Kimberly Phillips

Kimberly Phillips embarked on a career in journalism at 16 when a high school friend interested in starting a student newspaper recruited her help. She went on to intern and later work at the weekly paper in her Connecticut hometown, and after graduation from Central Connecticut State University joined the staff at the Register Citizen in Torrington. In early 2002, she moved to the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, rising through the ranks from reporter to town editor, state editor, and eventually news editor. After nearly 20 years at the JI, the last four as the newsroom’s top local editor, she shifted her professional path, wanting to get back to personally telling people’s stories. Phillips came to UConn in December 2021 to write for UConn Today and promote the University community’s achievements. She lives in Manchester with husband Jay and son Ethan.


Author Archive

A puppet of a woman sitting at a table, surrounded by piles of strewn items.

UConn Puppet Arts Alums Shine Bright as Diamonds in 60th Anniversary Exhibition

'Puppets can make us laugh and cause us to cry. They can inspire us to action and give us ideas to contemplate. Reality and fantasy are equally expressed through the puppet arts'

A mother and daughter in a doctor's office with the doctor looking into the child's mouth

Survey Asked Parents Whether They Consult with Doctor or Social Media Before Visiting ER

'The hypothesis of the study was that younger parents would be more likely to use online health information and certain types of online health information as well'

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Researchers Hope Documentary’s Example Can Promote Common Ground in Connecticut

'One of the things ‘The Tennessee 11’ shows us is that people generally are on the side of less firearm injury and death. We may just disagree about how to get there'

Protesters march in Washington, DC with a banner that read "Trump Must Go."

Study: Political Polarization Drives People to Protest

'The nature of protesting is quite a bit more focused on partisan politics than it has been in the past'

A woman stands in front of a kitchen counter with colorful cut vegetables on a cutting board.

Life with Lori June: Professor Turns Kitchen into Classroom to Show Us How She Does It

'I guess my life is a lot about food. It’s my creative outlet. Food is the way that I love people. Life with Lori June is just a new extension of that'

A man dressed in linen tunic with a bright colored necklace holds a white dove.

MFA Acting Alum Makes Name for Himself as Cast Member on ‘The Chosen: Last Supper’

'Everything moved into place. It felt like prayers being answered'

Buildings on the coast with the words "harmony of nature" and "sea level rise" and a music staff overlaid

More Than Simple Sonification: Next Phase of ‘Harmony of Nature’ Seeks to Make Music

'One of our goals is to be able to reach the nonscientist with scientific concepts and communicate those, and music is … [a] medium where it’s incredibly accessible to people'

A reporter with a camera hanging from his neck and microphone in his hand interviews a military officer.

War-Torn Central America in the 1980s Comes to Life in New Historical Memoir

It all started with a Polaroid Swinger camera and leather-bound diary

Happy family talking and smiling together at home

‘The Ability to Give and Receive Love’: Researchers Look at Effects of Acceptance, Rejection

'There’s no single experience in human life that's more important than the experience of being cared about by the people who are most important to you'

A woman is seated in an art gallery.

Beautiful Moments: SFA Alum Brings Smiles to Bridal Couples with Live Event Painting

When Erin Leigh Boughamer '94 (SFA) left UConn three decades ago with a degree in graphic design from the School of Fine Arts, event painting hadn’t yet become part of bridal vocabulary. To ask her back then if she foresaw herself with a wardrobe of dressy pantsuits, each with at least a little dollop of acrylic paint on them, she’d have said no way