Walter Smith Randolph
Investigative EditorWalter Smith Randolph is Connecticut Public’s Investigative Editor. In 2021, Walter launched The Accountability Project, CT Public’s investigative reporting initiative. Since then, the team’s reporting has led to policy changes across the state. Additionally, The Accountability Project’s work has been honored with a National Edward R. Murrow award from RTDNA, two regional Murrow awards, a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists, three regional EMMY nominations and a dozen CT SPJ awards.
Walter also serves as Vice President-Broadcast of the National Association of Black Journalists. He previously served three years as NABJ’s Treasurer. Walter is also an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University and serves on the board of the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government.
Before CT Public, Walter spent a decade reporting at tv stations in Cincinnati (WKRC/CBS), Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids, Michigan (WWMT/CBS), Flint, Michigan (WEYI/NBC), and Elmira-Ithaca, New York (WENY/ABC). Walter’s reporting has led to resignations and reform in school districts, police departments, and courthouses. His reporting in Flint helped uncover the water crisis and led to his first EMMY nomination.
A graduate of Villanova University and the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Walter is also a proud member of Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday provided some relief to up to 120 undocumented immigrants stuck in hospitals across the state because it’s the only place they can get lifesaving dialysis treatment. -
A deadly crash in New Britain last month involving a stolen car has ignited a debate about Connecticut’s juvenile justice system, but experts say reforms aimed at keeping more teens out of the adult prison system aren’t to blame for a rise in auto thefts.
