Jonathan Kopeliovich

Nov 2, 2023 | whus.org | Jonathan Kopeliovich

Patricia Kelly was just nine years old when her family moved to Hartford in 1955. The move was a tough one for Kelly, who was subjected to racist taunts from the neighborhood children. All that changed when she discovered there was a horse in her urban neighborhood. It was owned by one of her neighbors.  “His name was Mr. Fisher. And Mr. Fisher was concerned about me being young and hearing the kind of things that were going on in the front of my house.

Oct 30, 2023 | whus.org | Jonathan Kopeliovich

Cameron was prescribed oxycodone for a football injury when he was just 14. Cameron, whose last name is being withheld, became addicted, but by age 26 was supported by a team of therapists in battling that addiction.  “But in March of 2018, he became anxious because I was away due to my mom’s death. He reached out to somebody he knew to sell him Oxycontin,” said his mother, Fiona Firine, who now runs a nonprofit called For Cameron, to battle the stigma of addiction.

May 9, 2023 | digitaljournalism.uconn.edu | Jonathan Kopeliovich

By Jonathan Kope­liovich | UConn JournalismIn West Hart­ford, at the end of the iso­lat­ed side street New Park Avenue, a grungy load­ing dock of a white ware­house is lit­tered with bro­ken rotary tele­phones and blow dry­ers at the gate.

May 9, 2023 | digitaljournalism.uconn.edu | Jonathan Kopeliovich

It was the first day of my high school film class when we were asked the question:“What film inspired you to get behind the camera?”Mr. Day, a kind-heart­ed hip­pie and com­pos­er of Indi­an music and clas­si­cal jazz, had gath­ered the 13 of us in a claus­tro­pho­bic brick room with one win­dow and Dell mon­i­tors rest­ing on two tables that boxed us in. “2001: A Space Odyssey,” I answered. His eyes twin­kled. Lat­er, he rec­om­mend­ed “Koy­aanisqat­si” to me.

Feb 13, 2023 | planetforward.org | Jonathan Kopeliovich |Katie Perkins |Evan Barnard |Carter Weinhofer

What might an untrained ear miss when it submerges itself beneath the ocean waves? There is usually the pan-frying sound of snapping shrimp. Other species are communicating with each other underwater as well, though we humans are only just beginning to detect them and unravel their meaning. Humpback whales communicate with potential mates with low-frequency songs that can be heard from thousands of miles away, marine biologists say.