Brigid Jaipaul-Valenza
Managing EditorBrigid Jaipaul-Valenza is an award winning journalist that coordinates our daily news coverage.
In 2019, as a freelance contributor to WBFO she and Thomas O’Neil-White shared NYS Associated Press first place honors for our “Working Poor” series as the state’s best documentary by stations our size. She also won second place that same year, with Kyle Mackie and Thomas for our “School to Prison Pipeline” series.
In the late 1990s through 2005, Brigid was an executive producer in charge of the morning shows at WGRZ Channel 2, editing scripts, creating enterprise series and developing community involvement special projects. During her time there, she brought a third rated Nielsen newscast to number one in the market in six months.
She’s also an artist, an internationally published author, a certified paralegal, and a small business owner.
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WBFO will soon air a new weekly show where we listen to plants. Yes, that’s right. We’ll hear how plants sound. -
A Buffalo firefighter died in the line of duty on Wednesday after a three story building at 745 Main Street caught fire. The firefighter became trapped about 30 to 40 feet inside the building when a Mayday was called. His body was later recovered. -
Most Western New Yorkers know a little about the history of Old Fort Niagara. What hasn’t always been clear is the role of African Americans at the… -
Funneling students out of classrooms and into prison is a problem for kids of color, but what solutions are being tried?In the final part of our weeklong… -
Well beyond living paycheck to paycheck, our community’s working poor, always find there’s more month than money. And while the struggle is the same for…
