P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY
Kenneth Burns is WHYY’s South Jersey reporter. He joined the station in 2018 as an anchor. He also contributed stories and won a 2020 Keystone Media Award for one of them.
Prior to WHYY, he covered city government and urban issues for WYPR in Baltimore, his first stop in public media. His coverage of the Freddie Gray police trials won a 2017 National Headliner Award. Burns began his career shortly after high school as an intern and later news assistant at WTOP in Washington, D.C. He would go on to work for several commercial broadcasting outlets as a reporter, anchor, and producer in the D.C. and Baltimore metro areas.
The native Marylander and recently adopted New Jerseyan is a graduate of Towson University and Anne Arundel Community College.
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New Jersey officials have launched a new system that aims to increase and improve access to support for violent crime victims. WHYY’s Kenneth Burns reports. -
Members of three unions representing 9,000 workers at Rutgers University have voted to ratify a new contract. From the New Jersey Desk, WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports. -
A new report says it’s possible that police departments across New Jersey are failing to meet updated mandates from the Attorney General's Office regarding making police complaint forms accessible. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports. -
Ten years ago, the Camden County Police Department began patrolling the streets of the City of Camden, taking over for the dissolved city-controlled law enforcement agency, which lost half of its officers due to a budget crisis. -
Students at Rutgers University returned to campus Monday to some of their professors walking the picket line after three labor unions representing faculty members announced they would strike. -
For the first time ever, faculty members at Rutgers University are walking the picket line Monday morning. From the New Jersey Desk, WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports strike comes after months of stalled negotiations.
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The road to a burgeoning new industry is being built in South Jersey. Competitive video gaming or esports could be a new career. -
A Stockton University professor at the height of the pandemic made the most of his time while on lockdown. From the New Jersey Desk, WHYY's Kenneth Burns has a profile of one science professor who uses music to teach. -
Later this month, civil and family trials in six New Jersey counties will be suspended. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports that the suspensions are due to a lack of judges.
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New Jersey is in desperate need of judges. There are dozens of vacancies in Superior Court, where most everyday cases are handled.
