Christine Stuart, who started CTNewsJunkie in 2006, will soon start as a freelance on-air reporter for NBC CT. The station has a need as it lost its political reporter, Max Reiss, to Governor...

Eric Parker has had a long and varied career at WFSB; now he will take the helm of the Sunday interview program “Face the State.” Eric was a morning co-anchor until a few months ago when he was a...

Congratulations to WNPR’s Vanessa de la Torre who has been named the next executive editor of the New England News Collaborative. She starts in that role on January 6, succeeding John Dankosky....

Twenty-six year old Ayah Galal of WFSB makes the latest Connecticut Magazine list of 40 Under 40. She is a native of Prospect and a graduate of Quinnipiac University. In December of 2021 she became...

Governor Ned Lamont ended his 12.23 briefing with a thank you to Connecticut’s press corps: It’s been a heck of a year, hasn’t it? We wish you, obviously, all the very best for Christmas and this...

  This is Dave Owens’ last week reporting for the Hartford Courant. After 26 years, he’s moving on to work for the town of Vernon heading communications. “It is hard to walk away from a job that I...

Former NBC Connecticut meteorologist Kaitlyn McGrath has been named best forecaster for 2022 by the Chesapeake region association of AP broadcasters. As you know, she now works for WUSA 9 in Washin...

Congratulations to Marie Shanahan who takes over this month as head of the Journalism Department at the University of Connecticut. Shanahan worked at the Hartford Courant, starting as an intern, for...

There are many good people connected to state government. One is retiring whose departure we can’t let go unnoticed. Judd Everhart’s career spanned 8 governors – Meskill to Lamont. You may know him...

Congratulations to veteran radio reporter, Matt Dwyer, on his recent move from WTIC-AM to WNPR. Starting this morning, Matt is producing WNPR’s weekly politics roundtable show The Wheelhouse and will...

We’ve missed his voice, but he’s back. This time, podcast-style. The Connecticut Mirror announced Friday that John Dankosky, veteran radio host, editor and journalist, will be hosting a podcast...

Helen Bennett’s name has been synonymous with the New Haven Register since 2004. This week employees at Hearst and the Hartford Courant learned she is leaving her post as Editor for the Register, the...

Two months ago your friends at The Laurel reported that the talented Mackenzie Maynard had left WTNH and was headed home to Boston. Apparently she traveled to Boston by way of New York because she...

Longtime 96.5 FM morning host Christine Lee is battling both lupus and cancer. Dennis House interviewed her on his Sunday morning show during which she talked about the challenges she’s been facing...

Dennis House’s departure from the WFSB anchor desk left a void at Face the State, the Sunday public affairs program that he hosted. WFSB has announced the broadcast’s new moderators: Hartford Courant...

Vanessa de la Torre and Jenn Bernstein made this year’s Connecticut Magazine list of 40 under 40. Vanessa de la Torre manages the New England News Collaborative at CT Public Media and Bernstein is an...

Another WTNH’er has been recruited by a competing station to anchor. Amber Diaz will be anchoring the 5:30pm newscast on NBC Connecticut with Kevin Nathan.

Mike Slifer is coming home to Connecticut after landing his dream job as part of the Early Warning Weather team at WFSB. In announcing his big move Slifer said, “It’s surreal to be working at my...

WFSB has hired a new producer/MMJ. She’s Ayah Galal, who most recently worked as a producer at WTNH. During part of her time at News8 she was a student at Quinnipiac, double-majoring in journalism...

Longtime Connecticut journalist, editor, and former VP of News and Digital Content at Hearst Media in CT, Matt DeRienzo, has been named the Editor In Chief of The Center for Public Integrity.  Prior...

As reported earlier today, Jodi Latina is leaving WTNH. The Laurel has learned that News8’s outgoing chief political correspondent is heading to Central Connecticut State University to be Associate...

Ok, full disclosure: Liz Grey Godbout is one of our favorite people in the Connecticut media universe. After a second stint at FOX61, she is leaving the news director role to…live her life (our...

Well known Connecticut journalist Mike Savino has been hired to cover politics for NBC CT. The job of political reporter for the station was posted at the end of last year. Savino teaches journalism...

Our Friday routine normally involves listing who and what Tom Dudchik is featuring on Capitol Report for our Sunday Talk listings. But today, the state capitol and media communities are mourning the...

Stephen Busemeyer is leaving the Hartford Courant for the CT Mirror. Bus has held a variety of positions at the Courant, most recently Editorial Writer. He’ll now serve as Managing Editor at The...

News 8 has announced the start date of Dennis House’s new Sunday morning program. It will be called  “This Week in Connecticut with Dennis House’” and begins this Sunday, February 7th. WTNH’s press...

We at The Laurel have been following Alex Putterman’s career at the Hartford Courant since he started as a sports reporter in 2018. In March of 2020 he began covering all things COVID-19 and has been...

Karolyi with husband and photojournalist Mike Orazzi. Congratulations to Anne Karolyi, managing editor of the Waterbury Republican, et Al., for being named to Editor & Publisher’s 15 Over 50 list.

On Tuesday, Dennis House celebrated his 28th anniversary at WFSB. On Wednesday, WFSB let Dennis go. Sadly and historically, that’s what happens too often when you reach a certain age and are well-p...

Because the Connecticut SPJ couldn’t hold its annual awards ceremony due to the pandemic, the awards were announced by video: The Big Ones: The First Amendment Award – Tara O’Neill and the Connecti...

In the end, whether you’re a great reporter or a talented anchor matters less than whether you are simply a good person. As Kevin Hogan surely has proven throughout his life and career. Congratulat...

Veteran Connecticut newsman Dennis House will join WTNH as chief political anchor in January. House, who spent decades at WFSB Channel 3 will be the host of a new Sunday morning local political sho…

The person who will be representing the Lamont Administration in its day-to-day dealings with the news media has just been announced; Maribel La Luz will serve as Communications Director for Govern...

Former WFSB reporter Hallie Jackson has been named the anchor of the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News. The network thinks enough of her talent that NBC is willing to allow her to anchor the show...

Three news organizations in Connecticut received grants of up to $5,000 from Facebook for local COVID-19 news coverage: The CT Mirror, the Valley Independent Sentinel and the Record-Journal. The...

Wendy Metcalfe, VP of Content and Editor-in-Chief at Hearst CT Media, announced that former Hartford Courant reporter Alaine Griffin will join the company as managing editor of the Connecticut Post....

Face the Facts WVIT 10 a.m. Host: Mike Hydeck Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo discusses the rash of youth crime in his city and whether a new law is having an impact. Kosta Diamantis,...

Hats off to all of the Connecticut news publications that received awards Saturday evening in Boston! The Hartford Courant, The Day, Republican-American and The CT Mirror, among others, received...

Four Connecticut news organizations have been honored by the New England Newspaper and Press Association with Publick Occurrences awards. The Day of New London(2), The Waterbury Republican-American,...

The Laurel has learned, WNPR news director Jeff Cohen is taking on a new role as senior enterprise reporter. With this shift, WNPR is re-organizing its editor suite news operations and will be...

When Rachel Lutzker gave up her radio and TV traffic duties a year ago, we wrote that it was hard to imagine the Connecticut media landscape without her. Imagine no more, as WTNH has hired her....

Fox 61 is pleased to have lured Jill Konopka back to the Hartford/New Haven market. She left a position in her home town of Albany at the end of last year. From what we have seen on her Twitter feed...

Here is the complete list of New England Emmy recipients, but we’ve highlighted the Connecticut winners below. Of note: Fox 61’s Jim Altman now has so many statues he can use them for doorstops...

Follow up now on a story we told you about last week. Friday, the New England Newspaper and Press Association announced its “newspapers of the year” awards.  The Meriden Record-Journal and the...

When fire tore through the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford last week, Fox61 anchor Ben Goldman tweeted, “As a former camper, to watch & report on a place that is so special to me and many...

Congratulations to Connecticut winners of Publick Occurrences Awards, presented by the New England Newspaper & Press Association: Waterbury Republican-American: “Highway Patrol” & “Video Not Availa...

After eighteen years at CTNewsJunkie and twenty-three in Connecticut journalism, Christine Stuart says she is leaving the news industry. The story dropped on CTNewJunkie’s front page Friday morning....

Amidst the sad news of layoffs at WFSB comes at least one bright note: former morning co-anchor Eric Parker, who was among those dismissed, will continue to be seen on air. Parker has been a practi...

He was feared by some Connecticut public officials a few decades ago, and now his reporting skills have ensnared Donald Trump. The team at the New York Times that broke the Trump tax story included...

In a very personal social media post over the weekend WTNH meteorologist Sam Kantrow announced he is leaving the TV business. He has been with the station for 13 years. Kantrow said he is making the...

  State Capitol & on-air fixture Jodi Latina is leaving News8. She’s saying goodbye to WTNH after a second stint at the station and will announce soon where she’s going. She did her first reporting...

The New England First Amendment Coalition has announced that it will bestow the 2020 Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award on Hearst Connecticut Media. Hearst Connecticut will be honored next...

The byline of long time Connecticut reporter Neil Vigdor has graced the pages of the Greenwich Time, the Hearst CT’s papers and the Hartford Courant. Soon, Neil’s name will be seen in the New York...

Soon to be CCSU graduate Jessica Bravo will start a new position as a breaking news reporter for HearstCT’s Hartford County expansion project right after graduation. Bravo has been working as a...

As expected, Quinnipiac University alum Olivia Schueller is returning to Connecticut. She is joining WFSB as a morning reporter. Most recently, she has been with WAAY in Hunstville, Alabama.

It was a big week for Bob Maxon, beloved morning meteorologist at NBC CT. He celebrated 28 years at the station (only colleague Kevin Nathan is close) and along with wife Jacqui, dropped off youngest...

Although it’s somewhat unusual in the business, generally speaking, and in markets of this size in particular, Connecticut has quite a few long-time anchors and reporters who manage to hang on for an...

Even as ESPN struggles through dramatic changes in its business model and resulting layoffs – the company must prepare for the future. This means while some people are leaving after long careers,...

Hearst CT political reporter Kaityln Krasselt is leaving for the communications job at the state Department of Consumer Protection. The job at DCP was recently vacated by Lora Rae Anderson who moved...