CT Television News Station Reportedly Loses 3 Reporters

CONNECTICUT — Three reporters are leaving New Haven-based WTNH-TV this month for new opportunities, according to The Laurel, which was first to report the developments.

Jayne Chacko and Brittany Schaefer were both hired by the station in 2022, while Eva Zymaris joined News 8 two years before.

Their exits at the same time are coincidental, The Laurel reports, and their decisions to leave appear to be their own.

In recent months, the television news landscape in Connecticut has undergone big changes, as staffers from various stations announcing their departures.

Chacko, a New Jersey native, is reportedly moving over to NBC Connecticut. Among other positions, she has held journalism jobs with 13WHAM in Rochester, New York, and at WBOC in Salisbury, Maryland.

A Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences graduate, Chacko's focus was in journalism and American studies.

Schaefer is taking a position with the state Department of Public Health, The Laurel writes. She has held jobs at WPRI in Rhode Island, and at Spectrum News in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schaefer graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Journalism and Communications.

Like Schaefer, Zymaris is also reportedly joining the public sector with a position at the state Department of Transportation. Her background includes a stint at Western Mass News in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Zymaris graduated with a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Syracuse University.

Read The Laurel story.