Laura Tillman

An excerpt of my new book out in the world today from @lithub . Read the prologue, get hungry, buy the book, repeat. lithub.com/from-a-rural-m…

Kerry Bilda’s job as a recovery coach is paid for through a federal agency that’s being dismantled. @CTMirror spoke with Bilda and others, inc. @YaleSPH's Dr. Robert Heimer, on how federal budget cuts may impact the substance use and addiction workforce. ctmirror.org/2025/08/24/ct-…

CT Jewish leaders denounce new rules for federal security grants ctmirror.org/2025/08/22/ct-…

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

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…

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 @CTMirror

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/ @Andy_Ed_Brown)

🧵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…

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.

What a story. What a policy. @GinnyMonk and @davealtimari doing the work.

We asked voters about the top issues on their minds heading into Election Day for @CTMirror ctmirror.org/2024/11/04/ct-…

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…

@davealtimari ate and left no crumbs: @connecticutmirror/video/7428631767512321310?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7233958163371165226" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@connecticutmi… @CTMirror PS if this looks like fun, we're hiring

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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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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 @CTMirror with graphics by @shifradayak ctmirror.org/2024/08/25/ct-…

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 @latillman for @CTMirror, w/ graphics by me: ctmirror.org/2024/08/25/ct-…

This food reporting fellowship looks really fun: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default…

Norton is thrilled to have two winners of the 2024 @beardfoundation 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-…