Rachel Molenda
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In Ukraine, Yale-trained doctors treat complex combat injuries ctmirror.org/2025/11/07/y...
In Ukraine, Yale-trained doctors treat complex combat injuries
A Yale School of Medicine program provides support and education for Ukrainian medical professionals who deal with increasingly complex cases.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In Ukraine, Yale-trained doctors treat complex combat injuries ctmirror.org/2025/11/07/y...
Michael Days, pioneering journalist who led the Philadelphia Daily News during its 2010 Pulitzer Prize win for investigative reporting, has died at 72
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Michael Days, pioneering journalist who led the Philadelphia Daily News during its 2010 Pulitzer Prize win for investigative reporting, has died at 72
Days was a mentor to countless young journalists and was president of the National Association of Black Journalists-Philadelphia.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Michael Days, pioneering journalist who led the Philadelphia Daily News during its 2010 Pulitzer Prize win for investigative reporting, has died at 72
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26 years after lobster die-off, CT lobstermen reflect on a net loss ctmirror.org/2025/10/19/2...
26 years after lobster die-off, CT lobstermen reflect on a net loss
The Long Island Sound lobster industry was decimated in 1999, but CT's last few commercial lobstermen keep the tradition alive in Stonington.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
26 years after lobster die-off, CT lobstermen reflect on a net loss ctmirror.org/2025/10/19/2...
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There's a lot happening that impacts young people, so going to keep sharing: Student + earlyish career journalists and writers in Appalachia, pitch! If you're an organizer, involved in your community, etc. & have an opinion you want to write about, please pitch, too. DMs are open for questions!
Student + early career journalists in Appalachia (or young folks who want to write): pitch 100 Days! Looking for stories w/ angles on young people, related to education & what's happening on campuses, politics, life & identity, & more. Rates start at $150 for opinion, $200-$400 for reporting.
100 Days in Appalachia's Call for Pitches
100 Days in Appalachia began as an experimental pop-up publication, designed to candidly narrate the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency from within the heart of a region dubbed “Trump Country...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There's a lot happening that impacts young people, so going to keep sharing: Student + earlyish career journalists and writers in Appalachia, pitch! If you're an organizer, involved in your community, etc. & have an opinion you want to write about, please pitch, too. DMs are open for questions!
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Remember those court records that Miami Dophins receiver Tyreek Hill wanted sealed? They are now unsealed and up at @defector.com.
The paywall is also down:
The paywall is also down:
Here's The Court Document Tyreek Hill Didn't Want Anyone To See | Defector
The Miami-Dade Circuit Court clerk released Tuesday a copy of the latest petition for divorce from the estranged wife of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. In the document, Lakeeta Vaccaro described...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Remember those court records that Miami Dophins receiver Tyreek Hill wanted sealed? They are now unsealed and up at @defector.com.
The paywall is also down:
The paywall is also down:
This Ukrainian family fled war in Odesa and found a foothold in CT ctmirror.org/2025/09/28/c...
This Ukrainian family fled war in Odesa and found a foothold in CT
After Russia's full-scale invasion, a Ukrainian family sought refuge in New Haven. And in their home city of Odesa, life continues amid war.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This Ukrainian family fled war in Odesa and found a foothold in CT ctmirror.org/2025/09/28/c...
Hartford doula training targets gaps in care for Spanish speakers ctmirror.org/2025/09/24/d...
Hartford doula training targets gaps in care for Spanish speakers
The Hispanic Health Council's doula program is conducted entirely in Spanish and aims to address a maternal health gap in Hartford.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hartford doula training targets gaps in care for Spanish speakers ctmirror.org/2025/09/24/d...
For this New Britain man, late summer is pigeon racing season ctmirror.org/2025/09/21/c...
For this New Britain man, late summer is pigeon racing season
Wilberto Aponte, president of the Connecticut Classic Pigeon Club, has 200 homing pigeons. With racing season underway, the stakes are high.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
For this New Britain man, late summer is pigeon racing season ctmirror.org/2025/09/21/c...
Lamont nixed overdose prevention centers, but advocates fight on ctmirror.org/2025/08/03/c...
Lamont nixed overdose prevention centers, but advocates fight on
People can use illegal substances at the centers with staff supervision. Advocates say they save lives. Others say they encourage drug use.
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August 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Lamont nixed overdose prevention centers, but advocates fight on ctmirror.org/2025/08/03/c...
A Buried Threat: Thousands in CT might still be drinking water from lead pipes ctmirror.org/2025/07/27/c...
Thousands of CT residents might be drinking water from lead pipes
Up to 8,000 lead service lines could still be supplying CT residences and other properties. This data is the first public look at the scope.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A Buried Threat: Thousands in CT might still be drinking water from lead pipes ctmirror.org/2025/07/27/c...
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The jazz festival has offered not just a concert series to Hartford, but also an open egalitarian space: free, outdoors and welcoming to all.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The jazz festival has offered not just a concert series to Hartford, but also an open egalitarian space: free, outdoors and welcoming to all.
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"The norms that guide news selection can be used to undermine democracy."
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How American journalism amplifies extremism (it’s not the way you think!)
American journalism creates space for small-town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"The norms that guide news selection can be used to undermine democracy."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...
A family of Afghan refugees arrived in CT. Here's what happened. ctmirror.org/2025/05/04/c...
A family of Afghan refugees arrived in CT. Here's what happened.
The family’s crisis-driven arrival may be the new reality for refugees, as support flounders and groups turn to private donors.
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May 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A family of Afghan refugees arrived in CT. Here's what happened. ctmirror.org/2025/05/04/c...
Today is a dangerous one in that it's April 1 and I've already been fooled by @ericaephillips.bsky.social who has beat my annual joke by A LOT
April 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today is a dangerous one in that it's April 1 and I've already been fooled by @ericaephillips.bsky.social who has beat my annual joke by A LOT
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Stories like that of Suffield’s Keila Silva show how even high school student projects have gotten caught up in federal cuts.
How a CT student's project became a casualty of Trump DEI purge
Stories like that of Suffield's Keila Silva show how even high school student projects have gotten caught up in federal cuts.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Stories like that of Suffield’s Keila Silva show how even high school student projects have gotten caught up in federal cuts.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Five years later: When COVID-19 became a global pandemic ctmirror.org/2025/03/11/f...
Five years later: When COVID-19 became a global pandemic
March 2020 was a blur. Coronavirus cases led to lockdowns, exacerbating economic disparities. By the end of the month, thousands had died.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Five years later: When COVID-19 became a global pandemic ctmirror.org/2025/03/11/f...
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Join us March 7th for the launch of our RJI Fellow's resources! A sonification toolkit, a sustainability tool, a guide to algorithmic literacy, a news game and more. All resources are free and ready for you and/or your newsroom to utilize. buff.ly/4aw1rPF
March 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Join us March 7th for the launch of our RJI Fellow's resources! A sonification toolkit, a sustainability tool, a guide to algorithmic literacy, a news game and more. All resources are free and ready for you and/or your newsroom to utilize. buff.ly/4aw1rPF
I was sad to learn about the passing of Philadelphia LGBTQ activist Tyrone Smith today. We crossed paths in 2020, when I interviewed him for a video. Tyrone could talk forever, and all you'd want to do is listen.
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'Progress in society is cyclical': Philly LGBTQ elders talk movement's history, today's parallels
YouTube video by The Philadelphia Inquirer
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February 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I was sad to learn about the passing of Philadelphia LGBTQ activist Tyrone Smith today. We crossed paths in 2020, when I interviewed him for a video. Tyrone could talk forever, and all you'd want to do is listen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn8_...
Freed from prison after 30 years, Hartford man meets a new world
- I'm excited to see this work from photojournalist Tabius McCoy published. It was a long effort from his summer internship to getting this to the finish line today.
ctmirror.org/2025/02/18/e...
- I'm excited to see this work from photojournalist Tabius McCoy published. It was a long effort from his summer internship to getting this to the finish line today.
ctmirror.org/2025/02/18/e...
Freed from prison after 30 years, Hartford man meets a new world
Eriberto DeLeon Jr. spent 30 years behind bars for his role in a burglary that left a Glastonbury man dead. Now he's navigating a new world.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Freed from prison after 30 years, Hartford man meets a new world
- I'm excited to see this work from photojournalist Tabius McCoy published. It was a long effort from his summer internship to getting this to the finish line today.
ctmirror.org/2025/02/18/e...
- I'm excited to see this work from photojournalist Tabius McCoy published. It was a long effort from his summer internship to getting this to the finish line today.
ctmirror.org/2025/02/18/e...
This is really sad! I'm glad I was able to take my kid to see the light show this Christmas, which is a must do for Philly in December. share.inquirer.com/SSUMEX?utm_s...
Center City Macy’s, located in iconic Wanamaker Building, will close in March
The closure is the latest drama on a stretch of East Market Street that’s been the focus of a recent and fierce civic debate over the approval of a proposed arena for the Sixers.
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January 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is really sad! I'm glad I was able to take my kid to see the light show this Christmas, which is a must do for Philly in December. share.inquirer.com/SSUMEX?utm_s...
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If we are gonna do discourse about newsletters again I need to remind you all I pay an editor to edit fact check me and I don’t do hot takes and you should subscribe to my newsletter lyz.substack.com
Men Yell at Me | lyz | Substack
Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell. Click to read Men Yell at Me, by lyz, a Substack publication with tens of thou...
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January 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If we are gonna do discourse about newsletters again I need to remind you all I pay an editor to edit fact check me and I don’t do hot takes and you should subscribe to my newsletter lyz.substack.com
In case anyone is dealing with a second school closure day, Mary Poppins Returns is a completely captivating 2h10m watch.
January 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In case anyone is dealing with a second school closure day, Mary Poppins Returns is a completely captivating 2h10m watch.