August 26, 2022 Lenny Cohen’s bio on cbs12.com Lenny Cohen arrived at CBS12 News as dayside digital content producer in 2021, writing news as it happens forĀ cbs12.comĀ and then going beyond the headlines to show why people need to read those articles on social media platforms.
March 22, 2022 DeSantis says he’ll sign controversial ‘Parental Rights in Education’ bill Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will sign the controversial bill titled “Parental Rights in Education” bill soon.
December 5, 2020 Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…
April 15, 2020 A blogger’s job is never done, especially after a migration I havenāt blogged for a while because Iāve been working hard, but Iāve been on this updated website, fixing lots of problems that started…
March 7, 2020 New and improved website! Iām happy to report the blog CohenConnect.com is new and improved, with a different web host, and more to see at first glance if…
October 18, 2019 Haven’t been in touch for a while. This is partly the reason. To those of you eager to read more blog posts here (this is blog #150!), and news on ThePhillyFiles.com, I’m temporarily sorry. No, I…
August 15, 2019 ThePhillyFiles’ six-week milestone! I sent the following to subscribers of ThePhillyFiles on Mailchimp: It’s hard for me to believe but today marks *six weeks* since the kickoff…
June 13, 2019 Adding my own few points to Nexstar’s ‘Digital First’ strategy The phrase “Digital First” is nothing new. Managers in TV station news departments have been saying it for years, but they really hadn’t practiced…
May 3, 2019 Lenny’s update, and the writing and posting you may have missed You may have actually looked at the homepage of this blog, CohenConnect.com, and thought I hadn’t been writing. It may have looked that way,…
This is it! How many of you I’m in contact with regularly have heard me say I want more “me time”Ā to put together…
March 16, 2019 Control of the media after the mosque attacks in New Zealand THANK YOU to the two new followers from over the past week, bringing the total up to 116. I hope you like what you…
I’ve had another busy week with some big stories I had to write quickly. Reminds me of old times. Notice here, four stories on…
January 11, 2019 Anniversary means time to start something new It’s Jan. 11 and that means today marks four years since my very first blog post at www.CohenConnect.com. Back then, when I started, I…
January 7, 2019 Odds, ends and new beginnings It’s always good to be remembered, and hopefully being your last new year’s message of the year will keep some of my thoughts on…
December 12, 2018 Exposing hate, close to home (as if acceptable anywhere) My interest started when I was looking at my Facebook feed over the weekend and saw this post from a former coworker. Obviously, we’re…
November 21, 2018 The end of an era, and beginning of this one (Part A of this one) It was 20 years ago tonight. Not exactly. It was actually four days off, on Nov. 25, but what really matters is it was…
October 20, 2018 Thinking about teacher’s child porn trouble and my old school’s website Today, I found out some news about someone who went to school with me, pretty much since kindergarten. In fact, I think he lived…
October 10, 2018 The case against us all paying for private schools Several times a year, before elections, a man in Florida emails me about who to support in elections down there. The goal is to…
June 29, 2018 Certification expiring, definitely done teaching The first thing I have to say is this blog was planned for today. It doesn’t have anything to do with Wednesday’s Supreme Court…
June 27, 2018 The necessity of public unions, now no chance for compromise NOTE: Shortly before publishing, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he’ll retire effective July 31. According to Axios, that’ll give President Donald Trump “a…
June 7, 2018 Grave situation for hours outside Detroit Aug. 26, 2018 UPDATE: Grave marker raised and leveled, in early August. I may be back in a few weeks. I don’t go on…
June 2, 2018 Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Who would’ve thought of me as some type of music expert? Definitely not anybody who knows me! I’ve been planning this blog for a…
Fox 29 was one of the two places I should’ve seen red flags, rather than accepting the job, but I still respect several people…
I have to start with some information on the former Bonten Media, since the company was sold after I left. (They were very good…
May 29, 2018 The lousiness of laziness and liars I hate lazy people (and stupid ones, but that’s a blog for another time). I can understand being sick. Last year, I showed up…
May 23, 2018 The Big Bang Theory’s wedding episode succeeded where Publix failed Most of us strive for perfection. Some of us do it too hard, and it can affect our well-being. On the other hand, there…