Since its founding, CT Mirror has balanced daily reporting with in-depth, long-term reporting series. Here are some of CT Mirror’s past and ongoing reporting series.
Connecticut’s Elder Care Reckoning
- Topic: An extensive look at the challenges in finding care for Connecticut residents as they age.
- Author: Jenna Carlesso and Dave Altimari
- Date: March 2023 to April 2023
The Next Stage
- Topic: A three-part series that examines how Connecticut’s career and technical education programs prepare students for manufacturing careers.
- Author: Erica E. Phillips
- Date: October 2022 to February 2023
Notice to Quit
- Topic: A four-part series that examines evictions in Connecticut and their effects on children and families.
- Author: Ginny Monk
- Date: December 2022
The Burden of Bail
- Topic: A three-part series that explores the effects and challenges of Connecticut’s cash bail system.
- Author: Kelan Lyons
- Date: July 2022 to August 2022
Planning for a Changing Climate
- Topic: An extensive look at various climate change-related challenges across the state and plans to address them
- Author: Jan Ellen Spiegel
- Date: January 2021 to January 2022
Single Moms: Parenting Alone During COVID
- Topic: An examination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on single mothers
- Authors: Isabella Zou, Elizabeth Hamilton, Kira Goldenberg, Yehyun Kim
- Published: May 2021
A Better Deal: Inclusive Economic Recovery
- Topic: An exploration of challenges and opportunities for inclusive recovery in Connecticut
- Authors: Tom Condon, Mark Pazniokas, Keith Phaneuf, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Jenna Carlesso, Kelan Lyons
- Published: October 2020 to January 2021
CT’s Scramble for Food in COVID Times
- Topic: An examination of food supply chain challenges in Connecticut in COVID’s early days
- Author: Jan Ellen Spiegel
- Published: April and May 2020
Separated By Design
- Topic: An authoritative assessment of exclusionary housing policy in Connecticut
- Author: Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
- Published: May 2019 to June 2020
The Cities Project
- Topic: An exploration of challenges and solutions related to revitalizing Connecticut’s cities
- Authors: Tom Condon in collaboration with reporters from Connecticut Public Radio, Hearst Connecticut Media, Hartford Courant, Republican-American of Waterbury, Hartford Business Journal, and Purple States
- Published: June to October 2019
CT’s Small Solutions to Climate Change
- Topic: An exploration of how Connecticut is grappling with the effects of climate change, one small solution at a time
- Author: Jan Ellen Spiegel
- Published: September 2019
Extreme Inequality: Connecticut’s Wealth Dilemma
- Topic: An exploration of wealth and income inequality in Connecticut and its impact on a state struggling to cope with massive debt
- Authors: Keith Phaneuf and Clarice Silber
- Published: May to December 2018
Connecticut’s Vanishing Shoreline
- Topic: An examination of Connecticut’s slow response to rising sea levels and the consequences of inaction
- Author: Jan Ellen Spiegel
- Published: November 2018
For Connecticut’s Nonprofits, A Time of Reckoning
- Topic: An exploration of the impact of the state budget on the nonprofit sector
- Authors: Tom Condon, Paul Marks, Keith Phaneuf
- Published: August 2018
Lessons from Next Door
- Topic: An exploration of ways to close persistent gaps in educational achievement
- Author: Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
- Published: December 2017
Language Wars
- Topic: An exploration of how English learners are taught in Connecticut schools
- Author: Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
- Published: May and June 2017
A Legacy of Debt
- Topic: A comprehensive and thorough examination of Connecticut’s decades-in-the-making budget crisis
- Author: Keith Phaneuf
- Published: January and February 2017
Troubled Schools on Trial
- Topic: An analysis of the vast inequality between Connecticut’s school districts amid a consequential court battle
- Author: Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
- Published: December 2016
Starting Early
- Topic: An examination of abuse, neglect and other forms of severe adversity in childhood and approaches to prevention
- Authors: Arielle Levin Becker and Alvin Chang
- Published: January 2015