WCVB Boston Reporter Wayman Stabbed
He’s ‘going to be fine,’ says a spokesperson
WCVB Boston reporter Ted Wayman was stabbed while working Sept. 7. The incident happened in Copley Square, in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Wayman was taken to a hospital and is “going to be fine,” a WCVB spokesperson told the Boston Globe. The Globe said a photojournalist working alongside Wayman assisted him with his injuries.
Boston police arrested a 44-year-old man Sept. 7 after an alleged stabbing in the area of Dartmouth Street and Boylston Street, near Copley Square, said the Globe, but did not name the victim.
Wayman joined WCVB in March of 2020. The WCVB spokesperson told B+C that Wayman is expected back at work in the coming days.
The station is part of Hearst Television.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.