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Mackenzie RiggHealth, human services and immigration reporter

I’m an upstate New York native, who has worked as a newspaper reporter for over eight years. I got my start at The Recorder in Greenfield, Massachusetts, covering education, health and human services. After four years, I went to the...

I’m an upstate New York native, who has worked as a newspaper reporter for over eight years. I got my start at The Recorder in Greenfield, Massachusetts, covering education, health and human services. After four years, I went to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where I traveled to Haiti to report on illegal detentions in the women’s prison. I also worked at Newsday on Long Island for three years, where I covered the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings and the Boston Marathon bombings. At The News-Times, I cover health, human services and education and recently had a five-part narrative series about a Connecticut doctor’s experience in Africa published in the Hearst Connecticut daily newspapers.

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Recent Stories By Mackenzie Rigg

Democratic governor candidate Ned Lamont, left, and Republican Bob Stefanowski

Lamont blasts Stefanowski’s comments on vaccinations

October 24, 2018

University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn.

UConn Health seeking private partnership

October 22, 2018

The number of Connecticut high school students who used vaping products, such as e-cigarettes, doubled from 2015 to 2017, according to a new study released by the state Department of Public Health.

Number of CT high schoolers vaping doubled in two years

October 12, 2018

Linda Yanonne, one of the Connecticut residents who has benefited from Medicaid expansion, and her daughter Corianna.

Medicaid expansion leads to decline in state’s rural uninsured

September 30, 2018

Hector Alicea stops in one of the sleeping areas in the family center at the Open Door Shelter on Merritt Street. Hector was a resident here at 8 yrs old when he and his family were homeless.

Efforts under way to end youth homelessness in Connecticut

September 24, 2017

Former Danbury-area residents prepare for Hurricane Irma

September 8, 2017

Access Health CT attending Newtown festival to do outreach

September 8, 2017

Danbury Hospital will take part in state-wide effort to reduce early elective deliveries

September 7, 2017

Walk to End Alzheimer’s to be held in Danbury on Sunday

September 7, 2017

Lisa M. Rivas, an attorney with Cramer and Anderson, is the 2017 winner of the Pro Bono Award. The award was presented to Rivas by Attorney Dan Casagrande at the annual Law Day celebration at the state Superior Court in Danbury, Friday, May 5, 2017.

DACA decisions prompts backlash in Danbury area

September 5, 2017

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