Time Out!
by | Feb 7, 2012 4:11 pm | Comments (0)
Thank you for the comments you post to the Independent every day. We’re going to take a break from publishing them — while we reexamine our role in convening civic debate.
Media
He Charted Blowing Winds
Without A Blow-Dryer
by | Jan 18, 2012 6:00 pm | Comments (1)
Beloved WTNH weathercaster Dr. Mel Goldstein — who could break down blowing winds for viewers without the need of blow-drying assistance — died at age 66 Wednesday.
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‘He Charted Blowing Winds
Without A Blow-Dryer’
Register Plans 105 Layoffs
by | Jan 10, 2012 4:54 pm | Comments (18)
An estimated 105 people will lose their jobs in March as the New Haven Register proceeds with a plan to close its printing operation.
Tables Turned
by | Nov 30, 2011 3:41 pm | Comments (4)
Thomas MacMillan File Photo
Michael Morand is used to getting grilled by New Haven reporters. Thursday, he gets to do the grilling.
Reg Revives I-Team
by | Nov 28, 2011 12:27 pm | Comments (5)
For the first time in two decades, the daily New Haven Register will have a dedicated investigative-reporting beat.
Where's That
Fire Truck Going?
by | Nov 7, 2011 8:00 am | Comments (4)
NewHavenFirefighter.org
The next time a fire engine passes by with sirens blazing, you can flip on your computer and figure out what’s going on.
The Thrill’s Never Gone
by | Nov 4, 2011 2:41 pm | Comments (1)
Paul Bass Photo
The first female editor of the world’s most innovative and widely read online news source made a confession Friday: Nothing compares to the journalistic thrill she gets from grabbing the morning paper. In print.
Register Tackles The Commenter Dilemma
by | Oct 20, 2011 12:04 pm | Comments (22)
Neena Satija Photo
A New Haven Register reporter had an in-person discussion with Wooster Square and downtown neighbors to figure out how to improve another communal conversation — online.
Steve Jobs Made This Tribute Possible
by | Oct 6, 2011 2:31 pm | Comments (5)
Joshua Mamis Photo
He helped write it. Sort of.
He Built Up Branches—& People
by | Oct 3, 2011 10:04 am | Comments (2)
Allan Appel File Photo
The late James Welbourne.
He could recite a five-page poem from memory. He helped a struggling immigrant learn to read and write in English, and others to pursue careers in the library system. He helped create a neighborhood library branch.
More than 100 friends and family of James Welbourne gathered at that outpost, the Courtland Seymour Wilson branch, to share those memories of a man who left an indelible mark on New Haven.
Books Fly From Library
by | Sep 22, 2011 11:32 am | Comments (2)
Paul Bass Photo
Westville’s public library branch cleared out its overflow books — and came back with $2,500 for the citywide system.
Watch Out, Wall Street!
by | Sep 14, 2011 10:00 am | Comments (7)
New Haven’s firefighters have your number — and video to prove it.
A Media Empire Grows
by | Sep 7, 2011 1:39 pm | Comments (5)
Paton.
The Brave New Media World under construction at the New Haven Register just got a whole lot bigger.
SeeClickFix Offers
Solution To Utilities' Woes
by | Sep 6, 2011 8:06 am | Comments (6)
SeeClickFix
CEO Ben Berkowitz.
New Haven’s SeeClickFix might just have a pre-packaged solution to UI’s and CL&P’s communication woes. The question is whether the corporate culture of Connecticut’s utility monopolies could accept a more transparent system of handling customer issues.
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Solution To Utilities' Woes’
2 More Register Layoffs
by | Aug 23, 2011 5:56 pm | Comments (1)
Sunday Editor Mike Foley and photographer Brad Horrigan are the latest New Haven Register newsroom employees to received pink slips.
Reg Replaces Kramer
by | Aug 22, 2011 5:00 pm | Comments (25)
New Haven Register newsroom employees learned Monday that they have a new editor — and that their longtime editor was laid off.
Gillis Tells Senate
Of Libya Captivity
by | Jul 28, 2011 7:48 am | Comments (0)
Christine Mai-Duc/Tribune Washington Bureau
New Haven native and journalist Clare Gillis spent 44 days in captivity in Libya before she was released in May. Gillis appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday to share her story.
Gillis spoke out in favor of the bill in question— the Consular Notification Compliance Act of 2011.
Independent Honored
For Media Innovation
by | Jul 27, 2011 2:23 pm | Comments (4)
The New Haven Independent’s experiments over the past year in taking its communal conversation to a new level have won an honorable mention award in a national media competition.
Hedge Fund Buys Register’s Parent
by | Jul 15, 2011 1:16 pm | Comments (5)
For the third time since the Jackson family sold the paper in 1986, the New Haven Register has a new out-of-town owner. And for the third time, management claims that new ownership will mean new investment in the paper.
More Advocate Layoffs
by | Jul 8, 2011 4:50 pm | Comments (20)
File Photo
Joshua Mamis
The dwindling band of survivors on the good ship New Haven Advocate were disheartened to learn Friday that their corporate parent is continuing to whittle away what remains of their staff.
SeeClickFacebook
by | Apr 7, 2011 6:40 am | Comments (3)
Now, you can report those potholes while checking out your ex-boyfriend’s photos — and get real-time status updates about the fix on your own Facebook wall.
Yagla Moves To "Promise"
by | Mar 11, 2011 2:29 pm | Comments (10)
Paul Bass Photo
Betsy Yagla will be getting more scoops on New Haven news — this time from the inside.
Berkowitz, Stuart, Elicker
Among Top "40 Under 40"
by | Mar 2, 2011 9:22 am | Comments (9)
Connecticut Magazine
Elicker.
Connecticut Magazine looked at the state’s future — and saw a New Haven entrepreneur, an East Rock alderman and the Independent’s state Capitol bureau chief.
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Among Top "40 Under 40"’
New Haven’s Talking About Policing
by | Feb 11, 2011 2:00 pm | Comments (75)
In a spirited debate over tea and coffee, New Haven’s embattled police chief vowed to “fine-tune” his approach in the wake of a rank-and-file no-confidence vote but also to take technological steps to identify abusive officers earlier.
WYBC’s #1
by | Feb 7, 2011 12:00 pm | Comments (4)
WYBC 94.3FM released the following statement after topping the local radio ratings: