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New Reporter Joins Channel 8 News Team
Before joining News 8, Lauren Linder was with TMJ4 News in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
CONNECTICUT — WTNH-TV is welcoming a new, award-winning reporter to its ranks.
Lauren Linder, who hails from Connecticut, recently joined the Channel 8 news team after a stint at TMJ4 News in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Her new job is one she has looked forward to for quite some time.
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"When I became a journalist I always dreamed of working in my home state… Well I'm excited to say I'm the newest reporter at @WTNH in #Connecticut!" Linder wrote on Twitter. "I couldn't be more ready to give back to CT & dig into the issues impacting my family & friends."
Linder is graduate of Indiana University, and before her tenure at TMJ4, she was a reporter at WTEN-TV in Albany, New York.
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A self-described "news junkie," Linder also held reporter, anchor and producer jobs at two other Wisconsin stations.
Please join me in welcoming @lauren_linder to the News 8 team!! @WTNH https://t.co/hE9iYKDYN5
— Dennis House (@DennisHouseTV) October 26, 2021
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