Why NYC is ‘for the girls.’ I wonder how partisanship interacts with social networks/finding partners. apnews.com/article/demogr…

Happy Pi Day! Thinking about my thanksgiving pie chart that didn’t make it to press

The last piece I worked on for AP-NORC Center is up. Fewer think Canada is an ally compared to 2023, this decrease has mostly come from Democrats. Majority still characterize the relationship as friendly. AP’s analysis here: apnews.com/article/trump-…

It's my first week at the CT Mirror! I’ll be developing newsroom AI data tools to improve our research and reporting.

Here's my first piece for the Mirror! I looked at how CT life expectancy has changed over the last 50 years and comparisons with the rest of the U.S. ctmirror.org/2025/05/09/ct-…

Two AI regulation bills passed to the CT general assembly floor last week. ctmirror.org/2025/05/09/ct-…

Last minute deal wins bipartisan passage of AI bill in CT Senate ctmirror.org/2025/05/15/ct-…

Following coverage from my colleagues on Connecticut's homeschooling debates, Renata Daou and I looked into how many children are being homeschooled in the state.

Follow our bill tracker too see what's going on in the Connecticut legislature this session ctmirror.org/2025/05/20/ct-…

We're focusing a lot on whether ChatGPT has the literary chops to replace us all as writers. A better question would be whether ChatGPT has the proper blend of ambition, resentment, passive-aggression, functional relationship to uppers, etc., to replace us as writers.

Blumenthal’s KOSA faces pushback from LGBTQ group, via truck ctmirror.org/2025/06/17/kid…

We made this data visualization from our bill tracker to show how many of the bills we followed this session got signed into law.

What are Connecticut's AI laws? How do they compare to other states' laws? What's happening with AI federal laws? And -- how did CT Mirror use AI this Connecticut General Assembly session?

When social media posts concerned about #diquat went viral, we analyzed hundreds of DEEP permits and found diquat has been a standard treatment for aquatic invasive species in Connecticut for years.

The idea for this came from AI analysis of the hefty budget and bond bills that passed this session. I spoke to redemption center owners, politicians, industry lobbyists, grocery store staff, bottle returners, and examined government documents to report the story.

The jazz festival has offered not just a concert series to Hartford, but also an open egalitarian space: free, outdoors and welcoming to all. ctmirror.org/2025/07/25/gre…

Amazing work by my colleagues. Check if your home is one of many in Connecticut with lead pipes.

From how it's used to the potential health risks and available alternatives — here's what you should know about diquat, the herbicide at the center of a debate along the Connecticut River: ctmirror.org/2025/08/11/diq… (w/ AngelaEichhorst)

We've joined Hacks/Hackers first Newsroom AI lab. Ready for learning, prototyping, and testing. If anyone has any design theory or project management podcast/book/media recommendations, let me know hackshackers.com/wisconsin-watc…