From NewsBlues for TV Insiders: An insider at Tribune’s troubled WTIC-61-Fox in Hartford (Market #30) claims nightside reporter Laurie Perez has a contract clause that guarantees “she must be assigned to cover the lead story for our 10PM newscast every day she works unless she declines.” The tipster claims management “confirmed the arrangement” to staff [...]
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Face the State WFSB 11 a.m Host: Dennis House U.S. Senate Candidate Peter Schiff (R) Reporters: Rick Green of the Hartford Courant, Brian Lockhart of the Stamford Advocate The Real Story Fox61 10:30 am Host: Laurie Perez 2010 Senate Race Peter Schiff (R) CT Auto Dealers Strike Deal with Military Chip Gengras, Gengras Motor Cars [...]
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We must have been at the beach when Ben Sosenko joined the NBC Connecticut news team – he never got the Laurel welcome to the market (here’s how you pronounce New Haven, Berlin, Cheshire, etc.). Ben came to the station in July of this year from News12 Westchester, where he was a freelance news reporter. [...]
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We’re a little late on this… Over the weekend the Courant ran an apology to its readers when sportswriter John Altavilla copied an ESPN report stating that UConn Women’s Basketball recruit Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis committed to play for the Huskies. John also wrote an apology to his readers on his Courant Blog. A summary of the issue was posted [...]
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We told you a while ago that WVIT alum Rob Morrison is returning to an anchor chair in New York, but here’s more.
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Rick Green has more on the Wesleyan University student blog Blargus (the school’s newspaper is The Wesleyan Argus). Rick describes the student co-author as “Former Hall High School free speech crusader and Hartford Courant intern” Ezra Silk. From a friend: “Diana Simonds has retired as director of publications at the University of Hartford. Great person, [...]
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