Adubato is a broadcaster with the PBS affiliates in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia region. He is also a "distinguished visiting professor" at
Seton Hall University,
Rowan University and has lectured at Rutgers,
NJIT as well as
NYU,
Montclair State University,
Caldwell University and
West Point. In 1994, Adubato, along with a group of broadcasting entrepreneurs founded the
Caucus Educational Corporation (CEC), to produce public affairs programs. The company had produced content on New Jersey public affairs for websites such as
NJ.com, BestofNJ.com, and others. In 2011, after
NJN was privatized, the CEC produced programs for its successor,
NJTV along with its sister station,
WNET. Since 2011, Adubato remains the host of three of the four CEC produced programs, including
Caucus New Jersey with Steve Adubato,
State of Affairs and
One on One with Steve Adubato, and
Remember Them with Steve Adubato and Jacqui Tricarico, much of which is aired on NJTV, WNET, News12+, along with
FiOS1 New Jersey (which later closed in 2019),
WHYY-TV and on Classical Station
WQXR-FM.
New Jersey Capital Report ended its run in 2017 and was replaced with
State of Affairs by March 2017. In addition to hosting the aforementioned programs, he also appeared on the
Today Show,
CNN,
FOX News and
WNYW as a media and political analyst. Adubato also appears regularly on New York City
talk radio stations
WABC-AM 770 and
WNYM AM 970 as well as
Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The program provides communication and leadership skills training to young people in the greater
Newark, New Jersey, area. Annually, the program provides over 500 young adults with the tools they need to become better citizens and to more effectively compete for and succeed in future employment.
Books Adubato is the author of the non-fiction book
Speak from the Heart – Be Yourself and Get Results published by
Simon & Schuster. It was featured in
Fortune magazine. He also wrote
Make the Connection – Improve Your Communication at Work and at Home (
Rutgers University Press) and
What Were They Thinking? Crisis Communication: The Good, the Bad and the Totally Clueless which examines highly publicized and often controversial public relations and media mishaps. His fourth book,
YOU Are the Brand! provides tips, strategies and tools aimed at helping people succeed. His fifth book, titled
Lessons in Leadership, teaches readers to be self-aware, empathetic, and more effective leaders at work and at home. His sixth book, Lessons in Leadership 2.0: The Tough Stuff, was published in 2023.
Accolades He has received four Emmy Awards. In 1995, 2000 and again in 2001, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented Adubato with Emmy Awards in the category of "Best Host". ==References==