Saturday, February 4th, 2012
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Connecticut natives closing the achievement gap
Jessie Sawyer
Photo:Jessie Sawyer
Updated: Aug 4, 2011
Jessie Sawyer discovered her desire to be a journalist "back in elementary school," thanks to creative projects and encouraging teachers. Farmington Public Schools continued to nurture her aspiration, and as a student at Farmington High School she even interviewed a former Bachelorette contestant... read more
Names You Know, Stories You Don't
Updated: Jan 10, 2012
Tommy Simpson agreed to be interviewed for our MLAB101 series on October 11th, 2011. He came to the interview with an ample portfolio, and a... read more
Updated: Jan 9, 2012
Susan Talbott agreed to be interviewed for our MLAB101 series on August 22nd, 2011. She came to the interview with an extensive resume, and a... read more
Updated: Dec 15, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from July 14, 2011.
Simon Konover is the founder of The Simon Konover Company and serves as the company’s Chairman. Immigra... read more
Updated: Dec 6, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from October 11, 2011.
Over the last thirty years, Nancy Tafuri, author and illustrator of children’s books, has authored m... read more
Updated: Sep 1, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from August 16th, 2011
The Media Lab is conveniently situated between the 3rd floor elevator bank and the WNPR studios. Whi... read more
Updated: Aug 8, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from June 2, 2011.
Dick Allen retired from his position as Charles A. Dana Endowed Chair Professor at the University of Bri... read more
Updated: Aug 4, 2011
Nancy Wyman was elected Lt. Governor of Connecticut in 2010 in one of the narrowest gubernatorial races in the state’s history. Nancy’s commitment... read more
Updated: Aug 4, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from March 14th, 2011
Doug Henry is a three-time national championship winning motocross racer. Throughout the 1990’s Doug... read more
Updated: Aug 3, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from March 28th, 2011
Mark Colville is a founding member of the Amistad Catholic Worker House in New Haven, CT. Based on a... read more
Updated: Aug 1, 2011
Jefferson Wiggins is an author, educator, lecturer, mentor and community leader. Born in rural Alabama to sharecropper parents, he enlisted in the... read more
WBD Series
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WBD Radio
Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Updated: May 20, 2011
WBD: Episode 8
Sad face, here is the last show of WBD with the interns. Randomly jumping from topic to topic kept the show upbeat and everyone on their toes... read more
WBD on Keyboard
Wired But Disconnected Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Updated: May 15, 2011
WBD: Ep. 7
Episode 7 opens up with a casual conversation about nicknames... We all have them. Some are more embarrassing than others. We switch the conversation to movies (our... read more
WBD Ultimate Showdown
An epic showdown of the CPBN Media Lab interns' favorite animals and objects Photo:Alex Bonder
Photo:Alex Bonder
Updated: Apr 27, 2011
WBD: Episode 6
Emily, Jamie, and Kristen all talk about where they went to school and when they graduated. Emily went to Smith College in Massachusetts, Kristen went to Penn... read more
WBD on TV
Our official WBD logo Photo:Alex Bonder
Photo:Alex Bonder
Updated: May 10, 2011
WBD: Episode 5
Third times the charm in most cases but with WBD episode 5, it was like the fouth or fifth try. But here it is episode five AT LAST!
Alex, Senad, and Kat int... read more
Tilt shift
Mt. Monadnock people on mountain
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Updated: May 17, 2011
If you have been watching Sherlock Holmes on CPTV4U, you have seen the tilt-shift effect, which makes real images look like scale models. Although there are lenses that capture live moving images (like the title sequence in Sherlock Holmes) where the depth of field is changed to appear unnaturall... read more
Connecticut Treasure Hunt
Diane Soderstrom
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Updated: May 17, 2011
This year CPTV's Connecticut Treasure Hunt was held at Mohegan Sun on November 7, 2010. It is the second annual appraisal fair. People brought in all different kinds of items. They rang... read more
Peter Kelly's extraordinary life
Peter Kelly
Photo:Ed Valtman
Photo:Ed Valtman
Updated: Nov 3, 2010
The accolades for Peter Kelly come from both sides of the aisle, "He is an extremely loyal friend, somebody you can always rely on," commented former Vice President Al Gore. CNN's Mary Ma... read more
Express yourself
Child Soldier: Created by Lauren Dimberg
Updated: Jan 12, 2012
Ever since I was a young girl I had loved art and I was always immersed in some project which, to my mother’s dismay, left my clothes stained with paint or my room carpet singed from hot... read more
Erich "Air Rich" Reyes practicing top-rocking steps
CPBN Media Lab Photo:Michelle Lee
Photo:Michelle Lee
Updated: Mar 8, 2011
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – While the quaint, nearly empty road of Main Street stood quietly on a cold, snowy Saturday evening, one spot was waiting to be packed with energy. At Vinnie’s Jump and... read more
Extra, Extra
Orson Welles as Citizen Kane
Photo:commons.wikimedia.org
Photo:commons.wikimedia.org
Updated: Mar 7, 2011
So, I was checking out a new website called paper.li It is a place that magically turns your Twitter or Facebook pages into a newpaper, your newspaper, or in this case, our newspaper, Th... read more
Land spreading out so far and wide!
Updated: Oct 20, 2011
A few years ago when my family became members at Holcomb Farm we discovered a new vocabulary of vegetables: rutabaga, kohlrabi, swiss chard. Each... read more
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Updated: May 15, 2011
Location: The setting that Mohawk State Forest offers is so serene and untouched that it's hard to believe it's located right off of Route 4. Accor... read more
Updated: May 17, 2011
The amazing views from the top of Heublein Tower made our 1.25 mile treck up Talcott Mountain worth the effort. Department of Environmental Protect... read more
Updated: May 15, 2011
Location: The Last Green Valley, also known as the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, is a 1,085 square-mile area lo... read more
Updated: May 15, 2011
We took a slight right at the hidden road sign and began to make our way down a bumpy dirt road sidelined by industrial buildings and homes. Pass... read more
Updated: Nov 29, 2010
Location: Sleeping Giant State Park gets its name from a mountain within the park which, when viewed from a distance, looks like a sleeping giant.... read more
Updated: May 15, 2011
East Peak Summit is located in New Haven County and climbs to 909 feet above sea level. You will be glad you live in Connecticut when you see this... read more