![]() In the memo, Blue, who later became a judge, criticized the lawyers who represented Foreshaw for "shocking malpractice." Based on Thibault's reporting, Foreshaw was granted a clemency hearing and released. He unearthed a 24-year-old document from a public defender, Jon C. Related:No news is not good: Retirees are filling the news hole where local papers have shut downīut Thibault is proudest of writing stories that led the authorities to release Bonnie Foreshaw, a woman sentenced to 45 years in prison for committing a murder that many legal experts argued was the lesser crime of manslaughter. He is also a licensed private investigator and the author of books such as "You Thought It Was More," about Louis "the Coin" Colavecchio, a notorious Rhode Island counterfeiter. Farrow" and covering the Boston Marathon bombing trial for the NBC News Investigative Unit. Highlights of his long career include working as a research consultant to the HBO series "Allen V. Thibault is something of a legend in Connecticut journalism. The paper strives to live up to its reader-focused motto: "If it's important to you, it's important to us." It has spiced up its pages by also publishing items like a quirky poem titled "I Wish I Was My Wife So I Could Be Married to Me" and a story about taking psychedelic mushrooms for depression (it had a front-page teaser reading "Don't Shroom and Drive"). The Citizen covers news in Winsted, 25 miles northwest of the state capital, Hartford, and surrounding towns. In a radio interview, Nader said that he wanted to found a print publication because he is convinced that his neighbors in Winsted, where he lives part time, miss feeling newsprint in their hands and are sick of electronics. He also provided free logistical support in establishing the newspaper's nonprofit status. He later contributed another $16,000 in grants for a total stake of $31,000. The paper was created as a nonprofit enterprise with Nader, aged 89, giving $15,000 as the founding donor. Plus: Is gig work the new retirement plan? After six months as a print-only publication, it recently went online. So, the Winsted Citizen debuted in February 2023 and is growing and expanding. "I like the work and I can't sing or dance," he said with a shrug. ![]() Why would someone entering his eighth decade choose to roll the dice on a shrinking business with an uncertain future, at best? "I liked that it was a ludicrous if not impossible challenge," he recalls. Thibault said he did know of one guy who would be interested in starting a newspaper when so many publications were writing their own obituaries. ![]() Did Andy know of anyone who might be interested? Then came a call from a colleague who knew someone interested in the newspaper business.Ĭonsumer activist and four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader was looking for someone to start a local newspaper in his hometown, Winsted, Connecticut. Like many people turning 70, veteran journalist Andy Thibault was still working, but on his own terms, teaching college journalism classes at the University of New Haven and freelancing. This article is reprinted by permission from.
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