Woody D’Oench, the long-time publisher of the Middletown Press died last week at his home in Old Saybrook. He was 93. D’Oench and his brother Derry bought the Middletown paper in 1959. Woody served as publisher for 32 years. Under D’Oench ownership, the paper published six days a week, had a circulation of 21,000 and employed more than 160 people, including nearly thirty reporters covering every town in Middlesex County. D’Oench’s nephew Peter was a well known reporter for WTNH in New Haven.
Former WTNH reporter Jayne Chacko has officially joined the NBC Connecticut news team. She was seen reporting last week from UConn. Chacko is one of several WTNH reporters who coincidentally all left the station last month.
One of the lessons politicians have learned from the last presidential election is the importance of being willing to enter new media spaces they may be uncomfortable with or would have dismissed in the past. With that in mind Governor Lamont showed up last week on the Meidas Touch Network last week, a popular anti-Trump/legal You Tube channel with a following that rivals traditional broadcasters and cable networks.
An origin story of how the decision by many news organizations to offer their content online for free ended up transforming the entire news industry. News For Free – Poynter.
