Fox 61 in Hartford has added to its roster of multi-skilled journalists. Victoria Anderson joins the team from Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.
Insiders at Fox 61 have noticed a decline in political reporting at the station that began before the departure of political reporter Emma Wulfhorst last month. Sources say producers at the station were told to stop referring to Wulfhorst as “Fox 61 Political Reporter” several months ago and the change coincided with a decrease in attention to events at the Capitol and other political stories from around the state.
In the late 1980s several Connecticut television stations openly decided politics made for bad television leading to a decline in coverage until the year-long battle over the imposition of the state income tax in 1991. That story led to nightly coverage and the naming of designated “political reporters” at each station to explain what was happening.
Even during the period of time when political coverage was on the outs, each station used imagery of the state Capitol at the top of their newscasts and in news promos.
The journalists at WNPR received seven awards recently from the Public Media Journalists Association. Winners include; Diane Orson, Lori Mack, Eddie Martinez and Sujata Srinivasan.
MSNBC seems to be truly committed to re-building itself as a strong independent news organization as it cuts ties with parent NBC News. The network has announced several MSNBC regulars are officially leaving NBC News to join a re-constituted MSNBC. The list of names includes; Vaughn Hillyard and David Noriega. Laura Barron Lopez is leaving her position as White House correspondent at PBS to join MSNBC in the same position.
