Lilo H. Stainton has covered New Jersey for more than two decades, much of it with Gannett newspapers and NJ Spotlight News, reporting on policy, politics, and breaking news, including the 9/11 attack on lower Manhattan. Most recently she has focused on public health and racial disparities in care. Lilo also served as press secretary to Gov. Jon S. Corzine and led a nonprofit coalition's successful advocacy for more than $60 billion in federal funding for environmental resilience projects in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.