NBC CT Has New Consumer/Investigative Team

Some more new news at NBC CT, a new, 10-member consumer and investigative team.

This from president and general manager David Doebler:

” The ten-person unit will serve as a viewer advocate concentrating on

everything from consumer complaints to government waste. The new team

will serve as the largest of its kind in the Connecticut market.

Sharon Butterworth, the station’s former Managing Editor, will lead the new

consumer and investigative team.

…Monica Buchanan, a “go-to” general assignment reporter with WVIT since

2007 has transitioned into the investigative role along with reporter Jeff

Stoecker who has been a solid and versatile member of the news team since

2009.

NBC Connecticut newcomers Christopher Coffey and Sabina Kuriakose join

the unit as well. Coffey, most recently with the Fox affiliate in Austin, Texas,

brings more than a decade of consumer and investigative experience and

Kuriakose comes to NBC Connecticut from YNN in upstate New York where

she reported throughout New York’s capital region.

Station veterans and Emmy award-winning photojournalists Darryl Vallez and

David Michnowicz will provide energetic images and perspective to the

investigations along with Dan Lee, the station’s world-traveled photojournalist

who has shot video for NBC in China and other locations around the world.

The team’s Associate Producer, Denny Alfonso recently joined NBC

Connecticut with previous experience with CNN en Espanol. The

Colombian-born journalist brings additional language skills and international

perspective.

Another member of the unit will be announced soon.

“Our new consumer and investigative team, the largest of its kind in our

market, is a commitment to our viewers to serve as their advocate,” said

David Doebler, President and General Manager of NBC Connecticut. “We

will hold individuals, government officials and companies accountable and get

to the root of important issues that affect our viewers and our state.”