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CT Mirror fall 2025 interns (left to right) Christina Lee, Kwasi Osei-Amankwah and Josie Reich. Credit: Contributed

The Connecticut Mirror has welcomed one reporting intern and two audience engagement interns this fall.

Reporting Intern Josie Reich will contribute to CT Mirror’s state politics and public policy coverage, while Audience Engagement Interns Christina Lee and Kwasi Osei-Amankwah will create social media content and produce weekly newsletters.

“I am thrilled to welcome this year’s class of talented interns, who come to us with an array of backgrounds and experience,” said Housing and Children’s Issues Reporter Ginny Monk, who serves as CT Mirror’s internship coordinator. “It’s an important moment to be in journalism, and we at CT Mirror are excited to continue our work training the next generation of journalists.”

Learn more about CT Mirror’s fall 2025 interns below:

Christina Lee

Christina is a senior at Yale University studying history and comparative literature and served as the head photography editor and a beat reporter covering nonprofits and social services for the Yale Daily News. Previously, she was an audience intern for Wirecutter at The New York Times and has also written for The New Journal, a magazine about Yale and New Haven. As a Yale journalism teaching assistant and mentor, Christina supports young New Haven student reporters in grades 3–8 with their work on the East Rock Record.

Kwasi Osei-Amankwah

Kwasi graduated from the University of Connecticut in May with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in communications. Kwasi previously interned at FOX61 and currently works with uSTADIUM as a producer, editor, and on-air personality intern. Originally from Great Neck, New York, he aspires to build a career as a multimedia journalist.

Josie Reich

Originally from Washington, D.C., Josie is a senior at Yale University majoring in American Studies. Josie reported for The Wall Street Journal’s technology and media team, writing features on Silicon Valley power players, President Trump’s tax mega bill, and devastating flooding in Texas. She also wrote for Washingtonian Magazine, covering DC businesses, Olympians, politicians, chefs and events and worked for Politico’s business team, conducting data analysis and product development. Josie has written about Connecticut for the Yale Daily News and The New Journal and is a Yale Journalism Initiative coordinating fellow.

As manager of audience engagement, Gabby is responsible for CT Mirror’s digital growth. She manages our website, newsletters, search engine optimization, CT Mirror Explains product, on-site marketing, social media channels and internal data analysis. Gabby previously worked as a reporter on Patch.com’s Connecticut team and as an associate editor at The Woonsocket Call in Rhode Island. She is a Connecticut native who holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UConn and is pursuing a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.