Connecticut Examiner

This sum­mer (2023), I worked remote­ly for the Con­necti­cut Exam­in­er, a statewide online news­pa­per. I cov­ered top­ics with­in the city of Water­bury, my hometown.

Each week, I pitched my own sto­ry ideas to my edi­tor. While try­ing to find my niche, I cov­ered var­i­ous top­ics, includ­ing crime, edu­ca­tion and lifestyle. I also con­tributed to arti­cles my cowork­ers created.

For exam­ple, in a sto­ry cov­er­ing a Water­bury fish farm, I con­tributed by inter­view­ing restau­rant own­ers who uti­lized the fish farm.

In a sto­ry cov­er­ing Vib­rio­sis, a dead­ly dis­ease-caus­ing bac­te­ria in Con­necti­cut, I con­tact­ed var­i­ous health depart­ments across to state to try and deter­mine which depart­ments had reports of vib­rio infection.

This expe­ri­ence not only broad­ened my jour­nal­is­tic skills but also instilled in me the impor­tance of find­ing the right bal­ance between team­work and indi­vid­ual initiative—a les­son I’m eager to car­ry for­ward in my future endeavors.

 

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By Ali­cia Gomez
June 23, 2023
Con­necti­cut Examiner

When Latonya Inman opened the front door of her Water­bury home Thurs­day morn­ing to dri­ve to work, she was met with an emp­ty space where her 2017 Kia Soul was sup­posed to be. 

She said she called the police and report­ed the car stolen. About two hours lat­er, police told Inman they had seen her car parked on a street about 10 min­utes away. But by the time offi­cers escort­ed Inman to the loca­tion, she found the back win­dows of her vehi­cle had been bust­ed out.

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By Ali­cia Gomez
June 14, 2023
Con­necti­cut Examiner

After hear­ing con­cerns from the Water­bury Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty, the Board of Edu­ca­tion vot­ed 9–1 on Tues­day to mod­i­fy the aca­d­e­m­ic cal­en­dar to rec­og­nize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays.

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By Ali­cia Gomez
June 10, 2023
Con­necti­cut Examiner

I arrived at Chase Park in Water­bury about 10 min­utes after the yoga class start­ed Sat­ur­day and gen­tly laid my mat on the grassy field behind the atten­dees, ner­vous about dis­rupt­ing the flow or draw­ing atten­tion to myself.

From there, I could observe the oth­er atten­dees move through their pos­es. As one who usu­al­ly spends days inside read­ing, I felt unqual­i­fied to mim­ic pos­es like the “down­ward-fac­ing dog” or the “tree.”