Top two editors leave 'Courant'

The top two editors of the Hartford Courant, both longtime journalists at the newspaper, are leaving their jobs and will be replaced by an interim editor starting today, the newspaper's new senior vice president announced yesterday.

Cliff Teutsch has been the editor and Barbara Roessner has been managing editor since 2006. Roessner's position was eliminated, and she was not offered another job at the paper.

Teutsch said he chose to leave. the Courant, based in Connecticut, is widely considered to be the nation's longest continuously published paper.

Naedine Hazell, who has held several editing positions at the newspaper, most recently as the editor overseeing the Courant's website, will be interim editor, said Jeff Levine, senior vice president in charge of news content at the Courant and WTIC-TV.

Hazell will report to Levine, who began in his newly created position last week.