Sonia Baghdady is an Emmy award-winning anchor for WTNH’s weekday morning and Noon shows, “Good Morning Connecticut” and “News Channel 8 at Noon.”
Before WTNH, Sonia anchored and reported the news for the NBC affiliate in Springfield, Mass., and on Long Island, NY for a News 12 affiliate.
Sonia has earned an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Soft News Series” and an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Service Report.”
She was also nominated in 2008 for an Emmy award for “Outstanding Achievement” as an anchor.
Sonia received Associated Press Awards for her coverage of the stabbing death of a Springfield, Massachusetts teacher and for hosting a voter forum on the 2000 Presidential Debate, while at the NBC station there.
The New Haven Business times recently listed Sonia as one of “20 Noteworthy Women” in the community. She has also been voted best local TV reporter in the state by the readers of “Connecticut Magazine” and as one of the top local TV personalities by the New Haven Advocate.
Sonia grew up in both New York and California, before moving to Connecticut. She now lives on the shoreline with her husband, Frank DePino, the owner of Connecticut-based, award-winning interactive design and development agency, mediaBOOM .
