Hartford Public School System Hires Courant Columnist Stan Simpson

Here is the link to a story; the official press release is below. Stan has been hired to  lead the development of the Hartford School District’s Journalism and Media Academy. Unclear if he will continue his column and/or his new television show with Fox61.
simpson.pdf

Irene O’Connor Returns to Anchor Desk

WFSB’s Irene O’Connor was back on the morning anchor desk this week.  Twin boys Robert and Quilty were born in late April and she’s ready to get back to work.Nice fill-in job by Hena Daniels.

Sunday Talk

Face the State WFSB   11 a.m

Host: Dennis House
Senator Dodd’s prostate cancer diagnosis
Guests: Dr. Joseph Colasanto – St. Francis Hospital
Analysis and impact on 2010 race: Duby McDowell and Dean Pagani
The Real Story Fox61 10:30 am

Interim host: Laurie Perez
Segment 1- Discussing the Dems Budget Proposal / Eliminating the DMV
Bob Ward- DMV Commissioner

Segment 2- Documents [...]

Some Good Clean 19th Century Fun

Why not leave work early today (like that can ever happen in a newsroom) and head to the Mark Twain House in Hartford where there is a free “Ice Cream Social” at the historic site on Farmington Avenue.  Better yet, cover the event…file from there…and hang out afterwards.

*FREE* University of Connecticut Dairy Bar Ice [...]

Colin on New CT Media

The Laurel talked recently with humorist/radio guy/taught-a-course-on-blogs-at-Trinity-College Colin McEnroe about the new media ventures that are springing up around us: the online Connecticut News Project, Inc. that’s coming this fall, localonlinenews.tv, patch.com which is making inroads in Connecticut, etc. Some thoughts from Colin:
 
It strikes me that there is now a kind of gathering storm, and [...]

“Lying Liars and the Reporters Who Enable Them”

You don’t have to be Dodd partisans (as we admittedly are) to know that there are lots of holes in the recent AP story that regurgitated the Countrywide allegations. Check out Capitol Watch and its link to the Huffington Post story (“Lying Liars and the Reporters Who Enable Them”) challenging the main source of the [...]