Ali Oshinskie
Naugatuck Valley Reporter, Report For AmericaAli Oshinskie is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. She loves hearing what you thought of her stories or story ideas you have so please email her at aoshinskie@ctpublic.org.
Ali reports on the Naugatuck River Valley with an emphasis on work, economic development, and opportunity in the Valley. Her work has appeared on NPR, Here & Now, and Marketplace.
Past public radio work includes, New Hampshire Public Radio’s The Exchange; New England News Collaborative’s NEXT with host John Dankosky; the Marketplace Morning Report with host David Brancaccio; and Connecticut Public’s talk shows, Where We Live with host Lucy Nalpathanchil and The Colin McEnroe Show with host Colin McEnroe.
Ali enjoys growing vegetables in her backyard, giving things found in the trash a second life, and a good pair of boots with arch support. She occasionally tweets @ahleeoh.
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Unions for prison workers warn that there isn’t adequate staff in state facilities and that the entire Department of Correction system is short about 400 officers. -
Twenty-two people have been killed in shootings in New Haven this year. Three of those deaths happened in the last week. And this year’s death count of 22 is already higher than the 20 killings from all of last year in the city. -
An official memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attacks was created at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport in 2002. Now it’s a yearly tradition for families and loved ones of those lost in the attacks to gather at the memorial. On Thursday night, family members, first responders and Connecticut leaders gathered and laid white roses on the memorial and read the names of Connecticut’s lost. -
Students in all grades of all Connecticut schools are required to wear masks as they go back to school. But a small group of parents and kids across the state is pushing back on the mandate. -
A sick Beluga whale at Mystic Aquarium is now in stable condition. The young female Beluga was critically ill last week. A Facebook post from the aquarium Monday night said the staff was not yet optimistic and will continue to provide 24 hour care. -
Schools are adjusting their messaging on masks to parents. Even after all these months, schools are preparing for back to school with a reminder about how essential masks are. -
A young beluga whale is experiencing health issues at Mystic Aquarium. She doesn’t have a name yet and is estimated to be 6 years old, considered a juvenile. But this whale has already had the journey of a lifetime. -
Tropical Storm Henri has made landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island. -
Thursday’s job data showed Connecticut’s economy is continuing to recover jobs, but the state still has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. In the manufacturing sector, there are more job openings than qualified workers. -
The idea to bring a social worker into the Naugatuck Police Department started with the murder of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter, said Mayor Pete Hess.
