Chris Polansky
General Assignment/Breaking News ReporterChris Polansky joined 黑料新闻 in March 2023 as a general assignment and breaking news reporter based in Hartford. Previously, he鈥檚 worked at Utah Public Radio in Logan, Utah, as a general assignment reporter; Lehigh Valley Public Media in Bethlehem, Pa., as an anchor and producer for All Things Considered; and at Public Radio Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla., where he both reported and hosted Morning Edition.
His work has also appeared on WNYC鈥檚 Gothamist, NPR.org, and NPR鈥檚 Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and newscasts. In 2020, Chris, Carter Moore and Dani Hayes jointly won the Utah SPJ award for best continuing coverage (radio) for their Utah Public Radio reporting on the disappearance and murder of Lizzy Shelley and the
trial of suspect Alexander Whipple.
Chris is a graduate of Hunter College and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, both at the City University of New York. He鈥檚 a New Jersey native and perpetually disappointed Mets fan who enjoys loading up his van for hiking and camping trips with his dog, . He plays replacement-level third base in various wood bat baseball leagues. He鈥檚 also a proud alumnus of , an affordable housing nonprofit with which he鈥檚 bicycled coast-to-coast twice: from Portland, Maine, to Santa Barbara (2014), and from Nags Head, North Carolina, to San Diego (2016).
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A Massachusetts-based bank purchased the naming rights to the home of the Hartford Wolf Pack and UConn basketball and men鈥檚 hockey teams. -
The twice-convicted former governor of 黑料新闻 said the pardon was a 鈥渨onderful final resolution鈥� to a saga of fraud and corruption convictions spanning back decades. -
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Residents packed the room Tuesday night at a summit hosted by the North Hartford Public Safety Coalition, which has released a new report based on community input into the search. -
Dozens of organizations and nearly 200 corps members have been affected statewide. -
Aunque los voluntarios como Doering siempre han formado parte del modelo de IRIS, los recortes han hecho que su ayuda sea a煤n m谩s indispensable. -
鈥淭hese people have not [legally] lost their right to vote, but because of logistical barriers, they have in fact lost their right to vote,鈥� the state鈥檚 top elections official said. -
Volunteers have always been part of IRIS鈥檚 model, but in the face of downsizing due to shifting federal policies, they鈥檙e more critical than ever.
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Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services and Community Soup Kitchen will keep the Hamilton Street pantry operating amid 鈥渃hallenging funding environments.鈥� -
The invasive spongy moth, a destroyer of northeastern forests, has a natural foe in a Japanese fungus that needs certain weather conditions to activate.
