Randy Gorbman
WXXI director of news and public affairsRandy Gorbman is WXXI's director of news and public affairs. Randy manages the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.
Randy has over 30 years of broadcast news experience, and was recently news director at WHAM-AM in Rochester. Randy has also been news director, writer, announcer, and producer at radio stations in several cities in New York and Connecticut, as well as working as an editor at the NBC Radio Network. He served as past president of the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters' Association, and is currently a member of its board of directors.
Randy has also taught journalism to local students, serving as adjunct instructor at SUNY Geneseo and Monroe Community College.
Randy received his bachelor's degree in communication from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and his master's degree in liberal arts from SUNY Empire State College.
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A 40-year-old man was charged this week with kidnapping after the 14-year-old girl was found in New York City.
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The law that requires drivers to move over a lane on the highway, when possible, if emergency vehicles and tow trucks are parked on the shoulder now includes any disabled vehicle.
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The PACT Act provides health coverage to many veterans who suffered from medical problems after being exposed to toxic substances.
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A new business competition in Western NY is designed to offer smaller grants and reach a wider range of entrepreneurs and other organizations.
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The Irondequoit DMV is expected to reopen in mid-May in a different part of the same plaza it is now located in, on Titus Avenue.
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The boil water notice covers a large swath of the city. Mayor Malik Evans says it's mainly being done out of an abundance of caution.
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The latest funding will help finish work on the third and fourth floors of the four-story building. A lot of the work on the lower floors has already been completed.
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Company officials note the number of recent Oscar nominees and winners using film, and they say Kodak is buying equipment at its manufacturing plant in Rochester to meet growing demand.
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The one-house budget bills approved in the NY State Senate and Assembly each contain $2 million for a pilot program seeking to show how a different response to people having a mental health crisis can save lives.
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The 77-year-old Banister was also known as "Queen Mother," a title bestowed on her by a chief in a village in Ghana, West Africa.