Michayla Savitt
State Government ReporterHaving grown up in southern New England, Michayla is proud to help tell stories about the Nutmeg State online and on the radio with Connecticut Public. Since joining the company's content team in 2022, she’s covered topics as varied as policy, health, affordability, human services, climate change, caregiving and education.
Michayla graduated with her master’s degree in health and science reporting in 2022, from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. While finishing her degree, she joined Connecticut Public as an intern with the talk show unit, and then the newsroom. She’s been reporting with the team ever since.
Before returning to school, Michayla was news director of a community radio station in Ithaca, New York, and was a news producer and host for various audio outlets covering issues across the Empire State. In 2017 she graduated from Ithaca College, the same place she caught the radio “bug” and dove into every facet of broadcasting – from hosting and producing music shows at all hours of the day, to delivering newscasts, starting a mental health podcast and training new on-air talent and board operators.
Michayla's work was part of Connecticut Public’s reporting that received a National Edward R. Murrow award for in-depth field coverage about a “thousand-year storm” in August 2024 that devastated parts of western Connecticut. Her reporting on government has also been recognized by the Connecticut Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Michayla's features about climate change in the state have aired on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and the New England News Collaborative.
When not on deadline, Michayla is probably making something out of clay, or strolling outside with her rescue dog, Elphie. Thoughts? Jokes? Tips? Email msavitt@ctpublic.org.
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The $2,000 maximum tax credit could reimburse eligible individuals for up to half their expenses to care for a loved one at home. -
The state cited Bickford for over a dozen violations in the weeks after a 93-year-old resident wandered outside of the facility undetected, later dying after exposure to the extreme cold. -
“How am I going to keep this insurance going?” asked Amelia Smith, 89, who said her monthly premium increased nearly tenfold since 1994. -
CT disability rights advocates continue denouncing Lamont plan to end Community First Choice programThe Medicaid State Plan service allows people who may otherwise need a nursing home level of care to schedule supports and other services in their own homes. -
Los umbrales financieros para calificar para HUSKY C son injustos para muchas personas con discapacidades en todo Connecticut, dijeron los defensores. -
Aides that provide medical care are required to have dementia training, but that requirement doesn’t apply to homemaker companion agency workers. Part of a state bill would change that. -
Financial thresholds to qualify for HUSKY C are unfair to many people with disabilities across Connecticut, advocates said.
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Esta breve sesión incluirá ajustes al presupuesto bianual del estado y buscará atender preocupaciones bipartitas sobre la asequibilidad y los recortes de fondos federales. -
The short session will include adjustments to the state’s two-year budget and ongoing bipartisan concerns about affordability and federal funding cuts.
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“The emergency is not over, and we still have a three alarm fire, and every day there's more incoming,” Gov. Lamont said.
