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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Eugene “Gino” DiGiovanni, who ran as a Republican in Derby’s mayoral race in 2023, amid revelations he participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, is now running for the Derby town clerk position. -
Some Fairfield County residents will be casting ballots that may have an impact on everything from the direction their communities take, to who represents them. They will also weigh in on specific questions surrounding civil service reform, and whether they should bother issuing public notices to local newspapers. -
Members of the Jamaican-American community in Connecticut are anxiously awaiting to hear from their loved ones in the island nation after the strongest hurricane in over 100 years made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction. -
Figuring out how a bill becomes law, how state and local government functions in Connecticut, or how to run for political office might not be the most exciting task for many.But according to Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, it doesn’t have to be boring. -
Special education students in the state’s largest city lost out on services due to apparent staffing shortages, advocates say. -
Kosta Diamantis, a former state representative and Connecticut's former deputy budget director, was found guilty Wednesday on all counts in a case involving soliciting bribes in return for approving school construction contract bids. -
Bridgeport’s city council may impose new limits on police cooperation with the federal government’s immigration crackdown efforts by the U.S. Customs and Enforcement Agency (ICE). -
Connecticut residents with ties to Israelis and Palestinians are reacting with guarded optimism as the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding. -
Book bans in Connecticut appear to be decreasing, but state officials say the fight over book censorship is far from over, even in a state with increased state protections for libraries and librarians. -
The corruption trial of Governor Ned Lamont’s former state deputy budget director Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis entered its second day Tuesday.
