Jim Testa's profile photo

Jim Testa

Weehawken

Contributor at NJ.com

Editor at Jersey Beat

Editor of https://t.co/l2VIKWPboZ, Dean of Jersey Zinesters

Articles

  • 1 month ago | njarts.net | Jim Testa

    1 Anonymity has its place. In Nia Vardalos’ “tiny beautiful things,” running at Hoboken’s Mile Square Theatre through March 23, wife, mother and author Cheryl Strayed takes on the pen name “Sugar” to write an advice column in which she responds to letters — desperate, pleading, funny or sometimes simply curious — from ordinary people who feel free to pour out their souls because they don’t need to give their names.

  • 2 months ago | nj.com | Jim Testa

    When I was in high school, back in the late ‘60s, my classmates dreamed of becoming lawyers or doctors, business tycoons or astronauts. I wanted to be a newspaperman. My hero wasn’t Clark Kent but Jimmy Breslin, or one of those charismatic crusaders in old movies who wore fedoras with a press card stuck in the band. In 1991, when enterprising cub reporter Jim DeRogatis (who had been covering Maxwell’s) left Hoboken for Minneapolis, that dream came true.

  • 2 months ago | nj.com | Jim Testa

    It was the best of times; it was the worst of times …When I look back at my 25 years of writing about local music at The Jersey Journal, I think of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” While musicians live and perform in other communities in Hudson County, my time at this newspaper has largely focused on Jersey City and Hoboken, and to pluck a line from a popular song, oh, what a long, strange trip it’s been.

  • Jan 22, 2025 | nj.com | Jim Testa

    Forget the Whale, an impressive local ensemble with seven members including trumpet, trombone and sax certainly qualifies as “indie rock.” The group’s new album, “The Devil You Know,” will be released to streaming platforms next Friday, Jan. 31, without benefit of a “major” (or, in fact, any) record label. But one listen and it’s clear we need a new word for this stuff.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | nj.com | Jim Testa

    She’s a one-named diva who exudes soul and spirituality. He’s an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Palisades Park with a stylistic debt to Dylan and Devendra Banhart. Rio the Messenger and Alexander Yearns may represent the yin and yang of their local music scene, but they’ll each celebrate the release of excellent new albums at a show together at Union City’s Green Space Studios on Saturday, Feb 1.

Journalists covering the same region

Ben Orner's journalist profile photo

Ben Orner

Ben Orner primarily covers news in South Central Pennsylvania, United States, including areas around Harrisburg and York.

James Flippin

News Anchor at WABC-AM (New York, NY)

Host at Flippin’ Out Radio

James Flippin primarily covers news in New York City, New York, United States and surrounding areas including Washington, D.C.

Andrea Cambron's journalist profile photo

Andrea Cambron

Supervising Producer and Editor at CNN

Andrea Cambron primarily covers news in Washington, D.C., United States and surrounding areas.

Michael McAllister's journalist profile photo

Michael McAllister

Publisher, Syracuse Orange on FanNation at Sports Illustrated

Michael McAllister primarily covers news in Syracuse, New York, United States and surrounding areas.

Eduardo Cuevas's journalist profile photo

Eduardo Cuevas

Breaking News Reporter, Health at USA Today

Eduardo Cuevas primarily covers news in New York City, New York, United States and surrounding areas.

Contact details

Socials & Sites

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

Coverage map

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers
2K
Tweets
12K
DMs Open
No
Jim Testa
Jim Testa @jimjbeat
1 Aug 23

RT @OmarRiverosays: @VABVOX Here you go: https://t.co/9obW2PVx9v

Jim Testa
Jim Testa @jimjbeat
28 Jul 23

Because he committed crimes. Why can’t you get that? You break the law, you obstruct justice repeatedly, and you get arrested. Not rocket science, dude.

Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier @RyanAFournier

They’re so desperate that they just indicted the Mar-a-Lago Head of Maintenance, Carlos De Oliveira. The head of maintenance…

Jim Testa
Jim Testa @jimjbeat
28 Jul 23

He has to go to trial first. Can that happen before the election?

Ed Krassenstein
Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen

@Cerra__ I wonder if a small percentage would leave his side if he’s convicted.