Monthly Archives: October 2009

Hamilton Is Hartford Magazine’s Gain

Loretta Waldman sends along this note: Our esteemed former colleague Jesse Hamilton has a feature story in the November issue of Hartford magazine. It’s a profile-ish piece about Nick Shapiro, 29-year-old Simsbury native and former hockey star now working in the White House. The talent pouring out of the Courant has been a boon for [...]

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From Newspapering To Journalism

I don’t know why it took me so long to discover this site. It is entitled Newspaper Death Watch. I particularly like its slogan: “Chronicling the decline of newspapers and the rebirth of journalism.” Author Paul Gillin has a background that makes him more than credible in assessing the current state of the industry.  He [...]

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Clift Writing About Imprisonment In Sudan

I’m a little slow in reporting this piece about Brad Clift, former Courant photographer. He says he is writing a book about his imprisonment and torture in Sudan, which as he describes it, was  pretty scary.

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A Painful Family Loss

This sad note from Stephanie Reitz: Hello, fellow alumni:     As some of you know, Tina Brown’s cousin, Patrice Battle, was discovered dead last week after being missing for several days. It appears she drowned when her car went into a pond near her home.     Tina was very close with her cousin, a single [...]

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