and five commuters, 2015
  • Researched state investigative project for PublicIntegrity.org, 2011-12
  • National MADD award for database analysis of repeat drunk drivers in Ohio, 2008.
  • Henry F. Guggenheim Fellow, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2010.
  • Sentenced to jail for protecting confidential sources (won on appeal), 1999.
  • Broke 30th anniversary story about Kent State shootings — using FBI records, resurrecting theory a student informant triggered fatal National Guard volley, May 2000.
  • Covered Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.
  • Uncovered voting problems before & during presidential recount in Ohio, 2004.
  • Witnessed botched Death Row execution of Romell Broom in 2009, one of more than a dozen I covered; Wrote about three inmates whose death sentences were commuted to life without parole.
  • Won IRE, SDX and multiple national & state awards for series led by Erik Kriss investigating New York General Assembly. 1994.
  • Guest lecturer at universities in NY & Ohio. Taught Syracuse high school journalism class.
  • Co-authored IRE-award winning series on illegal restraints/beatings at juvenile detention centers. Gov. Mario Cuomo had NY inspector general confirm what Hart Seely and I found at Division for Youth & fired top directors, 1993.
  • Survived Air Force Kool School training at North Pole, 1996.
  • Covered Persian Gulf wars, including 2002 bomb missions from Turkey and stateside Army/Air Guard training. 1991.
  • Supervised overnight coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 after Libyan bomb killed 35 Syracuse University students over Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988.
  • Covered aftermath of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash from Cape Cod, 1999.
  • Greeted Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as Cornell Sun sports editor during daily's 100th anniversary dinner in May 1980. 

Jon Craig's Contributions

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Ex-Con Gets Prison Time For Waving Revolver At Girlfriend In Atlantic City: Prosecutor Ex-Con Gets Prison Time For Waving Revolver At Girlfriend In Atlantic City: Prosecutor
Ex-Con Gets Prison Time For Waving Revolver At Girlfriend In Atlantic City: Prosecutor An Atlantic City man was sentenced to 16 years in New Jersey State…
Pedestrian Killed Crossing Route 9 In Cape May County Pedestrian Killed Crossing Route 9 In Cape May County
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Popular Bundt Cake Shop Replacing Jersey Shore Dance Studio Nothing Bundt Cakes, the nation’s largest specialty cake company, plans to open a second…
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Fatal Parkway Pedestrian Crash Lands Hit-Run Texas Driver In State Slammer For Years A Texas man has been sentenced to nine years in New Jersey State…
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Man Found Dead Along Cape May County Street: Police Man Found Dead Along Cape May County Street: Police
Man Found Dead Along Cape May County Street: Police A 49-year-old man was found dead along a roadway in Cape May County, authorities said. Brian…
DOUBLE FATAL: Police ID 2 Killed, 1 Airlifted In Head-On NJ Crash DOUBLE FATAL: Police ID 2 Killed, 1 Airlifted In Head-On NJ Crash
Double Fatal: Police ID 2 Killed, 1 Airlifted In Head-On NJ Crash Police have identified two people from Browns Mills killed in a head-on crash Tuesday, Nov.…
Case Of Stolen Identity Takes Twisted Turn For Atlantic City Heroin, Coke Dealer: Police Case Of Stolen Identity Takes Twisted Turn For Atlantic City Heroin, Coke Dealer: Police
Case Of Stolen Identity Takes Twisted Turn For Atlantic City Heroin, Coke Dealer: Police Natasha Miller apparently chose the wrong identity to steal.…
Jersey Shore Man Arrested With Child Pornography On 21 Electronic Devices: Police Jersey Shore Man Arrested With Child Pornography On 21 Electronic Devices: Police
Jersey Shore Man Arrested With Child Pornography On 21 Electronic Devices: Police A 45-year-old man from Brick Township had more than 1,000 child…
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