Timothy Carroll covers the governor and legislature as a staff writer for PolitickerNJ, a political insider website owned by the New York Observer organization. The site is ground zero for Garden State politicos - from town hall in Teterboro to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. - and Carroll has been front-and-center with his coverage of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's recent ascension as a potential presidential candidate.

Currently, Carroll is hunkering down in Trenton as PolitickerNJ rolls out its newest endeavor, State Street Wire, a subscription-only platform designed for ultra-political insight and in-depth legislative coverage.

Carroll was previously a staff writer for the Hoboken Reporter weekly newspaper in Hoboken, NJ., covering all aspects of the city just across the river from Manhattan, including the state takeover of city government, an ongoing police scandal, and a recent - and unprecedented - 47 percent tax hike.

Carroll is a former editor-in-chief of the Centurion student newspaper at Bucks County Community College.