In this episode of UConn Journalism’s Behind the Stories podcast, the team talked to political reporters about the challenges in covering Connecticut’s 2018 gubernatorial race. Senior journalism major Gracie Enright spoke to NBC Connecticut’s Max Reiss who explained the state’s electoral process and hurdles ahead of electing a new governor come November. Senior journalism major Caio Goncalves interviewed HartfordContinue reading “Behind the Stories: How to cover Connecticut’s ‘hot mess’ of a governor’s race”
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Behind the Stories podcast: Connecticut budget battle & local elections
In this episode of UConn Journalism’s ‘Behind the Stories’ podcast, the team analyzes the story that kept on giving during the Fall 2017 semester: the Connecticut budget battle. UConn senior Caio Goncalves spoke toCT Mirror budget reporter Keith Phaneuf, who broke down the many “hard choices” legislators had to make when it came down to eventuallyContinue reading “Behind the Stories podcast: Connecticut budget battle & local elections”