List of Buffalo News Journalists and Reporters

1. Sheila Rayam

Designation Executive Editor Author Bio Sheila Rayam is executive editor for The Buffalo News. A SUNY Buffalo State graduate, she previously served as executive editor of Gannett’s Mohawk Valley news operations and as community engagement editor at the Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester.
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2. Caitlin Dewey

Designation Enterprise Reporter Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @caitlindewey (14.8K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @cedewey Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

3. Matt Glynn

Designation News Business Reporter Author Bio Reporter at The Buffalo News
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @mattglynnbflo (1.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

4. Mike Petro

Designation News Business Reporter Author Bio Michael J. Petro is a business reporter for The Buffalo News. The Buffalo State College graduate is a former sports writer who previously served as the editor of both The Sun and Buffalo Law Journal.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @mikepetrowrites (1.6K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

5. Janet Gramza

Designation Higher Education Reporter Author Bio I'm the Higher Education reporter on The Buffalo News business enterprise team. I previously worked at The Post-Standard in Syracuse. I'm a Rochester native with family in Buffalo
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @janetbflonext (1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

6. Stephen T. Watson

Designation News Staff Reporter Author Bio I report on development, government, crime and schools in the northern Erie County suburbs. I grew up in the Town of Tonawanda and worked at the Post-Standard in Syracuse before joining The News in 2001
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @buffaloscribe (5.6K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

7. Ben Tsujimoto

Designation Reporter Author Bio Houghton College alum from Elma, NY.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @tsuj10 (3.4K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

8. Sandra Tan

Designation News Staff Reporter Author Bio I use the Erie County government beat to find issues and stories that tell us something important about how we live. An alumna of the Columbia Journalism School and Buffalo News staff reporter since 2000,
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @sandratanbn (2.9K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

9. Charlie Specht

Designation News Political Reporter Author Bio Charlie is an award-winning reporter in newspapers and television. His reporting has led to the resignation of powerful people, federal and state investigations of wrongdoing and reforms in New York State law. Charlie has received national awards for investigative reporting, including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, which is considered the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast reporting, the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Investigative Reporters and Editors award. Buffalo Spree magazine named him Western New York’s Best Broadcast Report...er in 2019 and Best Print Reporter in 2023. Charlie is a Buffalo native and proud graduate of St. Bonaventure University.more
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @charlie_reports (5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

10. Natalie Brophy

Designation Reporter Author Bio A North Tonawanda native, I returned to Buffalo in January 2022 after five years of reporting in Central New York and Wisconsin.
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @brophy_natalie (1.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

11. Tim O'shei

Designation Enterprise Reporter Author Bio NFL biz + culture/social issues @TheBuffaloNews. @EdWriters member. Words: @NYTimes @Scholastic @bizjournals @dance_spiritmag. “The stage wasn’t ready for you.”
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @timoshei (3.4K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @timoshei Get Email Contact

12. Jonathan D. Epstein

Designation News Business Reporter Author Bio I've been a business reporter at The Buffalo News since 2004, now covering residential and commercial real estate and development amid WNY's resurgence. I'm an upstate native, proud to call Buffalo my home, and committed to covering it thoroughly.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @jepsteinbuffalo (201 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

13. Samantha Christmann

Designation News Business Reporter Author Bio I grew up the daughter of a steelworker in North Tonawanda. I've been a business reporter for The News since 2008, covering retail and tourism
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @discountdivasam (2.1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

14. Ryan O'halloran

Designation Sports Reporter Author Bio Sports writer for The Buffalo News. Native of North Dakota, Kansas State alum, former resident of Virginia, Florida and Colo. Covering the NFL since 2004.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @ryanohalloran (26K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

15. Harold Mcneil

Designation News Staff Reporter Author Bio @TheBuffaloNews
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @haroldmcneilbn (1.3K Followers) Get Email Contact

16. Deidre Williams

Designation City Hall Reporter Author Bio I am the Buffalo City Hall reporter for The Buffalo News. I've been a staff reporter at The News since in 1999.
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @deidrewilliamsb (1.4K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

17. Jerry Zremski

Designation Washington Enterprise Reporter Author Bio Jerry Zremski, who has covered Washington for The Buffalo News since 1989, is a lecturer at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @jerryzremski (5.4K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

18. Barbara O'brien

Designation Reporter Author Bio Rochester native and St. Bonaventure alum
Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @bobrieneden (1.5K Followers) Get Email Contact

19. Jon Harris

Designation Reporter Author Bio I'm a Genesee County native and Syracuse University grad who covered business at the (Binghamton) Press & Sun-Bulletin and at The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I joined The Buffalo News in September 2021, covering the business of health care.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @byjonharris (1.9K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

20. Katherine Fitzgerald

Designation Sports Reporter Author Bio former skeeball machine co-owner • 2023 top 5 winner • i cover the bills for @thebuffalonews • @azcsports before, @azrepublicguild forever • ready to play MASH
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @kfitz134 (17.2K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

21. Rachel Lenzi

Designation High School Sports Enterprise Reporter Author Bio I'm a college/high school sports enterprise reporter at The Buffalo News. I've worked in sports journalism since 1997 and I have covered everything from college football to the Stanley Cup playoffs, high school sports and the NCAA Tournament.
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @rachelmlenzi (4.3K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

22. Dale Anderson

Designation Reporter Author Bio Dale Anderson has been a Buffalo News staff reporter since 1968. He was the chief rock and pop writer for 20 years and helped establish the weekend entertainment magazine Gusto.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @dahotwings (276 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

23. Dan Herbeck

Designation News Reporter Author Bio Investigative reporter at The Bflo News since 1977. Co-author of American Terrorist, NY Times bestseller about Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @dherbecknews (936 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

24. Jay Tokasz

Designation Reporter Author Bio A Buffalo native, I worked at three other newspapers before returning to Western New York in 2002 to be a staff reporter at The Buffalo News. I currently am part of the watchdog team
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25. Debadrita Sur

Designation News Staff Reporter Author Bio Debadrita Sur is a trending and general assignment reporter at The Buffalo News. A Columbia Journalism School alumna, she is from Kolkata, India, and has previously worked at Far Out Magazine UK
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26. Lance Lysowski

Designation News Sports Reporter Author Bio I've covered the Sabres and National Hockey League for The Buffalo News since November 2018. My previous work included coverage of the Pittsburgh Pirates and University of Pittsburgh athletics for DKPittsburghSports.com.
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27. Mark Sommer

Designation News Staff Reporter Author Bio Mark Sommer covers culture, preservation, the waterfront, transportation, nonprofits and more. He's a former arts editor at The News
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @msommerbn (934 Followers) Get Email Contact

28. Matthew Spina

Designation Buffalo News Reporter Author Bio Incurable reporter: baseball fan; eternal Buffalo Bills optimist
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @matthewspina1 (1K Followers) Get Email Contact

29. Aaron Besecker

Designation News Staff Reporter Author Bio New #GirlDad. Public safety/breaking news reporter @TheBuffaloNews. VP/@BuffaloGuild. Come save me from the awful sound of nothing.
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30. Elizabeth Licata

Designation Editorial Writer Author Bio A lifelong Western New Yorker, I've been writing professionally for more than 30 years, and was editor of Buffalo Spree magazine 1999-2022. As an editorial writer at the News, I'm drawing on my knowledge of the community and love of Buffalo
Gender Female Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @elizlicata (1.1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

31. Toni Ruberto

Designation Gusto Editor Author Bio Fun aunt loves classic horror, mopey Brit music https://buffalonews.com/ https://t.co/RaAiY8CFKo Classic Movie Blog Assn https://t.co/FGdOb6ipYZ #tcmparty Miss you Honey the Dog
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32. Patrick Lakamp

Designation Enterprise Editor Author Bio In my 26th year at The News, I'm finding stories in spreadsheets and courtrooms. So I like data and depositions a lot. A Missouri and Syracuse grad.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @bypatricklakamp (934 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

33. Andrew Z. Galarneau News Food Editor

Designation Food Editor Author Bio I am on a mission to find the best new sensations and old favorites. Send me a note and tell me about that dish I ought not to miss. I know I know nothing without my readers, who give me the clues to the buried treasure.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @buffalofood (14.8K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

34. Scott Scanlon

Designation Quality Of Life And Solutions Journalism Editor Author Bio I have covered a variety beats and editor positions in South Florida, Syracuse and, since 2004, my home Buffalo Niagara region. I lead a team of reporters focused on what makes WNY tick and the ways it thrives
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @scottbscanlon (704 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

35. Bruce Andriatch

Designation Assistant Managing Editor Author Bio Bruce Andriatch has worked in newspapers since 1986 - 1973 if you include paperboy (Courier Express, 1973-1981) and telemarketer (Buffalo News, 1981-1985). He has been an editor at The News since 1998
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @bandriatch (2.1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

36. David Robinson

Designation Buffalo Next Editor Author Bio I'm the editor of the Buffalo Next section. I grew up in New Hampshire, went to Syracuse University and started working at The News in 1985.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @drobby (1.2K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

37. Mike Mcandrew

Designation Watchdog Team Editor Author Bio I am the editor of The Buffalo News' Watchdog Team. I have worked at The News since 2016. Prior to that I worked for newspapers in Syracuse, N.Y., and in Pottsville, Pa.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @mikemcandrew1 (1.8K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

38. Steve Cichon

Designation News Contributor Author Bio Steve Cichon writes about Buffalo's pop culture history for BN Chronicles, has written seven books, and teaches at Bishop Timon - St. Jude High School.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @stevebuffalo (2.9K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

39. Sean Kirst

Designation Columnist Author Bio Born in Dunkirk, a son, grandson and great-grandson of Buffalonians, I've been an Upstate journalist for more than 49 years. As a kid, I learned quiet lives are often monumental. I still try to honor that simple lesson, as a columnist.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @seankirst (6.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

40. Will Karr

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41. Mike Harrington

Designation Sports Columnist Author Bio A News staffer since 1987, I'm a Baseball Hall of Fame voter, a 2013 inductee into the Buffalo Baseball HOF and the Buffalo chapter chair of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. And I insist only Chicago & New York can come close to Buffalo pizza.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @bymharrington (33.8K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

42. Alan Pergament

Designation Tv Critic Author Bio Alan Pergament has had a variety of roles at The News since 1970, including as a news and sports reporter. He has been the TV columnist since 1982, with more than year off for good behavior. He is a member of the national Television Critics Association.
Gender Male Author Profile buffalonews.com Twitter @stilltalkintv (4.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

43. Adam Zyglis

Designation Editorial Cartoonist Author Bio Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Buffalo News, and internationally syndicated. Illustrator, ADK hiker, Buffalo born and raised.
Twitter @adamzyglis (14.2K Followers) Get Email Contact

44. A.J. Franklin

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45. Anthony Chase

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46. Ben Siegel

Designation Freelance Arts Critic Author Bio I dunno • IG funjamin
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47. Bill Hilts Jr.

Designation Writer Author Bio Outdoor Promotions Director with Destination Niagara USA and outdoor writer with The Buffalo News. Host of the Outdoor Beat TV Show on Spectrum/lctv.net.
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48. Bill Hoppe

Designation Reporter Author Bio Covering the Buffalo Sabres for the Times Herald. Email me at ****@gmail.com.
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49. Brian Meyer

Designation Freelance Writer Author Bio Journalism instructor, CEO of Western New York Wares, a regional book publisher/distributor
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50. Stephen Watson

Designation Staff Reporter Author Bio @TheBuffaloNews Amherst/Clarence/Tonawanda/Grand Island reporter. @BuffaloGuild vice president. I tweet about news, sports, food and Buffalo.
Twitter @buffaloscribe (5.6K Followers) Get Email Contact

51. Erik Brady

Designation Contributing Columnist Author Bio Buffalo News contributing columnist. Retired from USA Today in 2019 as last member of its founding generation. Husband, father, grandfather, Golden Griffin.
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52. Josh Barnett

Designation Executive Sports Editor Author Bio Executive sports editor of @TheBuffaloNews. Former AME at @usatodaysports, Content director at @USATodayHSS, ESE at @phillydailynews. And write about wrestling.
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53. Clevis Murray

Designation Sports Reporter Author Bio | @NABJ | E-mail: ****@yahoo.com | @TBNSports
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54. Corey Desiderio

Designation Custom Content Manager Author Bio Buffalo News marketing manager. Buffalo Magazine editor. Editor of 50th anniversary Bills stadium book: Nowhere Else You’d Rather Be (link in bio????)
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55. Dale L. Anderson

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio 55 yrs at The Buffalo News; dean of WNY rock critics; Ani DiFranco's 1st manager (1st 4 yrs & 5 CDs); Gold Life Master at duplicate bridge, gardener, cat lover
Twitter @dahotwings (276 Followers) Get Email Contact

56. Denise Jewell Gee

Designation Deputy Managing Editor Author Bio On the next adventure. Previously of The Buffalo News, Niagara Gazette & GCT. Now preparing to teach the next generation.
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57. Derek Gee

Designation Chief Photographer Author Bio Chief Photographer, The Buffalo News
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58. Don Paul

Designation Meteorologist Author Bio 39 years as a Buffalo meteorologist; 32 years as a Chief: Rutgers grad; Contrib Science writer, Buffalo News; battling junk science; Buffalo Bcast Hall of Fame
Twitter @donpaulbitsosun (7.5K Followers) Get Email Contact

59. Douglas J. Sherman

Designation News Editor Author Bio I am a spouse, friend, UU, kayaker, cancer-fighting fundraiser. Courage, wisdom, clarity is what I seek.
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60. Evonne Austin

Designation Gusto Entertainment Calendar Editor Get Email Contact

61. Gene Kershner

Designation Turf Writer Author Bio Turf writer, The Buffalo News. Partner, Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP. @ElmiraMBB alum. @BuffSportsHall Director. #COYS Tweets are my own!
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62. Mark Gaughan

Designation Analyst Author Bio Buffalo News analyst, Bills & NFL. Dale Carnegie trainer. Formerly: prez PFWA, PFHOF selector, editor BSC Record. On Threads at gggaughan716
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63. Harry Scull

Designation Staff Photographer Get Email Contact

64. James P. McCoy

Designation Photographer Author Bio Buffalo News Photographer for 35 years. 43 AP awards and still working nights and week ends. I have the GREATEST Job in the world.
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65. Janine Talley

Designation Contributing Writer Author Bio I write stuff. Sometimes I get lucky and it’s published. Huge disappointment in person. Jersey girl. Gracefully insane. Same handle on Bluesky.
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66. Jay Skurski

Designation Buffalo Bills Beat Writer Author Bio Proud dad to Elliott. Buffalo Bills beat writer at @TheBuffaloNews. St. Francis High School, Univ. of South Florida graduate.
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67. Jean Westmoore

Designation Digital Content Editor Author Bio Buffalo Newspaper Guild member, children's book reviewer, poodle walker.
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68. Jeff Simon

Designation Arts and Books Editor Author Bio Arts and Books Editor Emeritus Buffalo News
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69. Jonathan Epstein

Designation Business Reporter Author Bio Business Reporter @ The Buffalo News since 2004, covering real estate & development. Reporter since 1994, previously @ The News Journal in DE & American Banker.
Twitter @jepsteinbuffalo (201 Followers) Get Email Contact

70. Joseph Cooke

Designation Photographer Author Bio Photographer with the @BuffaloNews
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71. Joshua Bessex

Designation Photojournalist Author Bio Photojournalist in Buffalo for @thebuffalonews || Instagram @bsxphoto ||
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72. Joshua Thermid

Designation Writer and Photographer Get Email Contact

73. Kevin Heffernan

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74. Kevin Walter

Designation Editorial Page Editor Get Email Contact

75. Larry Ott

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76. Lou Michel

Designation Crime Reporter Author Bio Coauthor of New York Times bestseller, American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and The Oklahoma City Bombing. author
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77. Maki Becker

Designation Breaking News and Criminal Justice Desk Chief Author Bio Chief of Breaking News and Public Safety at The Buffalo News ****@buffnews.com
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78. Mark Ciemcioch

Designation Correspondent Author Bio Girl dad; Super Fan; Communications/Media/Marketing but will chat up cool culture any day. Film thoughts @movie_year. Wealth and fame he’s ignored. He/Him
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79. Mary Goldman

Designation Freelance Writer Author Bio Decatur Industrial Electric services and maintains a wide range of electric motors and other electrical equipment.
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80. Mary Pasciak

Designation Reporter Author Bio @TheBuffaloNews watchdog team. Data geek. Aspiring minimalist. Beachcomber.
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81. Melinda Miller

Designation Contributor Get Email Contact

82. Melissa Burrowes

Designation Freelance Journalist Get Email Contact

83. Michael Petro

Designation Business Reporter Author Bio Business reporter for @TheBuffaloNews. An occasional WNY sports writer, so I think I know more about sports than I actually do, and former editor at The Sun.
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84. Nancy Fischer

Designation None Author Bio WBFO correspondent, former Buffalo News reporter.
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85. Randy Schiff

Designation Writer Author Bio Middle English. Poetry. Romance. Arthurian. Ecotheory. Old French. Nationalism. Systems. Media. SUNY Buffalo. Misses Pre-Musk Twitter Terribly. Opinions mine.
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86. Robert McCarthy

Designation Political Reporter Author Bio Retired political reporter for The Buffalo News
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87. Rod Watson

Designation Columnist and Urban Affairs Editor Author Bio columnist and urban affairs editor at @TheBuffaloNews
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88. Stephen Cheslik

Designation Design Director Get Email Contact

89. Sydney Bucholtz

Designation Inbound Content Developer and Feature Writer Author Bio @GustoBuffalo writer, @sunygcc instructor, Hypha HubSpot Development content developer. Seen in: @thesuns_wny, WNY Wellness, @Karibu_News, @CanisiusGriffin
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90. Tom Wiley

Designation Publisher and President Twitter @CCTCoyote Get Email Contact

91. Vic Carucci

Designation Sports Reporter Author Bio Co-host @SiriusXMNFL; Bills/NFL contributor @WGRZ; Sr Writer @The33rdTeamFB; NYT-Bestselling Author; @ProFootballHOF voter. Former: @Browns/NFL.com; @TBNSports.
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