NHI Schools Reporting Recognized
by | Dec 14, 2022 8:56 am | Comments (7)
New Haven Independent schools reporting has been recognized as one of “the 9 most memorable K‑12 education stories of 2022” in the U.S.
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Former FLOTUS "Fistbumps" Possible Futures
by | Nov 28, 2022 3:00 pm | Comments (2)
On “Small Business Saturday,” a stack of Michelle Obama’s latest books made its way from the shelf of New Haven’s newest local bookstore to the former First Lady’s Facebook page.
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Match Made In Media Heaven
by | Nov 22, 2022 4:27 pm | Comments (0)
As you engage in holiday season giving this year, please consider making a matchable tax-deductible contribution to help keep nonprofit public-interest news reporting going strong in New Haven.
Breen Named Independent Editor
by | Nov 1, 2022 12:55 pm | Comments (33)
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Tom Breen self-reflecting at a 2019 Artspace exhibition.
New Haven Independent Managing Editor Tom Breen is stepping into the top editor role at the nonprofit online daily news outlet.
Cop Sharpshooters Get Social
by | Aug 10, 2022 2:17 pm | Comments (2)
New Haven police assigned their sharpest-eyed shooters to a new mission — and they came back with arresting images.
High Schoolers Crack The Code
by | May 16, 2022 12:01 pm | Comments (5)
Metropolitan Business Academy 11th-grader Neiel Ventura at DAE.
High school junior Neiel Ventura took a chance on a new after-school computer science program in Fair Haven. Months later, Ventura has set her sights on a career goal in technology and has cultivated the skills to support it — and built her own website designed to sell sneakers.
Judge Rules For 1st Amendment
by | Jan 27, 2022 2:37 pm | Comments (2)
A federal judge handed down a ringing endorsement of the First Amendment and open courts in rejecting a bid by five local nonprofits controlled by imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer to keep their legal business secret.
Champion Typo-Catchers Tell All
by | Dec 17, 2021 3:02 pm | Comments (16)
Barb Levine-Ritterman and Adam Weber with their victory mugs at WNHH FM.
When Barb Levine-Ritterman sees a stray comma or misspelled word in the New Haven Independent, it feels like a sliver of wood has slipped under the skin of a finger.
That makes us, and our readers, lucky.
#GivingTuesday + #NewsMatch
by | Nov 30, 2021 8:37 am | Comments (0)
When you donate to nonprofits you value this Giving Tuesday, please consider a contribution to the Online Journalism Project, which publishes the New Haven Independent and Valley Independent Sentinel and operates WNHH FM.
Annual “News Match” Continues: A Chance To Boost Nonprofit Local Reporting
by | Nov 9, 2021 1:02 pm | Comments (0)
An annual national fundraising event is underway that enables donors to boost local news, and double their dollars in their process.
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Latina Returns To Changed Newsiverse
by | Oct 29, 2021 9:12 am | Comments (2)
Jodi Latina
The news moves fast – too fast — in the age of the 24 hour news cycle.
That’s one of the biggest takeaways that Jodi Latina has experienced since her return to WTNH after a ten-year stint in politics.
“Long Agony Of Racism” Nets Journalism Award
by | Oct 25, 2021 11:21 am | Comments (0)
YAM Art Director Jeanine Dunn.
The hard-working crew at New Haven-based Yale Alumni Magazine captured a national award last week for “The Long Agony of Racism,” a cover package of stories exploring the issues raised by the police killing of George Floyd, published a month after his death.
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A Parting Peek Through A Master’s Lens
by | Sep 24, 2021 1:30 pm | Comments (14)
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Peter Hvizdak was driving around the Hill when he noticed a boy seeking to do the same — behind the wheel of a car with no tires.
He knew he had to stop to get that photo.
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Pete Hvizdak at WNHH FM: Register photojournalist has retired after 45 years documenting life in New Haven.
Mayor’s Spokesperson Moves On
by | May 11, 2021 5:16 pm | Comments (4)
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Gage Frank.
Mayor Justin Elicker’s press spokesperson, Gage Frank, is leaving City Hall to take the same position with State Treasurer Shawn Wooden.
New Police PIO Appointed
by | Apr 14, 2021 4:28 pm | Comments (2)
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Shumway reading to schoolkids.
“According to police spokesperson Officer Scott Shumway …”
Get ready to read that a lot in local news stories: Shumway has been tapped as the new public information officer (PIO) for the police department. He starts the post Monday, replacing Capt. Anthony Duff, who retired Wednesday.
Kamala’s Day In New Haven: A Timeline
by | Mar 26, 2021 10:49 pm | Comments (5)
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VP Harris greets 3-year-olds in West Haven.
So. What exactly did Vice President Kamala Harris do and talk about on Friday when she visited New Haven and West Haven?
The Mayor Un-friended Me
by | Mar 16, 2021 1:20 pm | Comments (24)
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Jennifer Pope: Once and future mayoral “friend.”
Jennifer Pope is co-founder of the Hamden Progressive Action Network and a Democratic State Central Committee member. We asked Mayor Curt Leng to respond to the following opinion article before we published it. He said he would re-friend Pope on Facebook; she responded to his response. Those two responses appear at the bottom of this article.
Aliyya Ascends
by | Jan 25, 2021 3:59 pm | Comments (1)
Aliyya Swaby
Aliyya Swaby, who covered New Haven schools for the Independent from 2014 – 2016, is gaining national attention for her groundbreaking work on the effect of the Covid-19 on public education in Texas.
Local GOP Moves To Gab To Grow
by | Jan 25, 2021 10:29 am | Comments (42)
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The Republican Town Committee has turned to a no-holds-barred corner of the web to try to grow its local membership.
Gov’t-Watchers Zoom In On Zoomocracy
by | Jan 20, 2021 12:32 pm | Comments (2)
Jonathan Wharton, Jodie Gil on WNHH’s “Dateline New Haven.”
Some local elected officials heard from their constituents more. They faced them less.
So went the first year of “Zoomacracy,” the move of municipal public meetings online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study by two local government-watchers. The results offer lessons for year two — and beyond, when life returns to a new normal.
Alders Honor Mary O’Leary
by | Dec 8, 2020 10:53 am | Comments (6)
On Monday night, the Board of Alders awarded veteran New Haven Register reporter Mary O’Leary an official citation in honor of her five decades of local reporting and on her retirement. Below is a transcription of the citation, which can be downloaded here.
The Council Chamber Beckoned
by | Dec 1, 2020 5:39 pm | Comments (11)
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Hamden has been heated: Kerry Ellington and Police Commission Chair Mike Iezzi at a commission meeting that turned into a protest.
I was supposed to spend a few months watching elected officials fight every other Monday night. Spring would come, and I would run off to the circus, quite literally.
Pandemic Politics-Beat Switch Made Permanent
by | Nov 30, 2020 12:19 pm | Comments (0)
Generational shift: Mark Davis (left), Jodi Latina.
The state politics baton has passed for good at New Haven’s WTNH.
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3 Veteran Register Reporters Take Buy-Outs
by | Nov 13, 2020 3:02 pm | Comments (25)
Mary O’Leary posing questions at last month’s U.S. Congressional debate.
Joe Amarante, Randall Beach.
More than a century’s worth of knowledge about the city is exiting the New Haven Register newsroom, as three top reporters are taking buyouts.
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Please Help Keep Nonprofit News Going
by | Nov 1, 2020 9:59 am | Comments (2)
Sunday begins an annual fundraising drive for nonprofit online local public-interest news outlets — including the New Haven Independent and Valley Independent Sentinel.