The Connecticut Mirror is welcoming four interns this spring: two reporting interns who will cover the legislative session, and two audience engagement interns who will work on newsletters and social media. Legislative reporting interns Amanda McCard and James Watson of the University of Connecticut will cover bills, public hearings, committee activity and other happenings at the Capitol. Their hires mark the continuation of a legislative reporting intern partnership between CT Mirror and UConn that began last spring. As audience engagement interns, Kat Struhar and Sam Hilton of Wesleyan University will create social media content, including Instagram slides, videos and Reddit posts. They will also produce weekly newsletters and work on the CT Mirror Explains product. “I am thrilled to welcome the latest class of talented interns to the CT Mirror,” said housing and children’s issues reporter Ginny Monk, who serves as CT Mirror’s internship coordinator. “They’ll be reporting on the legislative session and helping engage our audience around some of the policy coverage. I am confident they’ll tackle these tasks with creativity, dedication and verve to bring a better understanding of state politics to Connecticut residents.” Learn more about CT Mirror’s spring 2025 interns below: Sam Hilton Sam is an audience engagement intern at CT Mirror. Born in Connecticut, raised in Minnesota and now calling Austin, Texas, home, he is set to graduate from Wesleyan University with a degree in history in May. Sam has spent much of his time at college working for The Wesleyan Argus, where he held several positions, including editor-in-chief. He is passionate about bureaucracy, public transportation, urbanism and local politics. Amanda McCard Amanda is a legislative intern at CT Mirror. She is a senior at the University of Connecticut, where she double-majors in journalism and environmental studies. She has written for George Washington University’s environmental publication Planet Forward, has been published in the UConn Journalism Magazine and is involved with communications at the UConn Office of Sustainability.  Kat Struhar Kat is an audience engagement intern at CT Mirror. Hailing from Prince Frederick, Md., she is now a senior at Wesleyan University, where she majors in English. Kat found her passion for journalism when she began writing for The Wesleyan Argus in her freshman fall semester, previously holding positions as managing editor, news editor, arts and culture editor and copy editor. James Watson James is a junior journalism major at the University of Connecticut who is currently participating in a full-year exchange program, coming from the University of Warwick in England with a joint honors history and political science degree. Born in New York but raised in London, James uses his dual nationality to craft a unique perspective on current affairs in the U.S. He is a section editor for The Warwick Boar, a contributing writer at The Daily Campus, and co-host of The Atlantic Hour, a U.S. political podcast that reviews the most prescient news and policy developments in the nation on a weekly basis. James has also worked as a broadcast intern for the BBC.