(I)NTERVIEW: Al Terzi

Al Terzi Biography

This (I)NTERVIEW is from July 2nd, 2009

One of the state's most-respected broadcast journalists since the 1960s, Al Terzi anchors the weekday editions of WFSB Eyewitness News at noon and 5:00 P.M. Mr. Terzi started at WFSB in January 1994. He previously worked for WFSB from 1968 to 1978, and then spent two years in Florida working as a news anchor and news director at a station in West Palm Beach. In 1980, Mr. Terzi returned to Connecticut to work at WTNH-TV in New Haven, where he worked for 14 years until returning to WFSB. Mr. Terzi has shared two Emmy awards since rejoining WFSB. He recieved one Emmy award for "Best Newscast" and a second was for a series of specials on the UConn Huskies basketball team.

Mr. Terzi's education includes undergraduate work at both Yale and Central Connecticut State universities. He also holds a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. A military veteran, Mr. Terzi served more than seven years of active duty with U.S. Air Force intelligence operations in Taiwan and South Korea. He is also a long-standing member of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Courtesy of www.wfsb.com