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 Vote Here Today sign stands outside of a polling place.

UConn Students Ready for Election: ‘The best way we can be involved in our democracy is to vote’

Eyes on a critical slate of state, national contests

Janet Kim, assistant professor of music, leads a wind ensemble rehearsal

UConn Wind Ensemble Director Dreaming up Concert Series in Red, White, and Blue

'It’s not for me to dictate what people take away from the series'

Amanda Douberley, assistant curator and academic liaison of the William Benton Museum of Art, shows students around the “Ray Guns, Dames, and the Guilty Gaze: Feminism and the Golden Age of Science Fiction Pulps” exhibition on display in the museum

Latest Benton Exhibitions Focus on Women Artists, Feminism – and Punk Cat Eyes

Exhibitions survey the work of women artists in fields from pulp fiction to punk rock

UConn-Led Racial Equity Summit Seeks Ways for Higher Ed to Bolster Anti-Racism Efforts

Multi-university effort offers global perspective on issues of justice and equity

A moving van parked at the driveway of a house, with a ramp leading into the open trailer.

UConn Researcher Says Job Licensing Doesn’t Keep People from Moving; Community Plays Bigger Role

States boasting fewer job-related licensing requirements need other attractions to lure new residents

Illustration of a early century woman staring out of a door frame and out into a yard

Abortion in Colonial America: A Time of Herbal Remedies and Accepted Actions

UConn historians discuss abortion in Colonial America

A police traffic stop. (Getty Images)

UConn Policy Institute Releases First Statewide Report on Police Use of Force

Connecticut residents got their first look at statewide statistics on police use of force in a report from the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy

Jack Henry, one of the artists whose work is included in the Open Air Art Exhibition at UConn Avery Point, writes on one of the orbs included in the “For There is Always Light” portion of the exhibition during the opening reception on July 14, 2022. (Sydney Herdle/UConn Photo).

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Open Air 2022 Intends to Spark Conversation at Avery Point

Gun violence, environmental catastrophe among the themes explored by artists in diverse exhibition of artworks

An older woman's hand grasps a grab bar in a bathroom.

Finding Comfort at Home: New Website Logs Solutions to Everyday Problems for Disabled People and Their Caregivers

'If we only think of disabilities as this tragedy, we don’t also recognize that this is part of being a human being and this is part of how we make our world'

The "Goose of Cairo" sits prominently among the work on display in the 'Swing into Action: Maurice Sendak and the World of Puppetry' exhibition at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs as attendees walk around the exhibition during the opening event on July 7, 2022.

Where the Wild Puppets Are: Maurice Sendak Creations Land at Ballard

'Sendak was interested in puppetry, even though he was not a puppeteer himself. As a visual artist, he was intrigued by images, gestures, choreography, and story'