Chris Polansky
General Assignment/Breaking News ReporterChris Polansky joined Connecticut Public in March 2023 as a general assignment and breaking news reporter based in Hartford. Previously, he’s 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’s Gothamist, NPR.org, and NPR’s 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’s a New Jersey native and perpetually disappointed Mets fan who enjoys loading up his van for hiking and camping trips with his dog, Trout Fishing in America. He plays replacement-level third base in various wood bat baseball leagues. He’s also a proud alumnus of Bike & Build, an affordable housing nonprofit with which he’s 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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The crash remains under investigation. -
Connecticut’s state forensic lab says impaired drivers are increasingly testing positive for driving under the influence of both alcohol and multiple types of drugs. -
“We can look inside things like a clam or a shark in a way that we haven't previously been able to look at them,” one veterinarian said. -
Human-bear conflicts are on the rise in Connecticut. -
The death of the 65-year-old is still under investigation, city officials said. -
State data show bear home entries have increased in Connecticut over the past six years, outpacing Massachusetts, which has a much larger black bear population. -
The former New Britain mayor, a Republican, says she’s running for governor because Connecticut is “too far left.” -
Mayor Justin Elicker said the honor is no reason to stop working to make New Haven even more inclusive and equitable. -
The nonprofit aims to distribute 40,000 holiday meals in the next week. -
Bobby Sanchez said becoming mayor of his hometown felt “surreal.”
