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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A task force will determine areas in which the municipalities may wish to share services. -
Firefighters from Canada, Washington state, and New York City have joined local crews in combating the blazes. -
The display outside Connecticut’s Old State House stretches back to the 1600s. -
The brush fire, which started Oct. 21 in Berlin in central Connecticut, spread into part of Meriden. Meanwhile, smaller fires have been ignited across the state. -
It was Hartford’s tenth homicide of 2024, according to police. -
Health care providers nickname the summertime “trauma season,” when accidents tend to spike along with the temperature. -
The agreement was the result of “meaningful engagement” between administrators and student demonstrators, the university’s president said. -
The bill passed unanimously in both the state House and Senate. -
The 80-acre MIRA site along the Connecticut River in Hartford was used for decades as an incinerator for trash from other towns. -
Millions of dollars can be used for fortification at houses of worship and religious nonprofits.
