2025 Year End Newsletter

A look back at our most-read reporting, editors’ picks, financial report and audience growth.

In 2025, NJ21st covered floods, school performance, municipal and school budgets, public records and the mechanics of local and state government.

Some stories were written in real time while others required weeks of document review.

We’ve laid out our most-read reporting from the year into a single page with context explaining why each story mattered.

This review also includes editors’ picks, our annual financial report and a look at how our audience grew over time.

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