Among the other winners were Sarah Darer Littman, another writer who has consistently supported real reform in education and who has started a new chapter of Parents Across America. Thanks to the hard work of both, we were better informed about what was happening in the Capitol.
CT News Junkie | CTNewsJunkie, CTTechJunkie among SPJ winners; Pelto honored with FOI Award: "Jonathan Pelto, the former lawmaker who has previously written for CTNewsJunkie and whose Wait, What? blog on state politics has developed a significant following in recent months, was also honored as the winner of this year’s Helen M. Loy Freedom of Information Award.
Pelto was honored because he took his FOIA complaint against the University of Connecticut — originally filed in 2008 — all the way to the state Supreme Court in an effort to gain access to information in some of the university’s databases. However, even though the justices decided that some information in the public university’s databases can qualify as “trade secrets” and upheld the denial of his request, the state FOI Commission honored Pelto for his persistence."
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