By Chris Powell 01/09/2023 Because of the First Amendment, anyone in the United States can be a journalist at any time — no training or licensing required. Because of Connecticut’s Read More …
The Connecticut Foundation for Open Government is pleased to announce its 2022 Forrest Palmer High School Essay Contest with a first prize of $1,000, a second prize of $500, a Read More …
02/22/2020 – By Liz Teitz When two University of Connecticut students were charged this fall with violating a century-old state law against ridiculing people, opposition came quickly from critics in Read More …
01/14/2020 – By Russell Blair Two UConn students arrested last year for repeatedly shouting a racial slur outside an on-campus apartment building are suing the university, its president and other Read More …
Check out the latest white paper in our resources section. Uncovering The Police – By Jack McElroy.
11/04/19 – By Jonathan Shugarts WATERBURY – A Wallingford man’s “First Amendment audit” of the city’s police department that was recently posted online has led to his arrest, but his Read More …
10/31/19 – By Ethan Fry BRIDGEPORT — Police brass took more than five months to explain the detention and subsequent “unarrest” of a journalist during a contentious protest but footage Read More …
10/26/19 – By Daniela Altimari Civil liberties groups are raising constitutional questions about this week’s arrest of two University of Connecticut students caught on video repeatedly uttering a racist slur Read More …
10/22/19 – By Brian Lockhart BRIDGEPORT — Five months after his officers detained a Hearst Connecticut Media reporter covering a May 9 protest, Police Chief Armando Perez issued a written Read More …
10/15/19 – By Frank LaMonte During the 35-day government shutdown that spanned last year’s Christmastime holidays, journalists searched for ways to humanize the impact of a month’s lost income on Read More …
