Terry Sheridan
Senior Director of News and EducationTerry Sheridan is a Peabody-nominated, award-winning journalist. As Senior Director of News and Education, he developed a unique and award-winning internship program with the Stony Brook University School of Communications and Journalism, where he is also a lecturer and adjunct professor. He also mentors graduate fellows from the Sacred Heart University Graduate School of Communication, Media, and the Arts.
Sheridan was a longtime reporter for 1010 WINS Radio in New York City, covering everything from 9/11 and its aftermath to the Occupy Wall Street movement. He also reported for NBC News Radio and its flagship station, WOR. His reports have aired on NPR, the BBC, ABC, RTE and the CBC. He is also a regular contributor to The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk 106-108 in Dublin, Ireland.
Terry is past president of The Inner Circle of City Hall Reporters, a group of New York City-area journalists that roast the mayor and governor each year for New York-based charities. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Fordham College Alumni Association.
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A bite-sized look at what we are hearing: State lawmakers are scheduled to head home by the end of the week. Connecticut needs to finalize a budget agreement before the legislative session ends on Wednesday, June 7; New York’s final bills must be passed by the end of Thursday.
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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: The Suffolk County Legislature, led by Republicans, will explore legal challenges to block tens of thousands of migrants headed for New York City from being moved to Long Island.
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Here’s a bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: The Connecticut Judicial Branch is looking to update the state’s Practice Book. A public hearing Monday will focus on changes to cash bail.
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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: As part of Hamden’s Earth Day celebration, dozens of children helped paint a mural dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. that will soon be going up on the wall of the town’s main library.
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Here’s a bite-sized look at what else we are hearing: March saw $9.5 million in recreational marijuana sales in Connecticut — an increase from February, which was the first full month of sales.
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A bite-sized look at what we are hearing: Connecticut lawmakers consider a bill that would ban police from using intimidation and lying to force confessions from juveniles in custody.
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A former aide to Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has accused him of sexual harassment and making him work as a volunteer as he went through the hiring process.
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Recreational marijuana sales begin this week in Connecticut. Officials say their cities are getting ready.
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The Supreme Court could hear the case of 10 Filipino nurses and their lawyer later this month who were arrested after they all quit their jobs at a Long Island care home on the same day in 2007.
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The five New Haven police officers who have been sued by Randy Cox for injuries that left him paralyzed have filed court papers blaming the EMTs who treated Cox.