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Mix-Minus with Matthew McQueeny


Apr 15, 2014

Rebecca Davis O'Brien is a journalist at the Record (New Jersey) who was just named a finalist - along with Thomas Mashberg - in the local reporting category for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize.  Over the last year, she has authored special reports focusing on heroin in Bergen County, New Jersey.  She joins the show to talk about the heroin epidemic that has hit Northern New Jersey, from supply to demand, and the ramifications on families, lives, and the area we live in.

The Record: Heroin - Suburbia's Deadly Secret - http://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/special-report-heroin-reaching-epidemic-levels-in-new-jersey-1.723368

Find Rebecca Davis O'Brien on twitter at @rebeccadobrien.

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