Congratulations to the CT Mirror’s Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk on winning a 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting: “Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People’s Cars.” They worked in conjunction with ProPublica reporters Sophie Chou and Haru Coryne.
The Mirror tied for the award with the staff of the Chicago Tribune for its coverage of the Trump administration’s militarized immigration sweep of the city.
It’s been 27 years since a Connecticut news outlet won a Pulitzer; the Hartford Courant received journalism’s highest honor for its coverage of the 1998 lottery shooting.
The Connecticut Mirror describes itself as “nonprofit, non-partisan, and digital only.” It was launched in 2010, when the state’s legacy news organizations were falling victim to media mergers and the rise of the internet and as a result, coverage of the state capitol was shrinking. The Mirror began slowly hiring some of the state’s best reporters and editors.
Here’s The Mirror’s post with more details about the series, and below is the celebration in the newsroom.
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