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

Portrait of Christopher Sancomb in the Materials Library

Seeing Is Believing: UConn’s Materials Library Helps Student Researchers Weigh Options

The library houses a collection of raw, manufactured, and reclaimed materials from all over the world that go into the built environment around us

Ebonie Marie hadnign out affirmations to students on Fairfield Way

Graduating Student Passes Out Affirmations to Those Who Need to Heal – Including Herself

Starting at the Student Union, she’s covered much of campus, including Wilbur Cross and the Homer Babbidge Library, in search of students who look like her

A group of people stand together wearing paper Shakespeare masks.

Imagine Shakespeare in Front of a PS4 – Probably Not, But the Bard Has Influenced Gaming

'Not all literature is so easily translated into new forms and new media. Most of Shakespeare can be adapted to pretty much any time and place'

A historical black and white photograph of the 1948 Progressive Party national convention.

Undergraduate Political Review Gives Students Chance to Dig Deep Outside the Classroom

'You read the news. You think about these things. It’s just a way to formally express it'

A student describes his research poster, on a window behind him, to a woman whose back is to the camera.

Nursing and Engineering Innovation Forum Highlights Interdisciplinary Work

'Just one conversation can open the door'

A group of yellow crime scene evidence markers on the street and brass bullet shell casings

New Online Dashboard Offers Look at Violent Deaths in Connecticut – When, Where, and How

Details on how much violent death is in the state has been hard to come by until now

Black-and-white photograph from 1938 depicting a crowd of women, many carrying protest signs. In the background, the iconic Washington Memorial pokes over the tree line.

Living Ernestina: A Woman’s Story of Bravery, Exile, Tragic Love, and Activism

'This kind of story reminds us that everyday people can have such an impact in many ways, but it’s easy to be forgotten'

Closeup of Police Lights on Dark Street at Night

Study: Police Finance Organizations Allow Steady Flow of Dark Money to Law Enforcement

'When you don’t know what’s going into a police budget, that raises questions about who the police are working for. Is it the community that pays taxes or someone else?'

A multicolored picture of an art collage that includes handmade doilies and other items.

Art Exhibition No ‘Joke’ in Asking Hard Questions

'Joker Stardust,' on display March 27-30, started as a critique of consumerism inspired by the 1980s but eventually morphed into a multilayered project focused on the 1960s and 1970s that asks the question, 'Who am I?'

A person using a laptop computer in nature

Upcoming Discussions on Public Health, Ecology Designed to Get People ‘Thinking Globally’

'One of the main aims of the series is to get academic expertise down the pipeline and make it available to the wider public'