Ann Nyberg has spent more than 40 years in television news. She is the longest-serving female news anchor/reporter in Connecticut television history and is WTNH-TV’s longest-serving anchor/reporter in the station’s history. She anchors multiple weekday newscasts, and produces and hosts her own show called “NYBERG.” It spotlights innovators, entrepreneurs, and those in the arts, among other people. In November 2015, Nyberg was inducted into the prestigious Silver Circle. Nyberg has also been named “Best News Anchor” in “Connecticut Magazine” for many years. She began her journey in broadcast journalism immediately following graduation from Purdue University, where she earned a degree in journalism. Nyberg was a television journalist in Indiana and Oklahoma before making Connecticut her home. Ann’s contributions to our community and the vitality of the television industry are vast. In 1993, she founded the Toy Closet Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital, which has provided hundreds of thousands of toys to children of all ages to help ease their trauma. A lover of the arts, Nyberg is a founding board of trustees member of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook and in 2018, Nyberg was awarded the “Spirit of Katharine Hepburn Award,” given annually to an individual who embodies the spirit, independence and character of the legendary actress. In 2023, she received the Distinguished American Award from the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame/New Haven County chapter. In 2024, Nyberg received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of New Haven.
