Learn About the Startup Winsted Citizen & How It Went from Nothing to a Published Paper in Just a Few Weeks


University of Saint Joseph To Host

“In Troubled Times, a Newspaper is Born. 

The Story of the Winsted Citizen”

 In troubled times a newspaper was born with the help of longtime activist Ralph Nader. Nader put up $15,000 to help launch The Winsted Citizen. Veteran Connecticut journalist Andy Thibault is the editor and publisher.

There are an estimated 2,500 newspapers that have closed in the United States since 2005 according to a report issued last year by the Northwestern/Medill Local News Initiative.

Join students from USJ’s Digital Media and Communication program as they learn from news and business staff about the startup Winsted Citizen newspaper and how they went from nothing to a published local newspaper in just a few weeks. The guest panel will include Advertising and Circulation Director Rosemary Scanlon, Editor and Publisher Andy Thibault and other members of the staff including Reporter Reynaldo Cruz Diaz, a Cuban sportswriter/photographer seeking asylum who recently interviewed U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal about the Russian offensive in Ukraine.


Date: March 24 at 11 a.m.

This event is FREE and open to the public


Location:

University of Saint Joseph
McDonough Room 200

1678 Asylum Ave.

West Hartford, CT 06117

**Carpooling strongly encouraged**

University of Saint Joseph | USJ West Hartford, Connecticut

https://www.usj.edu/ 

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