Alert readers will notice that The Courant today ran a more elaborate and detailed follow-up to the mistaken report that a Canton boy’s hands had to be amputated after he injured himself huffing propane. Folks in the newsroom apparently agreed with former copy editor Larry Williams that the initial small correction of the Page One [...]
It’s a good sign that The Courant seems to be adding news staff — and in particular staff to cover local news. And good for the new reporter, I guess; but I find it hard to accept that The Courant can add someone new after giving so many other more experienced reporters their walking papers. Of course [...]
This from retired copy editor and capital reporter Larry Williams. (Also, he has a question — if anyone on the “inside” can provide an answer.) I wonder if you share my amazement at the handling of the propane-sniffing teenager last week. One day at the top of the front page we learn his hands were [...]
One of the cool things about the people working at the Courant is how many of them have talents and accomplishments outside their work. I suppose most workplaces are like that. But I doubt any Connecticut workplaces have anyone like Jerry Lepore, of production, who has been collecting vinyl 45 records since 1981. (Jerry was the first [...]
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