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Yale Grad, CNN War Reporter Held Hostage In Sudan By Warlord For Days
Clarissa Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent and 2002 Yale University graduate, released a story on Wednesday, Oct. 23 detailing her capture by a Sudanese warlord who held her and her crew hostage for days.
In a post on CNN, Ward details how she was on her way to Tawila, a town in Darfur, earlier this month to report on the ongoing humanitarian crisis. But as they arrived, she and her crew weren't welcomed by their host but confronted by heavily armed militia members, who believed they were spies.
Two weeks ago, our team was held captive by a militia in Darfur. As a…
Westchester Native, One Of America's Top Golf Writers, Dies At 66
Native New Yorker Tim Rosaforte, one of the most prominent and popular golf writers in the country, died at the age of 66 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
He was born in Northern Westchester, in Mount Kisco, and graduated from Brewster High School in Putnam County.
Rosaforte was the first journalist to be awarded an honorary membership by the PGA of America in 2020 during a career that spanned more than four decades in various media including newspapers, magazines, books, and television.
During his career, Rosaforte covered nearly 150 major championships and 17 Ryder Cups whi…
Help Support Our Friends At The Examiner News
In the summer of 2007, while bouncing around as a freelance writer, I made a call to my journalism friend Martin Wilbur that changed our lives forever. I had an idea, to launch a local paper, by soliciting editorial help from our newspaper pals and acquaintances in and around Westchester, while also securing advertising support from the bagel shops and pizza joints I frequented. In the second week of September, after a frenzied, sleepless, six weeks, The Examiner was born, as I helped distribute about 2,000 of our debut copies around Pleasantville and Mount Kisco.
Since then, we’ve launched …
Richard Liebson, Longtime Journalist In Westchester, Dies At 61
Richard Liebson, a longtime journalist in Westchester, died Sunday, in White Plains at age 61, according to The Journal News/lohud.com, where he worked for decades.
Liebson had cancer for about two years, according to the article.
Liebson was a crime reporter for more than 30 years at The Journal News. The article says he was one of the newspaper's "best-known writers and characters, a beat reporter of the old school."
He covered the City of White Plain most recently, according to The Journal News. Liebson covered big stories including a 1994 propane-truck explosion in White Plains to…
