Justin Auciello



Urban Planner. Journalist. New Media Consultant.

I am the founder of Jersey Shore Hurricane News, a Facebook-based media outlet. A bottom-up, two-way news outlet, JSHN is news for the people, by the people. JSHN covers weather emergencies, major breaking news, traffic incidents, and Silver/Amber Alerts. JSHN is also a community resource (events, missing dogs, etc). Created on August 23, 2011, the outlet, which provided Hurricane Irene information before, during, and after the storm, garnered over 26,000 followers and 28,000,000 page views by August 28, 2011.

I have been employed by the Cofone Consulting Group, LLC since January 2011, where I am an Associate and serve as the Director of Technology. I am reponsible for the following planning tasks: master planning, redevelopment investigations/plans, zoning analysis, urban design, affordable housing plans, impact analysis, and expert testimony delivery. I undertake due diligence and provide analysis and public testimony on projects ranging from simple homeowner variance requests to complicated, high profile plans.

I write about land use planning issues and emerging technologies that are changing how we use our urban spaces at The New Wave Planner.

I am the Vice President of Public Relations for The New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association. Among other responsibilities, I maintain the Chapter's Twitter and Facebook feeds.

I also maintain a personal micro-blog, dubbed The Scratchpad, where I curate intriguing content and share a wide variety of self-produced multimedia content.

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Links to published pieces and radio interviews, as well as articles in which I’ve been quoted. Local hurricane page has 26,000 followers This Just In: Social Media for Natural Disaster News A Storm is Coming: Are You Tuning in to Al Roker or Facebook? Interview on Gov101 Radio Poll: Proposal for parking meters on Fifth Avenue not well-received Reducing crime through smart design The war on criminal behavior University Senate accepting dynamic nature of security policy

Links to published pieces and radio interviews, as well as articles in which I’ve been quoted.

Local hurricane page has 26,000 followers

This Just In: Social Media for Natural Disaster News

A Storm is Coming: Are You Tuning in to Al Roker or Facebook?

Interview on Gov101 Radio

Poll: Proposal for parking meters on Fifth Avenue not well-received

Reducing crime through smart design

The war on criminal behavior

University Senate accepting dynamic nature of security policy

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Wake Up, Local Government, and Supercharge Your (Weak) Web Presence Once Again, San Francisco’s City Government Is Conducting The Innovation Train Social Web Developers: Urban Transformers New Jersey State Atlas: Making The Inaccessible Accessible Maintenance Concern In San Francisco? Tweet @311 Government 2.0: It’s Time The New Wave Of Interactions Corzine’s New Media Team Launches A Social Networking Site Another Hudson River Aircraft Cash, Another Twitter Response Judge Sonia Sotomayor: The First “Cyber” Supreme Court Jurist? Twitter And Citizen Journalism: Perfect Together Why Blog? Old Media Is Dying, So What Is To Be Done The Web 2.0 Paradox Who Invented Social Media? Apparently, Coleman The San Francisco Government Is Not Only Tech Friendly, It’s Engaging Waking Up To The Interwebs In Defense Of Generation Y

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2009 Atlantic Basin Tropical Activity Journal Corzine’s New Media Team Launches A Social Networking Site Another Hudson River Aircraft Cash, Another Twitter Response Good Old Fashioned Reporting Nails The NJ Corruption Arrests Judge Sonia Sotomayor: The First “Cyber” Supreme Court Jurist? Twitter And Citizen Journalism: Perfect Together Why Blog? Old Media Is Dying, So What Is To Be Done Teenager Disappears In The Ocean Off Seaside Heights How To: Eat Well And Train Effectively To Lose Weight And Add Muscle The 2009 Hoboken Saint Patrick’s Day Parade: A Day That Will Live In Infamy An Expedition At The Exhibition: A Review Of the New Yankee Stadium Can’t Find A Job? Just Do Something The Web 2.0 Paradox Who Invented Social Media? Apparently, Coleman Are You Really An Entrepreneur? Michael Jackson Dies, MTV Once Again Plays Videos The Boss Shocks Bonnaroo By Appearing With Phish Music! Soon, Surfing! An Airport In Central Park? Don’t Worry, It’s A (Clever) Hoax At Bonnaroo, It’s One Big Endurance Contest Yes, There Are Sharks At The Jersey Shore (Relax, They’re Tame) The San Francisco Government Is Not Only Tech Friendly, It’s Engaging Waking Up To The Interwebs In Defense Of Generation Y

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Save Our Sprawl? Evidence Suggests A Smart Growth Future Wake Up, Local Government, And Supercharge Your (Weak) Web Presence Once Again, San Francisco’s City Government Is Conducting The Innovation Train Social Web Developers: Urban Transformers New Jersey State Atlas: Making The Inaccessible Accessible A Win For Urban Planning: Supermarkets Potentially On Their Way To New Jersey Cities Innovation Is Now King, And It’s Perfectly Parallel With Obama’s Urban Policy Goals A Vote For The New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act Of 2009 Is A Vote For Smart Growth And Economic Development Backyard Chicken Coops? Urban Farming? There’s A Silver Linking To The Recession Maintenance Concern In San Francisco? Tweet @311 NYC Planners: Zoning Bonuses Will Spur Healthy Eating And Economic Development Does Banning Outdoor Advertising Kill Urban Vibrancy? CPTED Will Change Your Community. Just Ask Sarasota You’re An Urban Planner? What Exactly Do You Do? CPTED In Action: Sarasota, FL Government 2.0: It’s Time What Is CPTED, And What Can It Do For My Municipality? Fighting Crime In College Park: The Long And Winding Road Murder In College Park, MD: The Tipping Point So What Is Age-Targeted Housing? Save “Jersey Fresh” As We Know It Once Again, The Baby Boomers Are Changing Housing The New Wave Of Interactions

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Justin is a New Jersey licensed professional planner. As a lifelong surfer and coastal conservation advocate, Justin’s passion is the preservation of the fragile marine ecosystem through innovative planning and common sense approaches as well as community engagement. He has worked both personally and professionally toward that goal at the Jersey Shore and in western Puerto Rico, where he has a home and volunteers with various coastal conservation groups, including Fundacion Surfrider Rincón. (He is currently seeking to collaborate with planners in Puerto Rico.)Justin has extensive experience in master planning, redevelopment, zoning analysis, urban design, affordable housing, farmland preservation, impact analysis, and expert testimony delivery. He has provided analysis and public testimony on projects ranging from simple homeowner variance requests to complicated, high profile plans. In addition, Justin is a new media consultant, political campaign strategist, freelancer writer. He assists individuals and small businesses with copy production, message delivery, and social media platforms. Justin is currently the APA-NJ Vice President of Public Relations, allowing him to apply his skills in service to his profession. His writing has been featured in newspapers, trade publications, and blogs, and he has been quoted as a planning expert in newspapers. He has also taught Expository Writing at Rutgers College and tutored members of the Rutgers University football team. Justin is conversational in Spanish. Justin has a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Please see my LinkedIn profile.

Justin is a New Jersey licensed professional planner. 

As a lifelong surfer and coastal conservation advocate, Justin’s passion is the preservation of the fragile marine ecosystem through innovative planning and common sense approaches as well as community engagement. He has worked both personally and professionally toward that goal at the Jersey Shore and in western Puerto Rico, where he has a home and volunteers with various coastal conservation groups, including Fundacion Surfrider Rincón. (He is currently seeking to collaborate with planners in Puerto Rico.)

Justin has extensive experience in master planning, redevelopment, zoning analysis, urban design, affordable housing, farmland preservation, impact analysis, and expert testimony delivery. He has provided analysis and public testimony on projects ranging from simple homeowner variance requests to complicated, high profile plans. 

In addition, Justin is a new media consultant, political campaign strategist, freelancer writer. He assists individuals and small businesses with copy production, message delivery, and social media platforms. Justin is currently the APA-NJ Vice President of Public Relations, allowing him to apply his skills in service to his profession. His writing has been featured in newspapers, trade publications, and blogs, and he has been quoted as a planning expert in newspapers. He has also taught Expository Writing at Rutgers College and tutored members of the Rutgers University football team. Justin is conversational in Spanish. 

Justin has a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

Please see my LinkedIn profile.

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