Greetings from the Hartford Courant Alumni Association and Refugee Camp headquarters:
These have been a tough four years for many and an adventure for all former Courant journalists who have scrambled to find their footing as a great institution fell into bankruptcy and underwent a lot of pain.
Change is inevitable, of course, bringing new opportunity for perhaps even more spectacular upheaval at a company that never seems to run out of surprises — or an opportunity for new success.
To the extent that it can, and in its own peculiar way, the Refugee Camp has attempted to follow and inform developments in the Courant’s newsroom and relevant events around it — including keeping track of its former inhabitants. To date, the site has had 567,633 page views.
In practical terms, that means a hundred of so people are reading the site every day. (About 20 in the time it is taking me to compose this letter.) So, on behalf of the entire far-flung empire, thanks for that.
The site’s most important purpose — and the main reason it was founded — is to hold together as much as possible the large family of Courant writers, photographers, editors and others who shared a meaningful and rewarding time at the paper. You may be among them.
Please keep reading and please keep this site in mind when you have something you’d like to share, either personal or professional. (Photos, comments, news, job openings, etc.) Your fellow ex-patriots (and their fans) would love to hear from you and about you.
Also, the membership list is always in danger of falling out of date, so please send a note if your email address changes or you know the updated address of a fellow member.
Thanks again.
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Three cheers for Stern. If I were in CT now, it would be three BEERS for Stern
Great work Paul! It’s tough to keep a site going so energetically over those years! Best, Dennie Williams (buy out class 2005)
Define snarkle.
To make or cause to be made snarky comments.
Love the site, Paul. Thanks for being willing to do it for us!
Paul, thanks for keeping us all connected to each other, the news, employment, updates on our former employer and anything else that’s of interest. Mission accomplished my friend. We do appreciate all the work you put in to keep this site going. You’re the best. Joan
Paul, this has to be the best alumni site in the country. Congratulations on four years of fine work. And thanks for helping keep us all together.
My added thanks to you, Paul, and your daughter, too, if I recall. I often visit the site and it helps me to remember how special a time it was and the privilege I had to work with so many great people. Best, Amy Nixon
Thanks a lot, Paul, for maintaining the site. I check it every day, even though I’m not a member of the association…yet.
Snarkle.
Thanks for keeping us informed Paul, keeping the Courant family together
and providing a true service.