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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Most hourly workers in the Garden State will get a raise on Sunday. From the New Jersey Desk, WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports on what effect record inflation will have on the pay raise. -
A bill before the New Jersey Legislature aims to help parts of the state that are struggling with tourism post-pandemic. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports that the bill also hopes to settle a long, ongoing debate. -
New Jersey is looking for ways to recruit and retain more educators. Gov. Phil Murphy recently announced the creation of a task force to address the issue. -
Advocates in New Jersey are urging the Legislature to advance a bill that would provide universal screening of high school students for mental health and substance misuse. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports. -
A South Jersey health organization has been selected to help create the Garden State's first public health institute. WHYY's Kenneth Burns has details. -
Black students in New Jersey likely do not have the same access to mental health support as their white counterparts. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports those resources have declined for Black students at a time when mental health supports increased for white students. -
Policy analysts are praising New Jersey's latest effort to bring transparency to law enforcement. The Attorney General's Office has launched a new dashboard that allows people to review internal investigations at law enforcement agencies across the state. -
Canadians are once again choosing to make Cape May County, New Jersey a top destination for their summer vacations. WHYY's Kenneth Burns has more on the first summer back at the shore, post pandemic. -
Once again, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was asked when the state would begin a long-promised review of its response to the COVID pandemic. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports that this time, it happened on national television. -
School districts in New Jersey are getting ready to welcome students back in September, as a teacher shortage that has been exacerbated by the pandemic continues. But WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports, that there are other positions that districts are also struggling to fill.
