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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WW II veterans gathered Sunday in Fairport for a reception ahead of the trip some of them will make to Normandy in June to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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One of the typical kinds of scams involves someone posing as a utility representative, aggressively telling a customer their account is past due unless an immediate payment is made.
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Alice Holloway Young's accomplishments included being a founding trustee of Monroe Community College and helping start the Urban Suburban program.
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The new space telescope, to be launched in the next few years, will provide scientists with new capabilities to explore deep space.
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Members of the Newspaper Guild of Rochester said they would not sign a proposed contract because language had been changed in parts of the pact that had previously been agreed upon.
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No one was injured, and Monroe County Sheriff's deputies are looking for the public's help.
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Munson said that over the next year he will “remain highly focused on the job at hand,” saying that they will “have opportunities later to celebrate our collective work.”
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The company did not get specific numbers on layoffs, but said they will be ending print engine manufacturing at the Webster campus.
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The proposed corridor could include a variety of locations, including parts of the Erie Canal, museums and hiking trails, with information along the way to talk about the efforts of Tubman and other abolitionists.
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Sheeran will be only the eighth dean in Eastman's 100-year history, and the first woman to hold that position.