Tag: News 8
Picozzi Steps Back
Word from ESPN that Bob Picozzi has announced his semi-retirement after several years of doing SportsCenter updates for ESPN Radio.
Before ESPN, Picozzi was the...
Nexstar-Media General
The Justice Department has given tentative approval for Nexstar to proceed with its purchase of Media General, pending the sale of seven stations. FCC...
Arrivals
Katro.
Julian Scheinblum. Born Wednesday morning around 1a.m., the son of News 8's Josh Scheinblum and wife Lindsay. Julian weighed in at 7 pounds and...
Social Media
News 8 in New Haven is getting some attention for making use of the new social media tool Instagram Stories to engage its audience...
George Smith
Former News 8 and ESPN reporter George Smith is moving back to sports.
The morning anchor at Chicago's WFLD will be one of the station's...
Sports Moves at 8
John Pierson
Erik Dobratz
More personnel moves at News 8.
With the departure of Sports anchor Noah Finz, weekend sports anchor John Pierson is moving to weeknights...
Under 40
Clinton, Connecticut native Erica Hill just made it under the wire for this year's, Connecticut Magazine, 40 Under 40 list.
Hill, the co-host of Weekend...
The Finest Hours
A new film coming out at the end of this month is based on a book written by a former WTNH news producer.
The Finest...
Anchor Churn
We must admit that even though we covered every single departure(and arrival) at News 8 in 2015 we hadn't thought of it in these...
Finz Leaves News 8
After 18 ½ years, Noah Finz and WTNH have separated. The station’s sports director and anchor said his contract was up at the end...