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Cop Sharpshooters Get Social
New Haven police assigned their sharpest-eyed shooters to a new mission — and they came back with arresting images.
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Breen Named Independent Editor
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.
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Match Made In Media Heaven
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.
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Former FLOTUS "Fistbumps" Possible Futures
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.
View ArticleNHI Schools Reporting Recognized
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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Wang Wins Typo Tourney
Sharp eyes for misspellings: Polydactyl typo-catching cat assistant Mitzvah (Mitts) prepares to pounce on NHI errors. Joy Wang. The Independent corrected over 1,119 typos in 2022 — and those are just...
View ArticleBlumenthal To Big Tech: “Reform Is Coming”
You can help us fix this mess. Or we’ll do it ourselves.U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal sent that message to tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Rising Star Focuses On Journo Pal's Arrest
New Havener makes good: Award-winning NYT mag writer Jazmine Hughes. WSJ's Evan Gershkovich. In the space of half a day, Jazmine Hughes went from celebrating reaching a milestone in her dream career —...
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New Site Spotlights Wrongful Convictions
From the home page of "Holding Me Captive." Journalism professor Sarah Stillman and criminal justice reform activist James Jeter. A local criminal justice reformer and a Yale journalism professor have...
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WNHU Celebrates 50 Years On Air
WNHU's Jess Finn, Bruce Barber, and J.J. Dionisio. This past weekend saw 88.7 FMWNHU, the award-winning venerable radio station of the University of New Haven, kicking off a yearlong celebration of...
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God & The Internet Meet At Albertus Magnus
Professor Schmidt with Edward Dunar, head of Albertus's Eckhart Center. Ever have a long email exchange end in a sudden stoppage? You send a heartfelt one and there is no answer. Nothing. Nada. An...
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Israeli Correspondent Navigates Fears, Hope
Tzippy Shmilovitz. The 5,591 miles separating New Haven and Tel Aviv got a lot farther since Oct. 7 for Tzippy Shmilovitz.Since then, Shmilovitz worries if three hours go by and she doesn’t hear from...
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Here's A Chance To Keep Local News Chugging
A new month brings a new chance to help keep nonprofit public-interest news reporting alive in New Haven — and see your generosity matched dollar for dollar.Translation: It’s “NewsMatch” time...
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Typo-Catcher Mugged -- In Chicago!
Goodwillie and Mitts. Look, we publish a lot of stories. And we have a small staff. So we’re lucky to have readers like Hannah Goodwillie, who volunteer to let us know when we’ve made mistakes, even...
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How Laurel Vlock Documented The Unthinkable
The life and work of Laurel Fox Vlock (pictured), a TV journalist who founded New Haven’s Holocaust video archives, will take center stage at an event Sunday. Hosted by the Jewish Historical Society of...
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Register Heads North
100 Gando Dr. The New Haven Register is on the move — to Meriden.The print daily paper’s newsroom relocated 15 miles north this week to the headquarters of the Meriden Record-Journal, leaving it...
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Grace-Flood Flees To Philly
No word yet on the cheesesteaks: Grace-Flood. You can still read what Nora Grace-Flood is finding out — now from Philadelphia rather than New Haven.Nora, a reporter for the New Haven Independent the...
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Brill Battles Bots To Rescue Truth
Author Brill (at right): "If we understand how truth has been so eviscerated, we can see how to restore it." The Death Of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues...
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Indy Wins Prizes For Education, Evictions Coverage
The Lamberton encampment, cleared by the state. Math teacher Charity Ann Chambers helps students "embrace mistakes." August 2023 anti-eviction rally. Independent reporters placed first in five...
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Movie To Premiere In Student Filmmaker's Absence
UNH film student Elisa Broche (second from right) with her family in Honduras. Elisa Broche won’t be at Saturday’s premiere of her new documentary about Newhallville community activist Marcus Harvin at...
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