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 seventh-grade student was killed in a drive-by shooting in Hartford on Thursday. It was Hartford’s seventh homicide this year. -
While recreational sales became legal in January, cannabis use for those 21 and older was legalized in Connecticut in 2021. -
Gov. Ned Lamont’s blue ribbon panel on child care met for the first time on Wednesday to begin work on a five-year plan to make child care more accessible, equitable and simplified. -
After a year of free rides, CTtransit and other public transit buses are now charging again. The yearlong fare-free program originally was introduced to expedite boarding during the COVID pandemic and help residents financially during tough economic times. -
Quinnipiac University celebrated its first national hockey championship Monday night. It was the second NCAA national championship celebration in three days for Connecticut. -
Thousands of fans packed Dunkin’ Park Thursday night to watch the Hartford Yard Goats host the Bowie Baysox to start their Eastern League season. -
The team arrived to a loud, boisterous crowd at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. -
More than 10,000 people packed into the sold-out Gampel Pavilion arena on the UConn Storrs campus to watch the Huskies play in the NCAA title game. -
CTtransit bus fares will resume April 1. The Connecticut Department of Transportation said it's looking at expanding discount fare programs and streamlining payments for bus passes and daily fares.
