Chris Polansky
General Assignment/Breaking News ReporterChris Polansky joined Connecticut Public in March 2023 as a general assignment and breaking news reporter based in Hartford. Previously, he’s worked at Utah Public Radio in Logan, Utah, as a general assignment reporter; Lehigh Valley Public Media in Bethlehem, Pa., as an anchor and producer for All Things Considered; and at Public Radio Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla., where he both reported and hosted Morning Edition.
His work has also appeared on WNYC’s Gothamist, NPR.org, and NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and newscasts. In 2020, Chris, Carter Moore and Dani Hayes jointly won the Utah SPJ award for best continuing coverage (radio) for their Utah Public Radio reporting on the disappearance and murder of Lizzy Shelley and the
trial of suspect Alexander Whipple.
Chris is a graduate of Hunter College and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, both at the City University of New York. He’s a New Jersey native and perpetually disappointed Mets fan who enjoys loading up his van for hiking and camping trips with his dog, Trout Fishing in America. He plays replacement-level third base in various wood bat baseball leagues. He’s also a proud alumnus of Bike & Build, an affordable housing nonprofit with which he’s bicycled coast-to-coast twice: from Portland, Maine, to Santa Barbara (2014), and from Nags Head, North Carolina, to San Diego (2016).
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The public wants the termination of the officers who fired their weapons and a public briefing from police and city leaders. -
Jones was shot and killed by Hartford police last month. His family says he was in the grips of a mental health crisis. -
The Democrats say the war is plainly illegal as the president bypassed Congress. -
Steven “Stevie” Jones was 55 years old. The Greater Hartford branch of the NAACP weighed in on Jones’ shooting, the second police shooting of a Black man in acute mental distress in less than two weeks in the capital city. -
Plow drivers will clear highways and roads across the state over the next several days. -
Legislation is being introduced in Congress and in the Connecticut General Assembly. -
The faith leaders said they had “heard God’s call.” -
The positive samples came from a test site that serves Stamford and Darien. -
The Hartford Parking Authority and ICE have contracted for parking since 2015. -
After teen’s death, Hartford residents call on city council to meaningfully address traffic violenceIt comes after the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old on Christmas.
