Harriet Jones
@hjonesmedia.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, podcaster, educator based in CT. Once and future 🏴 She/her
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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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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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!
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Roch the wind in the clear day’s dawin
Blaws the cloods heelster-gowdie ow’r the bay,
But there’s mair nor a roch wind blawin
Through the great glen o’ the warld the day…
—Hamish Henderson, “The Freedom Come-All-Ye”
Published in The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongate.co.uk
#poem #poetry
Blaws the cloods heelster-gowdie ow’r the bay,
But there’s mair nor a roch wind blawin
Through the great glen o’ the warld the day…
—Hamish Henderson, “The Freedom Come-All-Ye”
Published in The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongate.co.uk
#poem #poetry
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Roch the wind in the clear day’s dawin
Blaws the cloods heelster-gowdie ow’r the bay,
But there’s mair nor a roch wind blawin
Through the great glen o’ the warld the day…
—Hamish Henderson, “The Freedom Come-All-Ye”
Published in The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongate.co.uk
#poem #poetry
Blaws the cloods heelster-gowdie ow’r the bay,
But there’s mair nor a roch wind blawin
Through the great glen o’ the warld the day…
—Hamish Henderson, “The Freedom Come-All-Ye”
Published in The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongate.co.uk
#poem #poetry
Impressive to see this work by student reporters get such wide coverage. 👏👏👏 You'll also be able to hear Karla and Anna talk about their work on this story on the CT Examiner Notebook podcast this Thursday
icrvradio.com/show/ct-exam...
icrvradio.com/show/ct-exam...
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Impressive to see this work by student reporters get such wide coverage. 👏👏👏 You'll also be able to hear Karla and Anna talk about their work on this story on the CT Examiner Notebook podcast this Thursday
icrvradio.com/show/ct-exam...
icrvradio.com/show/ct-exam...
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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.
ctcommunitynews.substack.com/p/connecticu...
ctcommunitynews.substack.com/p/connecticu...
Connecticut Treasurer’s office schedules meeting to discuss portfolio firm’s connection with ICE flights
By Anna Heqimi and Karla Perez | University of Connecticut
ctcommunitynews.substack.com
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.
ctcommunitynews.substack.com/p/connecticu...
ctcommunitynews.substack.com/p/connecticu...
First day of #earlyvoting in CT today. I'll be out of town on Nov 4, so I got my ballot in now. Early voting was a LONG time coming in this state - grateful we finally made it easier on everyone! 🙏 to all of the poll workers who make this happen. #vote
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
First day of #earlyvoting in CT today. I'll be out of town on Nov 4, so I got my ballot in now. Early voting was a LONG time coming in this state - grateful we finally made it easier on everyone! 🙏 to all of the poll workers who make this happen. #vote
Love to see this!
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Love to see this!
You can support hardworking student journalists like Brandon Cortés by subscribing to CT Community News on Substack.
@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 4:54 PM
You can support hardworking student journalists like Brandon Cortés by subscribing to CT Community News on Substack.
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CT Community News representing at the Center for Community News 2025 national conference in Vermont! So good to gather with news-academic partnerships from all over the country to brainstorm about student reporting and the future of news!
October 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
CT Community News representing at the Center for Community News 2025 national conference in Vermont! So good to gather with news-academic partnerships from all over the country to brainstorm about student reporting and the future of news!
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Griffith was found guilty of failure to disperse and fined $50.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
Student journalist Lucas Griffith faces trial today for covering a protest against the deportation of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt.
Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.
Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.
On trial for journalism in Kentucky.
Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.
www.cjr.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Griffith was found guilty of failure to disperse and fined $50.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
Absolutely - journalism is public service! It's good to see a younger generation of talent choosing the profession - for all its difficulties.
Some words of wisdom from one of our published journalism students, Avery Martin, who's a senior at @scsu.bsky.social.
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Absolutely - journalism is public service! It's good to see a younger generation of talent choosing the profession - for all its difficulties.
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And here's the video version of that show! Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH9J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH9J...
On The Homefront 09-24-2025 - Kate Farrish - Avery Martin - Chad Duran - Luke Melonakos Harrison
YouTube video by WILI Radio
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
And here's the video version of that show! Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH9J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH9J...
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“Our community is less informed with my father not able to report,” Mario Guevera’s son, Oscar, said.
Journalist Mario Guevara, who has been in detention over 100 days, faces an ICE deportation order.
#FREEMARIO NOW!
Journalist Mario Guevara, who has been in detention over 100 days, faces an ICE deportation order.
#FREEMARIO NOW!
Son of journalist detained by ICE pleads for dad's release
Oscar Guevara, who has undergone surgery for a brain tumor, said his father, Mario Guevara, who has been in detention over 100 days, was one of his main caregivers.
www.nbcnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Our community is less informed with my father not able to report,” Mario Guevera’s son, Oscar, said.
Journalist Mario Guevara, who has been in detention over 100 days, faces an ICE deportation order.
#FREEMARIO NOW!
Journalist Mario Guevara, who has been in detention over 100 days, faces an ICE deportation order.
#FREEMARIO NOW!
This is so worth your time to hear @karenattiah.bsky.social in her own words on with @jimacosta.bsky.social. I was shocked this was the first (only?) in-depth one-on-one she's been offered. Her firing is a huge news story.
jimacosta.substack.com/p/fired-for-...
jimacosta.substack.com/p/fired-for-...
FIRED FOR SPEAKING UP! KAREN ATTIAH AND STEVE SCHMIDT JOIN JIM TO DISCUSS.
Jim talks about how this moment is a reminder of the importance of independent media.
jimacosta.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is so worth your time to hear @karenattiah.bsky.social in her own words on with @jimacosta.bsky.social. I was shocked this was the first (only?) in-depth one-on-one she's been offered. Her firing is a huge news story.
jimacosta.substack.com/p/fired-for-...
jimacosta.substack.com/p/fired-for-...
Absolutely this. "Smoothing out" is the inverse of creativity and of getting a student to realize what is unique and interesting about the voice they already have.
The thing that worries me is the possibility that students en masse internalize the idea that composition instruction is simply smoothing out the “problems” of their voice relative to an idealized normative templated prose proficiency. That “education” is the purposeful annihilation of voice.
September 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Absolutely this. "Smoothing out" is the inverse of creativity and of getting a student to realize what is unique and interesting about the voice they already have.
Can confirm - the seals are for real!
We went down a *deep* rabbit hole in The Downballot Slack today: Are there any official seals in the United States that feature, well, a seal?
Turns out there's at least one! We present you with the seal of the Borough of Stonington, Connecticut.
Turns out there's at least one! We present you with the seal of the Borough of Stonington, Connecticut.
September 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Can confirm - the seals are for real!
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Part I of a two op-ed pieces on parking reform in Connecticut I worked on w/ my @ctparkingreform.bsky.social co-founder Casey Moran.
Part I’s message is simple: parking reform is working for Hartford and towns like Thompson!
ctmirror.org/2025/08/26/p...
Part I’s message is simple: parking reform is working for Hartford and towns like Thompson!
ctmirror.org/2025/08/26/p...
Opinion: Parking reform is getting the job done in Hartford
Dropping parking mandates is a clear way to get housing built, support small businesses, and strengthen our walkable town centers.
ctmirror.org
August 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Part I of a two op-ed pieces on parking reform in Connecticut I worked on w/ my @ctparkingreform.bsky.social co-founder Casey Moran.
Part I’s message is simple: parking reform is working for Hartford and towns like Thompson!
ctmirror.org/2025/08/26/p...
Part I’s message is simple: parking reform is working for Hartford and towns like Thompson!
ctmirror.org/2025/08/26/p...
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We're so thrilled to be selected as part of @soljourno.bsky.social 2025-26 Student Media Challenge! thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/meet-the-202...
August 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We're so thrilled to be selected as part of @soljourno.bsky.social 2025-26 Student Media Challenge! thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/meet-the-202...
Great piece from @uconnjournalism.bsky.social's Karla Perez - so glad to see it getting some national exposure!
Congrats to @uconnjournalism.bsky.social's Karla Perez on her beautiful story about Sandy Hook survivor Lenie Urbina. Published through CT Community News, it's now been featured on the National Community News Wire.
August 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Great piece from @uconnjournalism.bsky.social's Karla Perez - so glad to see it getting some national exposure!
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Great new story at CT Community News from @uconnjournalism.bsky.social's Joshua Zatulskis about how nursing homes and assisted living facilities are combatting social isolation.
ctcommunitynews.org/2025/05/15/c...
ctcommunitynews.org/2025/05/15/c...
CT nursing homes work to combat social isolation
One-third of older adults report feelings of social isolation, a problem that only increased during the COVID pandemic. But some nursing homes are taking steps to connect their residents.
ctcommunitynews.org
May 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Great new story at CT Community News from @uconnjournalism.bsky.social's Joshua Zatulskis about how nursing homes and assisted living facilities are combatting social isolation.
ctcommunitynews.org/2025/05/15/c...
ctcommunitynews.org/2025/05/15/c...
Listen to my friend Frankie tomorrow morning!
The Wheelhouse is all-new Wednesday at 9am on Connecticut Public. It features Jeffrey Fletcher of The Ruby and Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum, Brakkton Booker of @politico.com, Elizabeth Hinton of @yale.edu, and Lorenzo Boyd of the University of New Haven.
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Listen to my friend Frankie tomorrow morning!