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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 17h ago

Susan Bows Out

Susan Campbell’s departing column. It’s a gem.
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 3d ago

Poverty Hits Home

How tough is the job market for journalists? There is an organization (not the Refugee Camp) devoted to fairly compensating unemployed journalists for their work.
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 4d ago

Retirement Plan Migrating

For those who might have missed it:
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 4d ago

Trib’s Papers Might Get Separate LLCs

This would be the best evidence I’ve seen so far that Tribune plans — or would like to — sell off its newspapers, including the Courant, when it emerges from bankruptcy. Here are a couple key excerpts from this story in Crain’s Business Journal: Bankers, consultants and industry executives expect th
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 1w ago

A Problematic Emergence From Bankruptcy?

I don’t understand this article’s explanation of some byzantine tax law, but it doesn’t sound good for Tribune.
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 1W ago

Job Ops ‘Dark’ And ‘Old’

A couple of interesting sounding jobs for any journalists who might want to move over to the dark side… The state Democratic Party is looking for a full-time communications director.  The headquarters is on Main Street in Hartford. Anyone who might be interested should contact the party’s new execut
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 1W ago

Robinson Reads Poetry Tonight

Former Hartford Courant writer/editor Kenton Robinson will be reading his original poetry tonight in Mystic. Robinson, who has published two volumes of poems under his full name Kenton Wing Robinson, will open the program at The Arts Café Mystic, which  concludes its 18th year with an event featurin
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 1W ago

A Grant For Particular News

How would you like to be a grant-funded reporter? This development in L.A. puts a whole new spin on the for-profit newsroom, no? This seems, on its face, like a good thing; but does making a huge grant to a paper for focused coverage give the grantor an unhealthy and disproportionate control over co
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 2W ago

Julien In As New Courant Editor

After years at the helm during a particularly stormy part of the Courant’s history, Naedine Hazell is stepping down as editor; and Andrew Julien, a longtime newsroom veteran, is stepping up,  the newspaper has announced. I hope it is only coincidence that this change in command comes as the  nation’
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The Hartford Courant Alumni · 2W ago

Courchesne Revving Up

Shawn Courchesne, the Courant’s expert on all things NASCAR, is taking the entrepreneurial route as he leaves the company. Here’s what he writes in this farewell piece: In the not too distant future, hopefully within a month or so, I will be launching a new website devoted to motorsports that will h
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