Investigative Reporter @CTMirror @ProPublica Local Reporting Network Fellow [email protected]
Hartford, CT
Joined June 2009
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Special @ctmirror investigation: Connecticut has one of the largest shares of older adults in the country and a sizeable insurance presence. Yet, an industry at the intersection of elder care and insurance is in turmoil 🧵
ctmirror.org/2025/01/26/ct-l…
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Devastating. Just really devastating. statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…
Great.
A venomous spider species never before documented in Connecticut was discovered in an apartment building in Wallingford, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES).
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IMPORTANT NEW STORY: These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days. propublica.org/article/immig… @marioarizabaez @hannah_beckler @LibbySeline
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Read this piece by @A_L on the sorry state of federal FOIA.
New: Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal. propub.li/4q71RDI
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Many Americans assume that if they can afford paid help in older age, they won’t need to rely on kin—but this myth will leave them incredibly unprepared, Stephanie H. Murray argues. theatln.tc/0nmKsW4W
🎨: Hokyoung Kim
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As part of a yearlong investigation, the @CTMirror and KFF Health News interviewed more than three dozen patients sued by hospitals and physician groups over medical bills. kffhealthnews.org/health-car…
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Paid influence is increasingly rampant. I found out that:
Tom Steyer paid TikTok star Carlos Espina $100K to endorse his campaign
Jessica Reed Kraus was paid to attack an NYT reporter on X
Dom Lucre was paid as much as $15K to support Trump's BBB
nytimes.com/2026/05/16/busin…
The senate has passed a bill that would impose consumer protections, require greater financial transparency from long-term care insurance providers, and allow the attorney general to investigate carriers, following @ctmirror reporting.
ctmirror.org/2026/04/30/ct-l…
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CT Mirror wins second national award for long-term care insurance reporting ctmirror.org/2026/04/24/ahcj…
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PODCAST: CT doctors now sue patients more than hospitals do over medical bills ctmirror.org/2026/04/21/podc…
Lawsuits by doctors and other non-hospital providers now dominate health care collections in Connecticut.
CT Mirror and KFF Health News analyzed thousands of lawsuits against patients. This is the first story in a series.
ctmirror.org/2026/04/19/ct-m…
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Lawsuits by doctors and other nonhospital providers now dominate health care collections in Connecticut, legal records show, accounting for more than 80% of cases filed against patients in recent years.
@NoamLevey, @JNCWriter & Katy Golvala report ⤵️
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Honored and excited to be a part of this
Oh happy day! ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Names Five New Partners propublica.org/atpropublica/…
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New: Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent. propub.li/4di7xXs
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Often overshadowed in the attention around Trump’s pardon decisions is the emotional and financial devastation left behind. Few clemency decisions illustrate that more clearly than the case of Joseph Schwartz. propublica.org/article/josep… @jeremykohler
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has given up enforcing the state public records law. #FOIA @BostonGlobe bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/m…
For months, a group of long-term care insurance policyholders has traveled the state, trying to form a grassroots coalition to prompt legislative reform.
Relief from soaring rate increases is a top priority.
ctmirror.org/2026/02/03/long…
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A stat worth knowing: McKinsey the consulting firm has more employees than there are journalists of any kind in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/05…
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Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/05…