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 mural honoring civil rights leader Malcolm X, along with key local figures in the civil rights movement, including Minister Franklin Florence and Constance Mitchell, has now been completed outside East High School. -
Glenora Wine Cellars, which has been around since 1977, is up for sale. The Seneca Lake winery has been listed at $10.8 million.
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Local political and other civic leaders along with members of the faith community gathered Thursday night for a vigil at the Aenon Missionary Baptist Church on Rochester’s southwest side.
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Thirteen years after a Chili teen went missing in South Carolina, authorities said on Monday that they have made an arrest in her death.
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Hundreds of people came to downtown Rochester on Saturday for the 2nd weekend in a row, to rally in support of abortion rights.
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The Police Accountability Board in Rochester has placed its Executive Director Conor Dwyer Reynolds on administrative leave.
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Rochester was the site of a half-day conference on Thursday to talk about the state’s efforts to boost the new cannabis industry in New York for recreational marijuana.
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Eastman Kodak reported an earnings loss for its most recent quarter, but sales were up.
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A New York parole board has granted parole to James Moore, the state’s longest-serving inmate. Moore was convicted of killing 14-year-old Pamela Moss in Penfield in 1962.
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Finger Lakes Community College students work with Empire Medicinals to research using mushrooms as food supplements.
