Jen is a seasoned radio veteran with more than 30 years of experience as a broadcast journalist and morning show co-host. She has been at NJ 101.5 since 2016 as a news anchor and digital content writer. Before that, Jen was a traffic reporter at Total/Shadow Traffic, a business news anchor at The Wall Street Journal Radio Network, a morning show co-host on 106.3 GROCK, 95.9 The Rat, 92.7 WOBM, 100.1 WJRZ and Q104.3 in New York City, and a morning show producer on Z100. She is also a voiceover artist and an announcer for Tournament of Bands high school marching band competitions. Jen lives at the Jersey Shore and mostly enjoys writing stories about animals.
Jen Ursillo
NJ next? NYC cops side with squatters, arrest homeowner
Following a series of squatting incidents in New York, with the most recent one in Queens, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation to try and criminalize squatting in the state.
2 caught on camera swiping hundreds from a purse at NJ restaurant
The Newark Public Safety Department has issued a plea from the public to help identify two people caught on camera stealing money from a woman's purse at a Newark restaurant last Saturday afternoon.
It’s a weekend of movies at The Garden State Film Festival
More than 200 films from 14 different countries including the United States and New Jersey will be featured at this year's Garden State Film Festival, March 21-24.
Thousands of cherry blossoms are about to bloom in one NJ park
The 48th annual Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park, Newark will take place April 6-14, with thousands of cherry trees in full bloom.
Ready for your closeup? 14 NJ communities are now designated as film ready
After undergoing a multi-step certification and training process, 14 New Jersey communities and four counties are now designated as film-ready locations, according to the NJMPTVC.
NJ school district plays cereal dominoes to benefit food pantry
The Keyport Public School District collected more than 1,000 cereal boxes and set up a cereal domino chain to benefit their local food pantry.
NJ restaurant is closing and it’s for sale after 60 years at the Shore
The Tilton Inn, which has been in existence for 60 years at the Jersey Shore will close its doors next month and is currently on the market, its owners say.
See a balls of leaves in trees in NJ? Probably not a bird’s nest
You may think it's a bird's nest high up in New Jersey trees, but some parks specialists have set the record straight.
Scary cancer news in NJ for people in their 40s
The American Cancer Society said colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in men and second in women under the age of 50 years old.
NJ woman, 31, missing for weeks after going silent on social media
A family is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the safe return of a South Jersey relative who has been missing for three weeks.