Longtime Connecticut reporter Josh Kovner was remembered fondly by his former colleagues and those who knew him following his death on Thursday.
Kovner most recently worked at the Hartford Courant, where he spent 24 years.
“We learned today that our dear friend and colleague Josh Kovner has died,” the Guild wrote in a post on Twitter.
He was one of more than 50 staff members at the Courant to join the Guild.
“Josh was a fierce journalist and dedicated teacher, the perennial voice of the voiceless and advocate of the underdog. Our hearts are with his family,” the Guild said.
A cause of death was not immediately provided.
A tenacious reporter who covered child protection and social justice for the Courant, Kovner worked on a variety of essential stories over the years.
Kovner was part of the Pulitzer-winning team overage of the Lottery shootings and the Pulitzer-finalist team coverage of the Sandy Hook school shootings.
He won a national award for a project about an 11-year-old boy with autism, titled “Saving Evan.”
Andrew Julien, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Courant, said the paper lost “a cherished colleague today with the unexpected passing of Josh Kovner. Josh was a brilliant storyteller who used his position to investigate wrongdoing and speak for those whose voices weren’t always heard. We will miss him greatly.”
Kovner previously taught at...
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