Since August 2025, more than three dozen stories, photos and videos produced by UConn Journalism students from their classes have been published professionally by CT Community News.

The site on Substack is a news outlet led by UConn Journalism Lecturer Harriet Jones and sponsored by the CT Student Journalism Collaborative. Jones, UConn Journalism Department Head Marie K. Shanahan and professors Julie Serkosky and Kate Farrish co-founded the nonprofit in 2023 with journalism professors around the state to fill a niche. As student internships were declining statewide, the professors wanted to find an outlet to professionally publish their best students’ work.

Jones and other leaders of the collaborative then built partnerships with a number of news outlets, including CT Public, the Hartford Courant, the CT Mirror, WSHU and CTNewsJunkie, that are regularly republishing the student journalism from UConn, CT State-Manchester, Southern Connecticut State University, Central Connecticut State University, and other universities.

The students have been thrilled to see their work published, and they often say their extended families are excited to see their work as well.
One of them is Kwasi Osei-Amankwah, a recent UConn journalism graduate, who won a statewide Society of Professional Journalists award for his story on the job prospects and worries of the Class of 2025.

“It was a turning point in my writing career, allowing me to have a story published at a time when I had never imagined it possible,” he said. “I am eternally grateful for this incredible experience.”