Post Layoffs
After a week of coverage of layoffs at ESPN the network is being criticized for not adequately covering its own story.
Media companies are ironically...
50 Years On Air for Mark Davis
News 8's Chief Political Correspondent Mark Davis is marking his 50th year in broadcasting next month.
It all started at 500 Watt WNBP-AM in Newburyport,...
2017 Murrow Awards
The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced this year's winners of the Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards(or as Charlie Rose might say, "The...
New Team at 11
Using open sources, The Laurel has learned Erin Connolly will be joining Mark Zinni as the new 11p.m. weeknight anchors for WFSB.
Connolly and Zinni...
The Carlson Factor
Ten months after she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News and its former CEO Roger Ailes; Ailes is out, Bill O'Reilly is...
The Malloy Scoop
Photo: WNPR
It appears the Scoop of Political Year 2017 (thus far) belonged to Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie and his blog “Daily Ructions.”
At about...
Joy in Mudville
We must say, that despite all the controversy and delay, The Laurel accurately predicted that when all was said and done, once the project started,...
Journalism Resurgence
Journalism professors at the University of Connecticut see a growing interest among college students in the bedrock standards of traditional journalism.
The rise of social...
The Eight Year Switch
After eight years of posting news on the Connecticut media we decided it was time for a re-fresh. So welcome to The Laurel 2.0.
We...
Barney Birthday
It has been 25 years(next week) since Barney and Friends premiered on PBS stations across the country.
Some Laurel readers may not know that Barney...