The Bulletin Joins Forces with WFSB-TV to Enhance Local News Coverage of Eastern Connecticut

The Bulletin and WFSB-TV, Channel 3, announced today that they are joining forces to enhance local news coverage of eastern Connecticut. The new partnership will spotlight important issues throughout the region to bring more attention to the community and act as a conduit for progress and change.

Newspaper and television journalists report important news stories by finding and balancing sources, seeking out experts, and uncovering trends and developments that impact quality of life.  In recent years, there has been a major shift in the way news is reported as technology becomes more and more sophisticated.  By working together, The Bulletin and WFSB-TV will combine resources to generate statewide attention to issues affecting eastern Connecticut.  Some topics will include:

 Education News – a fuller look at what’s happening in eastern Connecticut’s schools including academic, cultural arts and athletic programs

 Business and Labor News – designed to support and spotlight the region’s business community.  Reporters will be able to focus more intensely on development projects and incentives that help create jobs, and cover workplace issues that employees face

 Healthcare Issues – to improve the health and well-being of residents throughout the region

 Local Government – more in-depth reporting to anticipate problems and uncover corruption

 Food, Dining and Entertainment Features – generating interest and increased traffic to thousands of eastern Connecticut’s restaurants, theaters, casinos and sporting events

 Human Interest Stories – to present problems, concerns and achievements of individual people, families and non-profit organizations.

“The Bulletin is thrilled to launch this exciting partnership with WFSB-TV,” said Paul Provost, Publisher.  “By working together with Channel 3, we will be able to combine our resources to bring statewide awareness to important issues that matter deeply to residents and businesses in eastern Connecticut.  This is a win-win situation for both news organizations,” Provost added.

WFSB-TV Vice President/General Manager Klarn DePalma said the partnership will bolster each organization’s news divisions.

“Working together, we will only strengthen our commitment to our viewers and the towns in that region,” he said. “Both of our staffs have a commitment to providing Norwich and neighboring communities with the best news, weather and sports coverage possible.”

“It’s going to let a statewide audience know what’s going on here, and just adds extra resources by combining our efforts that will help the viewer and reader understand issues around here,” added Kevin Hogan, WFSB New London County Bureau Chief. “We’ve on several occasions put our minds together tackling stories. It just helps each of us tell a better story.”

Some highlights of the partnership include the following:

 WFSB-TV will share video clips, photos and stories on The Bulletin’s web site, www.norwichbulletin.com

 WFSB-TV’s Kevin Hogan will provide online material and blog for The Bulletin regularly

 The Bulletin’s Opinion Editor, Ray Hackett, will serve as an expert to WFSB-TV on political and government issues

 WFSB-TV’s Dennis House will write a monthly political column for The Bulletin’s Opinion page

 The Bulletin’s Sports Editor, Mark Allard, will deliver news to WFSB-TV regarding Eastern Connecticut Conference (ECC) high school sports

 WFSB-TV meteorologists will provide unique daily content for The Bulletin’s weather page

 The Bulletin’s web site will publish WFSB-TV school closings/delays

 WFSB-TV and The Bulletin will work together to sponsor important community events.

Additional initiatives will be announced in coming weeks.

The Bulletin is a GateHouse Media publication. GateHouse Media has 494 community publications including 90 daily newspapers with total paid circulation of 789,000, and 289 weekly newspapers with total paid circulation of 686,000, plus total free circulation of approximately one million.

WFSB-TV, Channel 3, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Hartford, Connecticut, owned by The Meredith Corporation. Meredith is the leading media and marketing company serving American women. Meredith's local broadcast stations' websites deliver more than 58 million page views to over 5 million unique visitors each month. The sites feature on-demand video, with nearly 2 million news clips viewed each month in near-broadcast quality. In addition, the stations’ mobile websites and apps deliver an additional 10 million monthly page views.

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