Alternative Online Paper Shares Its "Top 10" Stories Of The Year In 2022 media coverage of government and politics in and around New Britain continued a decline in the pages and posts of the corporate-owned newspapers and on their online sites. The Hartford Courant, owned by Alden Global Capital, and The New Britain Herald, purchased … Continue reading NB Progressive Filled A Void In Local News in 2022
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Tribute To Bart Fisher, the Herald’s Historian-In-Residence
Herald sportswriter Bart Fisher, who died last week at age 68, touched many, many people with his coverage of sports, "encyclopedic" knowledge of athletics and community and informative pieces about the city's history. Invariably a Bart Fisher column would reveal little known but important aspects of New Britain's past that gave us a deeper understanding … Continue reading Tribute To Bart Fisher, the Herald’s Historian-In-Residence
Community Journalism Gone Bad
The New Britain City Journal, once a promising venture in community journalism, has plunged into a tabloid gutter of innuendo, rumor and personal attack over the issue of regulating non-owner occupied housing and paying for code enforcement in the city. The City Journal, violating basic rules of journalism with all kinds of unsubstantiated accusations, has … Continue reading Community Journalism Gone Bad
A Newspaper War in New Britain?
Two years ago New Britain was on the brink of losing its only daily newspaper, The New Britain Herald. The last days of print journalism in town appeared certain as the Courant steadily withdrew resources and the Herald's parent, the Journal Register Company, was getting ready to lock the doors at One Herald Square for good.But … Continue reading A Newspaper War in New Britain?
New Britain Weekly Is Reborn As "City Journal"
An upstart weekly community newspaper -- started last fall as "The Hardware City Journal" -- has given way to a new newspaper with the same editor and same approach to covering the community. Editor Robin Vinci, a veteran of reporting for the Herald, has re-started the weekly with the name New Britain City Journal. nbcityjournal.com In … Continue reading New Britain Weekly Is Reborn As "City Journal"
Luddites May Need To Unite To Save Newspaper Legal Notices For Now
The economic plight of newspapers in the internet age will be up for debate in the 2010 session of the Connecticut General Assembly and intertwined with arguments about the public's right to know.Gov. Rell has called for ending the requirement that governments publish certain legal notices in newspapers, according to the New Britain Herald in a Feb. … Continue reading Luddites May Need To Unite To Save Newspaper Legal Notices For Now
New Britain’s Newest Newspaper: Hardware City Journal Hits The Streets
New Britain's "October surprise" has nothing to do with the upcoming municipal election and everything to do with what may be a revival of community journalism in town.The first edition of Hardware City Journal (HCJ), a 16-page free circulation paper, began circulating Friday (Oct. 16th) packed full of local news and information. The paper, with … Continue reading New Britain’s Newest Newspaper: Hardware City Journal Hits The Streets
Courant Drops Gombossy and Its Editorial Integrity
Achieving distinction for editorial page leadership and substantial news presentation were the Providence Journal and Bulletin and the Hartford Courant.....The Hartford Courant, begun as the weekly Connecticut Courant in 1764 and claimant to the longest publishing record in America, was kept at a high level by publisher John B.Reitemeyer and editor Herbert Brucker.from author Edwin … Continue reading Courant Drops Gombossy and Its Editorial Integrity
The Courant: Then and Now
I had the privilege of raising money for Hartford's Camp Courant back in the early 1990s. For one year I walked to a small cubicle assigned me in advertising at the newspaper's 285 Broad Street offices to seek support for the century-old free day camp serving thousands of Hartford's 5-12 year olds. Every day I … Continue reading The Courant: Then and Now
Hello Sweet Heart, Get Me Re-Write: Herald, Press Survive
The New Britain Herald and Bristol Press, left to die by the parent Journal Register Company (JRC) late in 2008, will survive.Today's Herald story by Scott Whipple confirmed that Michael Schroeder, a veteran newspaper exec from Newsday, has made good on his promise to be the white knight entrepreneur for the two local dailies and … Continue reading Hello Sweet Heart, Get Me Re-Write: Herald, Press Survive
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