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Photo essay: How Native Tribes in New England are taking back their culture
Through education, celebration, creativity, artifact reclamation, land preservation and community engagement, Connecticut's five recognized tribes—Mashantucket Pequot Mohegan, Golden Hill Paugussett, Paucatuck Eastern Pequot and Schaghticoke—are reclaiming their history and culture.
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From Classroom to Commission: UConn’s ROTC programs serve as regional training hubs for future military officers
Women account for 24% of cadets in UConn’s Air Force ROTC and 35% in UConn’s Army ROTC. Both figures exceed the percent of women soldiers serving on active duty.
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UConn Anti-Black racism course requirement placed on hold
The UConn Senate voted to delay the requirement that all undergraduates take a course on anti-Black racism amid concerns that requiring the course would be considered discriminatory by the Trump administration.
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Treasurer’s office to discuss investment firm’s connection with ICE flights
The Connecticut Treasurer’s office is scheduled to meet this week with one of its investment funds to discuss its involvement in deportation flights run by federal ICE.
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Suspended U.S. refugee program separates families, stalls resettlement
When Connecticut’s flagship resettlement agency lost $4 million in federal funding due to a Trump administration executive order, it closed offices in Hartford and New Haven.
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UConn students confront housing crunch as enrollment rises
With on-campus beds falling far short of student demand, many UConn students were forced into expensive off-campus housing, and for some, the financial and emotional burden is overwhelming.
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Graduating Sandy Hook survivor looks back and ahead
As Lenie Urbina graduated from UConn, her mind slipped to the Sandy Hook students and staff members who were killed in 2012 in a tragedy that shocked the nation. Lenie was a 4th grader hiding in the gym supply closet.
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Opinion: Federal cuts could snip away your local park
As the Trump Administration continues to make deep cuts to federal programs that support parks, I have begun to wonder what will I do if my main connection to nature is severed?
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Students still facing academic and mental health challenges post-COVID
The pandemic’s toll on student engagement continues to reverberate across campuses nationwide.
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Behind the Stories: When Journalists Pivot into Politics
By Ryley McGinnis, UConn Journalism | May 9, 2019 Derek Slap, Mary Glassman and Lonnie Reed are three Connecticut politicians who started their careers in journalism and made the switch to politics. In this special ‘Behind the Stories’ podcast, Slap, Glassman and Reed outline their motivations for going into journalism, why they left the field…
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How to measure the success of a protest
By Adam Hushin, UConn Journalism May 9, 2019 Freedom of peaceful assembly is one of the rights Americans can exercise thanks to the First Amendment. Watch this animation to understand the recipe for a successful protest or rally. Listen to an accompanying “Behind the Stories” podcast on Soundcloud to understand what goes into organizing…
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How Hayley Tafuro ’16 turned her passion into an ascending career at NBC Sports
By Sean Boyle | UConn Journalism | May 3, 2019 A self-proclaimed “email nerd,” Hayley Tafuro (UConn Journalism ’16) is paving the way for aspiring journalists to break into the industry and rise at a major sports station. While Tafuro always knew she wanted a career covering sports, she never could have imagined reporting to…
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Multimedia triple threat Stan Simpson marries branding and storytelling
By Maya A. Moore, UConn Journalism | April 26, 2019 Veteran journalist Stan Simpson is skilled in the art of people, a characteristic that undoubtedly rings true when watching the host of Fox 61’s Real People with Stan Simpson on Sunday mornings. He welcomes viewers with his signature “Alright folks,” in a resounding voice and wide…
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How The Day’s Carlos Virgen fell forward into digital journalism and an award-winning podcast
By Sydney Mazur, UConn Journalism April 19, 2019 Meet Carlos Virgen, the digital news director at The Day in New London, Connecticut. He is not your traditional journalist. Originally from California, Virgen studied graphic design and worked in a law firm until one day a friend who published a Los Angeles independent alt-weekly hired him…
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Capturing news behind the camera with Fox 61 videographer Tom Maroney
By Abigail Brone, UConn Journalism April 12, 2019 Tom Maroney never planned to work as a journalist, he just liked telling stories and using a camera to do so. Maroney, a New York native, has worked as a cameraman at Fox 61 news for a decade. “As college students tend to do, I took a…
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Why WNPR’s Frankie Graziano ’11 looks for the human interest angle in every story
By Sean Boyle | UConn Journalism | April 5, 2019 Growing up, WNPR’s Frankie Graziano always dreamed of covering sports and never wavered in his determination to become a reporter. Along the way, Graziano realized that his passion for covering sporting events was rooted in the personal stories he got to share and the relationships forged with sources and…
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How sports journalism pioneer Claire Smith of ESPN gets into ‘the marrow of a story’
By Maya A. Moore ‘19 | UConn Journalism | March 29, 2019 Claire Smith credits her mother’s infectious love of the baseball and the enduring story of Jackie and Rachel Robinson with inspiring her 37-year-long career as a sports journalist. “I always knew that baseball was a passion, from childhood,” she said. “I just fell in…
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Behind the Stories: How the Sandy Hook shooting changed the way journalists in Connecticut cover guns
In Spring 2018, a team of UConn Journalism students asked four Connecticut journalists how the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting changed the way they cover gun violence and the gun control debate. We talked with reporters Jenn Bernstein and Matthew Kauffman, editorial page editor Jacqueline Smith and columnist Susan Campbell. Mass shootings had happened…
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Hearst Connecticut VP Matt DeRienzo talks online news, local versus corporate ownership
By Abigail Brone | March 8, 2019 Matt DeRienzo began working as a journalist the day after his eighteenth birthday. “I wrote a letter to the editor of my local newspaper in Maine about a drunk driver that hit and killed a friend of mine’s mother. I argued the bar that served the driver should…