Category Archives: Departures

Decades Of Experience, Talent Dismissed

Here is as complete a list as I could muster as to which of the Courant’s fine journalists were let go in the latest round  of layoffs.  The amount of talent and experience represented here is staggering. Lew Bresee from editorial, longtime reporter Grace Merritt, photo techs Emelda Alexander and Kathy Willard, Copy Desk chief  [...]

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Support Staff Slaughter

It sounds as if The Courant’s support staff took a large number of layoff hits: Long-time support staff Rose Latimer, Carl Dobler and Yolanda Doak have all reportedly been let go in addition to feature writer Crystal Maldonado earlier today. More may be in store. If nothing else, it is a commentary on how loyalty [...]

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Rinker Hitting The Dusty Trail

When was the last time someone decided to leave The Hartford Courant to ride 1,700 miles of the Oregon Trail in a 19th-century covered wagon drawn by a team of three mules (named Beck, Beaut and Jake)? That’s what Rinker Buck is doing. He’ll chronicle the adventure – which he’ll start next month in Kansas [...]

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Gershon Moves On

A reader recently asked if Courant reporter Eric Gershon is leaving the Courant. A little birdie reports that the answer is, yes, he is going to Wesleyan University to do PR. Good luck, Eric, and welcome to the The Camp.

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