// Good guy Andy Pergam is leaving Connecticut to focus on the future of online news; he’ll be editorial director for J-Lab in Washington, DC (The Institute for Interactive Journalism). This is a great fit as Andy currently oversees the station’s digital offerings. From his NBC Connecticut bio: In his time here, Andrew has played [...]
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In its December newsletter, the Associated Press Sports Editors ask whether the day will come when College and University Athletic Departments won’t have much need for the local media. Mike Enright, UConn’s Associate Athletic Director/Communications (pictured on the right), is featured in the piece entitled, “Sports Information Directors See Declining Value in Newspaper Coverage.”
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…or is there something low-rent about the dignified University of Connecticut Division I football team playing in a bowl game called the “PapaJohns-dot-com Bowl”?? Not that the “Papa Johns Bowl” would sound a whole lot better, but there’s something about the “dot-com” addition that seems so … small time. Okay, we’ll get back to covering [...]
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Dennis House blogs about an increasingly familiar topic – Governor Rell’s inaccessibility to the broadcast media.
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Thanks to a friend of The Laurel for sharing with us this great tribute to Ed Flynn who is signing off from WATR 1320-am in Waterbury: WATR’s Ed Flynn, who surprised his ”Talk of the Town” listeners this week with the news that he would be handing over hosting duties to Larry Rifkin after 18 years, got [...]
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She was a reporter at WFSB in the late 80s. Gail is now at WCVB in Boston and finds herself in the midst of the Bay State’s U.S. Senate campaign. This item comes from NewsBlues.com: IN THE BACKGROUND Gail Huff, a veteran reporter at WCVB-5-ABC in Boston (Market #7), has remained conspicuously absent from campaign [...]
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