PRESS & MEDIA

Covers the 2024 expansion of BOSS Academy to Schaghticoke Middle School and quotes Wayne as CEO and founder.

Alison Demurz interviews Wayne as founder and CEO, covering his background, the organization's origin, BOSS Academy, and its mission. Includes an auto-generated transcript.

Independent television coverage including an interview with Wayne and a student participant. Discusses founding BETF and the skills taught through the program.

Identifies Wayne as founder and CEO, explains BOSS Academy, documents its incorporation into P-TECH's curriculum, and describes students being trained as facilitators and mentors.

Covers the BETF gala, BOSS Academy, Wayne's organization, student participation, and the program's expansion at P-TECH Norwalk. Published March 11, 2024.

Documents Wayne speaking about his Brave Enough To Fail initiative and presenting a BETF scholarship.

Regional community-news report listing Brave Enough To Fail as a recipient of a $15,000 Union Savings Bank Foundation grant supporting BOSS Academy.

The New Haven Register's version covers Wayne's personal story, how Brave Enough To Fail and BOSS Academy came together, student voices from the program, and what drives him to keep the work going despite pandemic disruptions.

CT Insider's version goes deep on Wayne's life story, his educational mission, and the work of BETF.

The New Haven Register's version covers Wayne's personal story, how Brave Enough To Fail and BOSS Academy came together, and the students the program has reached. It also gets into what drives him to keep the work going, even as schools dealt with pandemic disruptions.

Substantial profile of Wayne, his personal story, Brave Enough To Fail, BOSS Academy, students, and his motivation for the work. Arguably the single most important independent article for his Wikipedia/speaker credentials.

Dedicated interview featuring Wayne's personal story - growing up with his great-grandmother, entering the child-welfare system, leaving school, serving in the Navy, his broadcasting career, and ultimately creating Brave Enough To Fail.

Fun but useful independent coverage documenting Wayne's motivational work and the Brave Enough To Fail initiative.

Documents Wayne announcing a 50-high-school motivational speaking tour and his "Brave Enough to Fail" presentation, showing the message predates the current scale of BETF.

Predates much of the later BETF publicity; documents Wayne's motivational speaking work with students, including his Achievement and Motivation presentation and his work at Harding High School and other Connecticut schools.

The Register's election coverage identifying Wayne as the Republican candidate for Connecticut's 3rd District.

Older political/public-life coverage of Wayne, published October 29, 2011. Not a BETF story, but useful broader biography material.

Older political coverage from October 17, 2011, covering Wayne's Congressional race against Rosa DeLauro.

This New Haven Register piece is especially notable for being explicitly marked as video coverage, capturing Wayne pushing for debates against Rosa DeLauro in the 3rd District race, from October 3, 2012.