Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
2024 has been an exceptional year for Inside Investigator. We have gone from 6,275 to more than 12,000 email subscribers and have seen our web traffic jump from just over 23,000 average monthly website users in 2023 to more than 50,000 in 2024.
We’re growing, and we’re grateful.
This year also saw increased scrutiny of our newsroom from various award panels who have seen fit to bestow more than 16 awards on our team for our website, newsletter, and exceptional investigative journalism. That includes six first-place awards from the Connecticut Press Club, Runner-Up Newspaper of the Year from the New England Newspaper and Press Association, and multiple national awards from the National Federation of Press Women, among others.
Most importantly, we have had a tangible positive impact on human lives. There are fewer kids being abused in DCF care, less financial waste in pension investments, greater ethics oversight of the executive branch, and less insider dealing as a result of our investigative reporting. That’s just to name a few of the positives that resulted from Inside Investigator’s journalism. Marc, Katherine, Brandon, Alex, and Tricia all made the world a better place through their dedicated work to advance our mission this past year.
All of this good in 2024, and the greater good we are working to achieve in 2025, is made possible by your support. We’re proud that every penny of our revenue is voluntarily donated by people who believe in the power of investigative journalism to make a positive difference. As always – we have no ads, no paywalls, and exist strictly to serve you with high-quality journalism. You make that possible by reading our work, sharing it, and donating to our nonprofit.
With our team off this week taking a well-deserved break and gearing up for 2025, here are five of our best investigations from 2024.
Unplugged: The $7 billion tax in your electric bill
It seems everybody in Connecticut loves to hate their electric company, especially after the latest two rounds of rate increases. But the question is, should they?
Should this dog die? A legal battle after mauling death in Suffield
After mauling a 95 year old woman to death, Dexter the dog was to be euthanized. The legal battle is ongoing, and the pricetag is going up.
Stonewalled: East Haven residents fight for transparency
Connecticut’s FOI law also facilitates public officials’ ability to drag their heels in turning over documents when they don’t want to.
Religion and Redactions: Connecticut’s Interstate Prisoner Compact
States must be able to explain how moving a prisoner will support rehabilitation, but most of that information is missing from Harris’ file.
Con Academy: Private school allegedly defrauding Chinese immigrants
Tieqiang Ding purchased the Putnam Science Academy in 2015. Despite expansion and other markers of success, however, not all is as it seems.
From each of us at Connecticut Inside Investigator, thank you for your support. We’re excited for 2025 and the continued work of bringing you news and investigations you can trust. Our commitment to you is the same as it has been since day one: trustworthy, credible journalism to help you live a better life.
We’re just getting started.
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