Popular CT News Anchor Lands New Job In State

CONNECTICUT — Veteran television news anchor Alexa Farrell, a Connecticut native who graduated from Quinnipiac University, recently moved from News 12 downstate to her hometown station of Fox61 in Hartford, she announced on Facebook.

"It is so surreal for me to be joining a team my family watched as I was growing up," Farrell wrote. The post was full of hundreds of congratulatory wishes from former colleagues and fans.

She began on Monday, and in addition to anchoring in the evenings, Farrell will also report from the field.

Farrell was at News 12, both in New York and Connecticut, for almost six years, and most recently served as a morning anchor.

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She also worked at WVII/WFVX in Bangor, Maine, for a spell, and at WTNH-TV in New Haven.

Farrell has also created content as a multimedia journalist on various platforms and social media sites.