Mike Magnoli has left WTIC-TV FOX 61 (FOX CT) in Hartford, New England One has learned.
Mike had been a reporter for the FOX CT Morning News since 2011. During his time in Connecticut, some of the biggest stories in the state and the Northeast such as the Aaron Hernandez Investigation, the Bridgeport Train Derailment, the Stamford Christmas Fire, the Boston Marathon Bombing, Hurricane Sandy, and the Sandy Hook School Shooting, among others.
With a new general manager hired in March, we hear a few changes are being made to improve ratings. Amanda Raus joined the FOX CT Morning News at the end of June, and this week the station launched "Nonstop News at 5 - 20 minutes of commercial free, uninterrupted news and weather."
Mike joined FOX CT from KATC-TV ABC 3 in Lafayette, LA where he was a reporter. One of the biggest stories he covered while at KATC was the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Prior to that, Mike was a reporter at KALB-TV NBC 5/CBS 2 in Alexandria, LA. While there, he covered hurricanes, crime, racial tension in Jena, LA, and the U.S. Army at Fort Polk. He also won two Associated Press awards in 2009 and 2010 for breaking news coverage. He also met his wife while working at KALB, who is currently a news producer at FOX CT.
Before his time on-air, Mike was a news writer for WFSB-TV CBS 3 in Hartford. He has also spent time as an intern with Fox News Channel, ABC News, and WABC-TV, all in New York City.
A Connecticut native, Mike is a 2006 graduate of Marymount Manhattan College where he studied communication and media studies.
Mike's last day at FOX CT was July 17.
Mike Magnoli reporting on West Hartford Redtail Hawk Nest/WTIC-TV
Reporter Mike Magnoli Out at FOX CT
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