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Former Courant consumer columnist George Gombossy, now the proud operator of his own consumer website empire, is being uncharacteristically tight-lipped about his withdrawal of the unfair termination suit he filed against the newspaper. You will recall that the 40-year veteran journalist claimed
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Courant veteran Andy Thibault, now a prime mover for the Connecticut Young Writers Trust, sends this announcement: BLOCKBUSTER SPRING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WRITERS COMPETITION For more information, contact Trust Chairman Ravi Shankar, 860-938-2139 or emailravishankar2011@gmail.com The Connecticut Young
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I was sitting at the keyboard recently and all of a sudden was stricken with an idea: How about bunches of specially selected folks from the Courant newsroom get together — maybe behind closed doors — and come up with ways to save the paper? I think it would be best if they focused prima
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Of all the small media operations in the state, The New Haven Independent, run by editor Paul Bass, is among the best. In addition to being a pioneer in local online media, it is a model of journalistic integrity. Bass proved this again recently when he decided to suspend, perhaps permanently, the p
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Theresa Sullivan Barger, former Courant journalist turned successful freelancer, has been doing grant writing and communications work for Achieve Hartford!, a nonprofit working to close the achievement gap in Hartford Public Schools. She reports that the organization is looking to hire a part-time c
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Looks like Bob Englehart stepped in it again with this recent blog post and cartoon. He apologized for his insensitive (some would say “Englehartarian”) remark, and Colin McEnroe did a good job of putting the issue in perspective. I can’t add much to the debate, but might observe t
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The Chicago Tribune is contemplating the options for charging for online content. The Baltimore Sun already does. Is that in the cards for The Courant, to0?
If you like local investigative reporting, you’ll like The Scoop — the Courant’s new blog devoted to the work of its investigative team and the kind of information they look at regularly. The blog is, in large part, the work of Matthew Kauffman, one of the paper’s most accomp
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There is nothing more important than page views to an Internet media company like Tribune; but even in the chaotic and repetitive world of Tweets and retweets, it is obvious when a company has over-reached in its effort to put eyes on pages. Such must be the origin of this tweet by Mark Cuban, owner
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In hoping that some might come out to his free talk (and worth every penny of it) at the Mark Twain House & Museum Wednesday evening, Denis Horgan is deeply grateful to The Hartford Courant and the diaspora for the generosity in talking it up. http://tinyurl.com/85skghe http://tinyurl.com/6tegsg
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