A retired journalist, with the help of famous neighbor Ralph Nader, aims to fill the void of local news in his Connecticut hometown.
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. Then came a call from a colleague who knew someone interested in the newspaper business.
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 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.A life of reporting on crime But 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.
“I’m very excited about the people I work with,” Thibault said. “We have a 16-year-old whiz kid reporter and an office manager who’s a retired executive from Adobe ADBE, -0.25% who is training me to be an organized person.”“Pay has been erratic because we were grossly undercapitalized,” Thibault said. “We are steadily building up revenue and have been operating since the July edition under an austerity budget.
Newspaper advocates say that without a disinterested source of news, idyllic small cities like Winsted are at risk of civic rot.
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