Lisa Colangelo

Lisa Colangelo has been a reporter for over 30 years covering a range of issues including politics, government, health, education and general assignment. She currently works as a health reporter for Newsday focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. She started her career at the Queens Tribune after graduating from Queens College in 1987 and worked at several publications including the North Jersey Herald & News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Asbury Park Press and New York Daily News. Her assignments included covering juvenile justice as a New Jersey statehouse reporter for the Asbury Park Press from 1995 to 1998 and as a City Hall reporter in New York City for the New York Daily News from 2000 to 2007 where she focused on public health and the municipal workforce