Posted inNews

Scenes from the streets: Seven student journalists report on the campaign

by Michael Regan October 29, 2010 @ 12:00 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 9:06 pm

Facebook
Bluesky
X
LinkedIn
Reddit
Email
Print

Republish this article

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Nonprofit and hyperlocal news organizations are welcome to republish CT Mirror stories and opinion pieces at no charge. If you do republish CT Mirror content we ask that you follow a few guidelines:

You must use the HTML code below (including the Canonical code).
You must include a byline, ideally in this format: "by Ginny Monk, CT Mirror."
Access to CT Mirror content that you republish must remain free. You may not sell access to this article, place it behind a paywall, or grant downstream publication rights to other publishers.
You must receive approval from CT Mirror Publisher Bruce Putterman prior to re-publishing your first CT Mirror story.
See additional Republishing Guidelines, including conditions by which you may make small changes to story content, here.

Scenes from the streets: Seven student journalists report on the campaign

by Michael Regan, CT Mirror
October 29, 2010

					<h1>Scenes from the streets: Seven student journalists report on the campaign</h1>
<p class="byline">by Michael Regan, CT Mirror <br />October 29, 2010</p>
					
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;color: black;font-size: 9pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-indent: 0px;border-collapse: separate;font: medium 'Times New Roman';letter-spacing: normal;color: #000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: 12px"><strong style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px">From the raucous crowd</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>outside a U.S. Senate debate to a long-shot petitioning candidate running in a four-way General Assembly race in Eastern Connecticut, seven student journalists at the University of Connecticut have <a style="margin: 0px;color: #aa0000;padding: 0px" href="http://uconnpolitics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">chronicled</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>scenes from this years’ campaigns. Assistant professor Gail MacDonald sent them out on assignment and assembled their work in a blog.</span></span></span></p>

					<p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://ctmirror.org/2010/10/29/scenes-streets-seven-student-journalists-report-campaign/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://ctmirror.org&quot;&gt;CT Mirror&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://ctmirror.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-CTMirror_bug_rgb-180x180.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://ctmirror.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=780198&amp;amp;ga4=G-9GVNVL530Q&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://ctmirror.org/2010/10/29/scenes-streets-seven-student-journalists-report-campaign/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/ctmirror.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p>

From the raucous crowd outside a U.S. Senate debate to a long-shot petitioning candidate running in a four-way General Assembly race in Eastern Connecticut, seven student journalists at the University of Connecticut have chronicled scenes from this years’ campaigns. Assistant professor Gail MacDonald sent them out on assignment and assembled their work in a blog.

Connecticut needs you now.

Across the country, reporters and news organizations are challenged, dismissed, even targeted for doing their jobs. It’s happening to CT Mirror journalists, too.

This year, for the first time, CT Mirror has needed to budget for security to protect our reporters at events and large-scale demonstrations where their physical safety was at risk, and even online where reporters have faced harassment.

That’s the environment we're operating in. And it’s exactly why local journalism is needed now.

CT Mirror reporters run toward the hard questions. They dig into budgets, contracts, and submit near-endless information requests to uncover stories that need telling. They sit through the long hearings. They follow the facts wherever they lead. Holding power to account isn’t a slogan here — it’s our mission.

People like you, who read our stories, know that standing alongside our journalists as a member ensures the news Connecticut needs remains independent, local, and free to read.

CT Mirror exists for one reason: to inform and strengthen a civically engaged public. When local journalism is strong, communities are stronger. Transparency improves. Accountability deepens. Democracy works better.

If you believe Connecticut deserves local reporting that is fearless, fair, and accessible to all, can you start a $15 monthly donation today?

Stand with the journalists who stand up for Connecticut and our democracy. Strengthen your community. Be a co-publisher of CT Mirror.

Thank you.

Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Sign up and continue reading.

Looking for a reason to give to CT Mirror? Our members have plenty.

Understand Connecticut news — and why it matters.

Learn more about Connecticut — every morning.

Leave a comment

Learn more about
Connecticut — every morning.