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Laura Tillman

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Human Services Reporter, CT Mirror. Author, The Migrant Chef, A New Yorker and NPR pick, James Beard winner: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

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Proud to see this episode of "In the Room with Peter Bergen" nominated for a Webby, on the fentanyl epidemic. Peter Bergen Kalie Shorr Sam Quinones Joshua A. Geltzer Please vote for us here: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting/#…

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Salman Rushdie's message to his assailant: "Our lives touched each other for an instant and then separated. Mine has improved since that day, while yours has deteriorated." cbsn.ws/3Jf4SgV

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JUST IN: Boeing offers condolences after a passenger was killed on a Boeing 777 plane, says their “thoughts” are with the passengers and crew. In total 30 people were injured and a 73-year-old British man was killed. The incident happened after the plane fell a whopping

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Norton is thrilled to have two winners of the 2024 James Beard Foundation book awards. Congrats to: Laura Tillman, THE MIGRANT CHEF (Literary Writing) Gary Paul Nabhan & David Suro Piñera, AGAVE SPIRITS (Beverages Without Recipes) See all the 2024 winners: jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2024-…

Norton is thrilled to have two winners of the 2024 <a href="/beardfoundation/">James Beard Foundation</a> book awards. Congrats to:

Laura Tillman, THE MIGRANT CHEF (Literary Writing)
Gary Paul Nabhan &amp; David Suro Piñera, AGAVE SPIRITS (Beverages Without Recipes)

See all the 2024 winners:
jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2024-…
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Food pantries in Connecticut often differ in the resources they can offer their clients. Meanwhile, food assistance requests statewide more than quadrupled since before the pandemic. Fantastic reporting by Laura Tillman for Connecticut Mirror, w/ graphics by me: ctmirror.org/2024/08/25/ct-…

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Families are relying on food pantries in Connecticut like never before. But unlike neighboring states NJ and MA, Connecticut gives just a sliver of $ to the cause. My first feature for Connecticut Mirror with graphics by Shifra Dayak ctmirror.org/2024/08/25/ct-…

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Come work with us in a collegial newsroom of talented reporters doing mission-driven journalism. CT Mirror is hiring a policy editor, one week left to apply: ctmirror.org/work-for-us/

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I got to spend some time with Chef Jacques Pepin at his home in Madison, CT recently for @ctmirror ctpublic.org/2024-10-25/jac…

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Trump's government funding shutdown - Medicaid, cancer research, elementary schools - is cataclysmic by itself. But together with the pardon of the rioters, the firing of the IGs, etc. it's a brazen, transparent effort to seize power. Let's start acting like it.

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🧵Covid-era federal relief is drying up. Future federal funding is uncertain. Medicaid cuts are on the table. So where are states turning this budget season? To the supposedly protected, supposedly meant-for-addiction opioid settlement funds. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

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ICYMI: A second company owned by Sen. John Fonfara faced scrutiny from PURA staff last year over whether it was operating without a license. Fonfara is now seeking a spot as one of five commissioners on PURA's board: ctmirror.org/2025/03/05/pur… (Collab w/ Andrew Brown)

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A family of Afghan refugees waited 8 years to come to the U.S. Then, their flight was cancelled. Here's what happened next:ctmirror.org/2025/05/04/ct-… My story for Connecticut Mirror

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Wesley Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in journalism say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. cjr.org/feature-2/wesl…

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My first story with an editor's content warning came out of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Reporting w/ Laura Tillman and AngelaEichhorst: ctmirror.org/2025/06/03/ct-…