Owen Tucker-Smith
Staff Reporter
owentuckersmith | owen.tucker-smith@yale.edu
Owen Tucker-Smith was managing editor of the Yale Daily News. Before that, he covered Mayor Justin Elicker's administration as a City Hall reporter.
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TALAT AMAN, LUKAS NEL & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Social media video of NHPD Use of Force launches internal investigation

Content warning: The first embedded link in this story is a video containing graphic depictions of police violence. On Jan. 29, a security guard at […]

February 9, 2021

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Environmental Advisory Council members talk ‘toxic chemicals’ in New Haven

At Wednesday evening’s New Haven Environmental Advisory Council meeting, chairwoman Laura Cahn expressed frustration with the quantity of toxic chemicals in New Haven — from […]

February 5, 2021

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
DeLauro to chair House Appropriations Committee

In a 148-79 vote, the House Democratic Caucus voted New Haven Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., chair of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday morning, making […]

December 4, 2020

CHRISTIAN ROBLES & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Dwight Hall and NHPS launch homework helpline

New Haven Public Schools and Yale’s Dwight Hall have partnered to provide a homework helpline for district students, staffed by Yale College students. The helpline, […]

December 3, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
‘A different kind of red’: Candice Mulinda ’24 and her fight against Mitch McConnell

Candice Mulinda ’24 grew up in a conservative area of Virginia. But this fall, she found herself in “a different kind of red” state: Kentucky, […]

December 2, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
FEATURE: Kindergarten Online

The pandemic’s toll on New Haven’s youngest learners

November 25, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Amid pandemic, Yale-Harvard rivalry switches from football to comedy

The Harvard College Events Board and Yale College Council co-hosted a virtual Harvard-Yale Roast-Off Wednesday evening — an attempt to keep the schools’ rivalry alive […]

November 20, 2020

ANJALI MANGLA & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
First years prepare for a holiday season away from friends

In a normal year, the several weeks on campus between Thanksgiving break and winter break would bring festive cheer to New Haven, from the first-year […]

November 20, 2020

CHRISTIAN ROBLES & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
First Student bus company operations remain suspended after COVID-19 outbreak

New Haven Public Schools and the New Haven Department of Public Health have delayed a plan to allow First Student — the city’s sole contracted […]

November 18, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Health experts praise Yale’s pandemic response, reflect on lessons learned

On Nov. 16, Yale public health experts told a Zoom room of over 40 students and community members that the University’s response to COVID-19 has […]

November 18, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Yale artists launch Midnight Oil Collective to provide creative agency

This summer, Yale-affiliated artists reflected upon equity in the arts, the struggle for artists to procure funding and the influence of businesspeople in artistic projects. […]

November 18, 2020