Gavin Rozzi is an award-winning independent journalist, web developer & technology professional who has created several successful local news websites and civic technology platforms serving New Jersey.

Since early 2016, his political news website Ocean County Politics quickly became a “must read” for its in-depth reporting about local government, campaign finance and investigations of public officials in Ocean County, NJ. Stories first broken by Gavin on Ocean County Politics are frequently cited by larger media outlets, including NJ.com, POLITICO, InsiderNJ and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show.

In 2017 he launched OPRAmachine, a statewide freedom of information portal that automatically publishes public records requests & responses, the first website of its kind to serve New Jersey. The website, which is active in all 21 counties, allows anybody to easily request public documents from state and local government agencies under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). It was the first production deployment of the open-source Alaveteli platform that targeted a single U.S. state rather than an entire country.

In 2019, he received the “Excellence in Local News Award” from the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair University in the “Innovate Local” category for his work with OPRAmachine.

Ocean County Politics

• DEP Finds Violations at Berkeley Municipal Complex
• Prosecution “Unimpressed” by Gilmore Hoarding Defense
• OPRA Complaint Targets Point Beach Mayor’s Anti-Legalization Lobbying

Ocean County College (Fall, 2017):

• ALDC 102 - Addictions Counseling II

In this class, working with Professor John A. Brogan, Sr., I participated in an exercise that saw the students create their own jobs program for recovering addicts. Students addressed recidivism and integrating recovering addicts into community organizations & programs.

A significant role that I played in this class was providing technology assistance to the professor and helping to modernize teaching methods.

Stockton University (Fall, 2018):

For the fall, 2018 semester I served as the teaching assistant for two of Professor Linda J. Wharton’s classes at Stockton. Both courses feature in-depth study & discussion of key decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

• POLS 3221 - Constitutional Law

• POLS 3223 - Civil Liberties

I am available for hire as a consultant for commercial projects and partners interested in utilizing my services.

Some of the types of projects I am interested include:

• Web development projects (WordPress etc.)
• IT and technology projects (Linux and Windows server issues)
• Writing and copyediting projects
• Video production and photography

Please contact me if you would like to discuss a potential project.

Data obtained via the OPRAmachine API:

• 2018 curriculum committee meeting minutes

  Requested from: Lacey Township School District

  Status: Follow up

  Dear Mr. DeGeorge: Thank you for the prompt response. This confirms my receipt of the records. Yours sincerely, Gavin Rozzi

• 2018 curriculum committee meeting minutes

  Requested from: Lacey Township School District

  Status: Successful.

  Mr. Rozzi, Good afternoon. In response to your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request dated today, February 13, 2019, please find attached the follo...

• 2018 curriculum committee meeting minutes

  Requested from: Lacey Township School District

  Status: Response

  Mr. Rozzi, Good afternoon.   This email confirms that as the district’s official Custodian of Records, I received your Open Public Records Act (OPR...