Gordon F. Joseloff | |
Office: | First Selectman of Westport, Connecticut |
Termstart: | 2005 |
Termend: | 2013 |
Succeeded: | Jim Marpe |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1945 |
Birth Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
Predecessor: | Diane G. Farrell |
Death Place: | Westport, Connecticut, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic Party of Connecticut[1] |
Education: | McBurney School[2] Syracuse University |
Awards: | Emmy Award |
Gordon F. Joseloff (May 13, 1945 – November 9, 2020)[3] was an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and First Selectman of Westport, Connecticut. A former foreign correspondent for CBS News and United Press International, he was also the founding editor and publisher of WestportNow, a local news and information website he established in 2003.[4]
Joseloff was elected as First Selectman of Westport in 2005 with almost 60 percent of the vote[5] and re-elected in 2009 with almost 52 percent.[6] He earlier served 14 years on the Westport Representative Town Meeting (RTM), the town's legislative body, including 10 as its moderator, or president.[7]