Ashad Hajela

Investigative Reporter, Tow Fellow for Race, Youth & Justice

Ashad Hajela is CT Public's Tow Fellow for Race, Youth and Justice with Connecticut Public's Accountability Project. He can be reached at ahajela@ctpublic.org.

He was previously a Report for America corps member at Spotlight PA State College, where he wrote about rural affairs. Prior to that, he covered public safety at The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC.

Ashad was a Stabile Fellow at Columbia Journalism School and attended New York University. He now calls New Haven home.

The Reporter’s Notebook

For CT Public, a new investigative reporter focused on race, youth and justice

Walter Smith Randolph

Ashad Hajela has joined CT Public's Accountability Project. He will focus on race, youth and justice thanks to a grant from the Tow Foundation.