Jenna Carlesso

Investigative reporter @CTMirror.
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[Jenna Carlesso @JNCWriter]

Special @ctmirror investigation: Connecticut has one of the largest shares of older adults in the country and a sizeable insurance presence. Yet, an industry at the intersection of elder care and insurance is in turmoil 🧵

https://t.co/I0F4vp9Ztk

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

As part of a yearlong investigation, the @CTMirror and KFF Health News interviewed more than three dozen patients sued by hospitals and physician groups over medical bills. https://t.co/Qm9AwigrOX

[Ken Bensinger @kenbensinger]

Paid influence is increasingly rampant. I found out that:

Tom Steyer paid TikTok star Carlos Espina $100K to endorse his campaign

Jessica Reed Kraus was paid to attack an NYT reporter on X

Dom Lucre was paid as much as $15K to support Trump's BBB

https://t.co/0aszVSGCv1

[Jenna Carlesso @JNCWriter]

The senate has passed a bill that would impose consumer protections, require greater financial transparency from long-term care insurance providers, and allow the attorney general to investigate carriers, following @ctmirror reporting.

https://t.co/JXuiRmW5Ga

[Connecticut Mirror @CTMirror]

CT Mirror wins second national award for long-term care insurance reporting https://t.co/fYd0bcgeAK

[Connecticut Mirror @CTMirror]

PODCAST: CT doctors now sue patients more than hospitals do over medical bills https://t.co/PHKsQXhwum

[Jenna Carlesso @JNCWriter]

Lawsuits by doctors and other non-hospital providers now dominate health care collections in Connecticut.

CT Mirror and KFF Health News analyzed thousands of lawsuits against patients. This is the first story in a series.

https://t.co/b6FysnY0eR

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Lawsuits by doctors and other nonhospital providers now dominate health care collections in Connecticut, legal records show, accounting for more than 80% of cases filed against patients in recent years.

@NoamLevey, @JNCWriter & Katy Golvala report ⤵️
https://t.co/krzmEsiu4O

[Jenna Carlesso @JNCWriter]

Honored and excited to be a part of this

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Oh happy day! ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Names Five New Partners https://t.co/zDVRvXq4uY

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent. https://t.co/IspakEQUHg

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Often overshadowed in the attention around Trump’s pardon decisions is the emotional and financial devastation left behind. Few clemency decisions illustrate that more clearly than the case of Joseph Schwartz. https://t.co/NvheIQdqfX @jeremykohler

[Todd Wallack @TWallack]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has given up enforcing the state public records law. #FOIA @BostonGlobe https://t.co/tO2tfNfHzq

[Jenna Carlesso @JNCWriter]

For months, a group of long-term care insurance policyholders has traveled the state, trying to form a grassroots coalition to prompt legislative reform.

Relief from soaring rate increases is a top priority.

https://t.co/erQECrMXIJ

[Mads @europemaxxed]

How it feels to be the only one who perceives a malicious vibe from someone that everyone else likes

[Theo Baker @tab_delete]

A stat worth knowing: McKinsey the consulting firm has more employees than there are journalists of any kind in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://t.co/fZqNYFMo1O

[Connecticut Mirror @CTMirror]

CT Mirror wins national award for long-term care insurance reporting https://t.co/n0l8T6AwGc

[National Press Foundation @NatPress]

@FOX9 @CTMirror The FOX 9 recipients are @nateoneal and Casey Hooker. The CT Mirror recipients are @JNCWriter, Andrew Brown, @davealtimari
and Katy Golvala. @AngelasInk of @SpotlightPA received an honorable mention for her work investigating elder abuse in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/jpjYS7lUfV

[National Press Foundation @NatPress]

.@FOX9 and the @CTMirror have won the 2025 AARP Awards for Excellence in Journalism on Aging in the large and small categories, respectively. Both winners covered the troubled industry of long-term care insurance.
https://t.co/TZMlmhPZvX

[Matt Rocheleau @mrochele]

48 hours of homelessness in Connecticut: The faces and stories of a growing crisis | “Where do people go when there’s nowhere to go?” a social worker asked. https://t.co/IHeDOSNsgz by @insider_ct

[Keith Phaneuf @CTMirrorKeith]

Trump ordered to pay SNAP benefits; CT officials still want to help https://t.co/3bqj2cm4iF