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The work of Connecticut's best student journalists, all in one place. Click to read CT Community News, a Substack publication.
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We are very proud to say that thanks to the generous support of our founding sponsor, the Center for Community News, the work of Connecticut's most talented student journalists is making an impact! Check out the stories on our website, ctcommunitynews.substack.com
The CT legislative session is just around the corner, and advocates want to see a do-over on an innovative way to enforce environmental protections. Article by Charlotte Harvey @uconnjournalism.bsky.social
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Advocates want the right to a clean environment in the state constitution
By Charlotte Harvey | University of Connecticut
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January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The CT legislative session is just around the corner, and advocates want to see a do-over on an innovative way to enforce environmental protections. Article by Charlotte Harvey @uconnjournalism.bsky.social
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So proud of our students Kitan Arole, Amanda Gonzalez and Alex Klancko who wrote this important story about the real world effects of food insecurity.
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Food insecurity on the rise in Connecticut
By Kitan Arole, Amanda Gonzalez and Alexander Klancko | University of Connecticut
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January 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
So proud of our students Kitan Arole, Amanda Gonzalez and Alex Klancko who wrote this important story about the real world effects of food insecurity.
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Marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
One of the core missions of CT Community News is to diversify the talent pipeline for journalism, ensuring everyone's viewpoint and life experience is represented when we write about our world.
World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin.
One of the core missions of CT Community News is to diversify the talent pipeline for journalism, ensuring everyone's viewpoint and life experience is represented when we write about our world.
World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin.
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
One of the core missions of CT Community News is to diversify the talent pipeline for journalism, ensuring everyone's viewpoint and life experience is represented when we write about our world.
World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin.
One of the core missions of CT Community News is to diversify the talent pipeline for journalism, ensuring everyone's viewpoint and life experience is represented when we write about our world.
World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin.
Learn more about @uconnjournalism.bsky.social's fantastic Balance of Power project - student reporters and Prof. @amandajcrawford.bsky.social joined @ctexaminer.bsky.social's Notebook podcast to share their work.
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The Executive Power Episode
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January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Learn more about @uconnjournalism.bsky.social's fantastic Balance of Power project - student reporters and Prof. @amandajcrawford.bsky.social joined @ctexaminer.bsky.social's Notebook podcast to share their work.
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CT Community News is following the CT Pizza Trail! We'll have weekly dispatches on where all the best slices are to be found. Our first video comes from Lily Dalton at @scsu.bsky.social, who visited Domenic's & Vinnie's in Middlebury.
January 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
CT Community News is following the CT Pizza Trail! We'll have weekly dispatches on where all the best slices are to be found. Our first video comes from Lily Dalton at @scsu.bsky.social, who visited Domenic's & Vinnie's in Middlebury.
CT Community News is following the CT Pizza Trail! We'll have weekly dispatches on where all the best slices are to be found. Our first video comes from Lily Dalton at @scsu.bsky.social, who visited Domenic's & Vinnie's in Middlebury.
January 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
CT Community News is following the CT Pizza Trail! We'll have weekly dispatches on where all the best slices are to be found. Our first video comes from Lily Dalton at @scsu.bsky.social, who visited Domenic's & Vinnie's in Middlebury.
Labubus! Creeping everywhere! Thanks to @ctpublic.bsky.social for featuring this story by the awesome students at CT State Manchester.
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Labubus creep onto holiday wish lists in CT and beyond
Connecticut retailers stocking up on real and fake forest creatures.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Labubus! Creeping everywhere! Thanks to @ctpublic.bsky.social for featuring this story by the awesome students at CT State Manchester.
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Final @soljourno.bsky.social Student Media Challenge cohort meeting for 2025. Our 1st story for this project on youth mental health is published and widely distributed, and we have three more coming. We’ll be back with our partners and awesome coordinator @sbpeshkin.bsky.social in 2026. Can’t wait!
December 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Final @soljourno.bsky.social Student Media Challenge cohort meeting for 2025. Our 1st story for this project on youth mental health is published and widely distributed, and we have three more coming. We’ll be back with our partners and awesome coordinator @sbpeshkin.bsky.social in 2026. Can’t wait!
It was wonderful to gather in person this week to hear from our New Haven-area students about their experiences of being published through CT Community News. These are inspiring young people!
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Celebrating our New Haven area students
Students, faculty, editors and community members gathered at Southern Connecticut State University Dec.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It was wonderful to gather in person this week to hear from our New Haven-area students about their experiences of being published through CT Community News. These are inspiring young people!
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So proud of all the great work our students have done in 2025!
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So proud of all the great work our students have done in 2025!
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An anti-discrimination rule that forecloses magazines that write about James Baldwin and Prince but not magazines that write about William F Buckley and Taylor Swift. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
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December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
An anti-discrimination rule that forecloses magazines that write about James Baldwin and Prince but not magazines that write about William F Buckley and Taylor Swift. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Want to support inspiring young people who believe in democracy and are working hard for freedom of information and the future of community news? Of course you do! #GivingTuesday
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December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Want to support inspiring young people who believe in democracy and are working hard for freedom of information and the future of community news? Of course you do! #GivingTuesday
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If you're in the New Haven area this evening, our networking event is ON! We'll be at SCSU's Adanti Student Center at 5:30pm. Hear from our students about their experiences of being published, and find out more about how CT Community News supports them. And we'll feed you! Free and open to all!
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you're in the New Haven area this evening, our networking event is ON! We'll be at SCSU's Adanti Student Center at 5:30pm. Hear from our students about their experiences of being published, and find out more about how CT Community News supports them. And we'll feed you! Free and open to all!
It's #GivingTuesday! We'd be so grateful if you would consider a donation to support our student reporters. These amazing young people truly are the future as we rebuild local news and community reporting. Read more/donate at the link below. Thank you!
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Support our students on Giving Tuesday!
We’re so grateful to you for reading and enjoying our students’ stories all year.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's #GivingTuesday! We'd be so grateful if you would consider a donation to support our student reporters. These amazing young people truly are the future as we rebuild local news and community reporting. Read more/donate at the link below. Thank you!
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Karla Perez, a senior at @uconnjournalism.bsky.social, was part of a reporting team that got a scoop on a financial connection between CT's state pension fund and a company supporting ICE flights.
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Karla Perez, a senior at @uconnjournalism.bsky.social, was part of a reporting team that got a scoop on a financial connection between CT's state pension fund and a company supporting ICE flights.
Our students at CT State Manchester have taken a deep dive into the latest toy craze. Ever met a #Labubu you didn't love?
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Labubus creep onto holiday wish lists
Connecticut retailers stocking up on real and fake forest creatures
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November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our students at CT State Manchester have taken a deep dive into the latest toy craze. Ever met a #Labubu you didn't love?
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A student journalist fired... For asking follow-up questions to the president of the state's flagship university.
Student journalist terminated following interview with UVA interim President Paul Mahoney - C-VILLE Weekly
Getting an interview with, let alone answers from, upper leadership at the University of Virginia is an uphill battle for any news organization. The groups with the most access to UVA’s administration...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A student journalist fired... For asking follow-up questions to the president of the state's flagship university.
In the #NewHaven area and want to find out more about our program? We're teaming with @scsu.bsky.social to hold a networking event Dec 2nd, 5:30-7:30pm. Free and open to all!
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In the #NewHaven area and want to find out more about our program? We're teaming with @scsu.bsky.social to hold a networking event Dec 2nd, 5:30-7:30pm. Free and open to all!
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So proud of two of my students who took Tuesday’s class assignment to the next level for publication at CT Community News. And their story was republished by local news media! @ctsjc.bsky.social ctcommunitynews.substack.com/p/young-vote...
Young voter engagement mixed as Connecticut towns and cities go to the polls
By Ny’Asia Martin and Ronan Hinckley | Central Connecticut State University
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November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
So proud of two of my students who took Tuesday’s class assignment to the next level for publication at CT Community News. And their story was republished by local news media! @ctsjc.bsky.social ctcommunitynews.substack.com/p/young-vote...
Thrilled to see great reporting from CT student journalists once again getting a featured coverage slot on the National Community Newswire!
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Thrilled to see great reporting from CT student journalists once again getting a featured coverage slot on the National Community Newswire!
Some breaking news from our @uconnjournalism.bsky.social students as the university senate votes to delay a requirement that undergraduates take a course on anti-Black racism.
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Anti-Black racism course requirement placed on hold at UConn
By Sara Bedigian & Breanna Bonner | University of Connecticut
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November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Some breaking news from our @uconnjournalism.bsky.social students as the university senate votes to delay a requirement that undergraduates take a course on anti-Black racism.
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Anti-Black racism course requirement placed on hold at UConn... https://go.ctcapitolreport.com/47yYgpi
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Anti-Black racism course requirement placed on hold at UConn... https://go.ctcapitolreport.com/47yYgpi
A scoop from two of our @uconnjournalism.bsky.social seniors: CT state pension fund is invested in a fund that part-owns Signature Aviation, a company doing support work for ICE deportation flights.
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Connecticut Treasurer’s office schedules meeting to discuss portfolio firm’s connection with ICE flights
By Anna Heqimi and Karla Perez | University of Connecticut
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October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A scoop from two of our @uconnjournalism.bsky.social seniors: CT state pension fund is invested in a fund that part-owns Signature Aviation, a company doing support work for ICE deportation flights.
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Important 🧵
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Important 🧵
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@scsu.bsky.social student Brandon Cortés published the very first article ever on CT Community News, an in-depth data dive on the real impact of re-imposing bus fares in Connecticut after a pandemic hiatus.
October 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@scsu.bsky.social student Brandon Cortés published the very first article ever on CT Community News, an in-depth data dive on the real impact of re-imposing bus fares in Connecticut after a pandemic hiatus.