Two Southern Connecticut State University Journalism alumni have been hired by Connecticut politicians after the 2018 election.
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Jason Newton (’08) will serve as communications director for Jahana Hayes, a Connecticut Democrat elected to the 5th Congressional District in Connecticut this past November, according to the Hartford Courant. Newton previously worked as a broadcast journalist and press secretary for Pennsylvania Rep. Matt Cartwright.
Hayes also graduated from Southern.
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Juliemar Ortiz (’15) was hired by incoming Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, according to the New Haven Independent. She will serve as press secretary for Bysiewicz.
Ortiz previously worked as a reporter for the New Haven Register and for the Connecticut Senate Democrats.
Featured image: Top row: Samuel Carmody, Adam Joseph, Jimmy Tickey. Bottom row: Cherie Phoenix-Sharpe, Susan Bysiewicz, Juliemar Ortiz. (Bysiewicz Facebook photo)