Macy Hanzlik-Barend
Valerie Friedman Emerging Journalists InternMacy Hanzlik-Barend is the Valerie Friedman Emerging Journalists Intern at Connecticut Public.
She recently graduated from a dual degree program between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
A radio native, Macy has worked for the past two years at WKCR, Columbia's independent student-run radio station in New York City.
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In the Spring of 2024, CoDE’s Education Chair Christi Moraga, a career teacher who has served on multiple national book award committees, proposed a multicultural book drive. CoDE would offer to donate four award-winning children’s books to a host of libraries across the county. Librarians, including those at Gilead Hill School and Hebron Elementary, picked a wishlist of four books off a larger list. But CoDE was quickly notified that the Hebron school librarians would not be accepting these books. -
Carter’s mother offered a prayer for her daughter at the ceremony Friday afternoon. Despite her ambitious personality, it took ten years of service for Carter to realize that she wanted to be a chief. -
Symptoms of tick-borne illnesses are often non-specific, including fatigue, fever or a headache. That's why doctors say hypervigilance is important. -
A new provision in the state’s biennial budget establishes and funds the Social Work and Law Enforcement Project (SWLE) at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU). The program, founded in 2020, places social workers and student interns within local police departments. -
La ACCC ha servido como un faro para la cultura y la comunidad en Waterbury, pero desde el aumento de las redadas de inmigración en Connecticut, la ACCC se ha enfrentado a un nuevo desafío, dijo Alexa Encarnacion, tesorera de la ACCC. -
Jakubowski explains that there are two major concerns, what Foodshare has lost already and what they anticipate losing, especially with the potential passage of the Trump Administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill". -
The event featured the dedication of a memorial stone in honor of those formerly enslaved families. The stone now rests in the garden of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. -
The ACCC has served as a beacon for culture and community in Waterbury, but since the uptick in immigration raids across Connecticut, the ACCC has been facing a new challenge, said Alexa Encarnacion, the ACCC’s treasurer.
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Yet again, Connecticut lawmakers this session debated, but failed to pass, laws allowing a limited bear hunting season in Connecticut. Here's what to know. -
The summer months see a sharp rise in accidental drownings. Nationwide, roughly 1,000 children die each year from accidental drowning. Sen. Richard Blumenthal noted the troubling trend and urged parents to be vigilant.
