Eddy Martinez
General Assignment | Breaking News ReporterEddy Martinez is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for Connecticut Public, focusing on Fairfield County.
He was previously a reporter in Bridgeport and the Naugatuck Valley for Hearst Connecticut Media. His written work has appeared internationally in the Asahi Shimbun, and at national outlets such as Columbia Journalism Review and Smithsonian Magazine.
Tips and comments can be sent to emartinez@ctpublic.org.
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New Haven’s famed apizza shops are no strangers to long lines of people hungry for delicious apizza pies. Now the city is calling on that same devotion to help it win the Guinness World Records title for the world’s largest apizza party. -
Members of Connecticut’s Haitian community say it hasn’t been easy following the twists and turns of their legal status as the federal program that protects them hangs in the balance once again. -
United Illuminating officials say burying the transmission lines like Fairfield officials want would cost over $800 million and the excess expense would be passed along to ratepayers statewide. -
Marcus Brown, the Bridgeport Pride Center’s executive director, is fiddling with his walkie talkie, in preparation for the city’s 15th annual Greater Bridgeport Pride celebration. Brown is busy planning, but takes time to reflect just hours after hearing the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. -
Following public outcry, Norwalk’s Board of Education (BOE) approved a larger budget with state and city funding for the upcoming school year. -
Norwalk teachers concerned about the future of their positions can now breathe a sigh of relief. The city and the board of education agreed to a budget deal allowing the school district to keep its elementary school music program. -
Gregg Johnson, president of the Valley NAACP, said Shelton has accepted the holiday, despite its past racial tensions and ongoing efforts by the federal government to deemphasize the role of Blacks in American history. -
This year’s keynote speaker, Richard Harwood, a writer of books on civic engagement, emphasized the need to reach out to differing communities. Other attendees say recent nationwide protests against the federal government make the breakfast all the more important. -
For State Rep. Dominique Johnson, Pride Month is as much about community as it is about affirming the identities of members of the LGBTQ+ community, as attacks mount at the federal level and closer to home. -
The Board of Education for Norwalk Public Schools tabled a budget reconciliation vote at its meeting Tuesday, after a contentious public comment section lasted four hours.
