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New Jersey Globe’s Joey Fox headed to Ireland with governor – New Jersey Globe
New Jersey Globe political reporter Joey Fox will accompany Gov. Phil Murphy on his official go to to Eire subsequent week.
He would be the solely journalist to hitch Murphy and a delegation of New Jerseyans on the three-day financial improvement journey, which is about to incorporate conferences with Irish authorities officers and enterprise leaders.
Outdated media stalwarts just like the Star-Ledger and Gannett, going through monetary difficulties and price range cuts, is not going to ship any of their reporters on the Eire journey. That cedes unique protection to the New Jersey Globe, which was launched in 2018.
That is Murphy’s first official worldwide journey since his commerce mission to India in September 2019, six months earlier than the coronavirus pandemic.
Murphy’s grandmother, Eleanor, and a number of other of his great-grandparents have been born in Eire.
The governor’s grandfather, John W. Murphy, served as an Alderman representing Newton, Massachusetts’ first ward from 1910 to 1918.
The 22-year-old Fox joined the New Jersey Globe final August.