When one of your former CCSU Journalism students texts you an update- that they made NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas tonight 😮. Central Connecticut State University Great job Samantha Bender on a great report.

Do you live in New London area and would you like to know how to gain access to public records using the state FOI Act? If so, CFOG has a free program for you on June 16.

Do you live in the New London area and would you like to know how to gain access to public records using the state FOI Act? If so, CFOG has a free program for you on June 16.

Congrats to @CTFOG board member Andrew Brown and Joe Wojtas, who will be honored Wednesday by the CCFOI. Joe will also be featured June 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Public Library of New London when @CTFOG holds a panel discussion on how the public can use the FOI Act.

Great to catch up today with Emmy-award winner ⁦Darren Sweeney (Bluesky @DarrenSweeney)⁩, my former ⁦Central Connecticut State University⁩ Journalism colleague on this beautiful Friday. ⭐️

Do you live in the New London area and would you like to know how to gain access to public records using the state FOI Act? If so, CFOG has a free program for you on June 16.

Do you live in the New London area and would you like to know how to gain access to public records using the state FOI Act? If so, CFOG has a free program for you tomorrow, June 16.

New London-area residents, come on out tonight at 5:30 at the Public Library of New London at 63 Huntington St. for a free CFOG panel on how you can. use the state FOI Act to obtain public records.

Thrilled that I got to hear President Barack Obama last night at the Connecticut Forum. “I’m still the hope guy,” he said.

Congratulations on your publication, Jayden Klaus '25. ctmirror.org/2025/06/19/my-…

This is the hottest temperature I’ve ever seen in my Toyota. (Yes, I love Springsteen.)

ICYMI: The CT Examiner filed an FOI complaint against Old Lyme's First Selectwoman. And the CT Freedom of Information Commission fined the selectwoman for failing to produce incident reports and public records regarding an alleged sexual assault. ctexaminer.com/2025/06/26/sta…

Our latest on towing with ProPublica was an exercise in community-engaged reporting. The sources for this story came to us mostly through a call-out that's been included in our stories. Contact info for me and Dave is included in this one. ctmirror.org/2025/06/30/con…

Having fun with my garden this summer.

At its annual meeting last week, ⁦CFOG⁩ re-elected Secretary Mitch Pearlman, Second VP David DesRoches, Treasurer Izaskun “Sassy” Larraneta, President Kate Farrish and First VP Arielle Levin Becker. Not pictured: Assistant Secretary Alexa Millinger

Last week, ⁦CFOG⁩ welcomed ⁦Sam Smink⁩ to its board and welcomed back Chris Henderson, Danielle McGee and ⁦catie talarski⁩.

Happy July 4th, everyone. Fireworks from Burlington, Vermont nine years ago.

Had a fun 4th of July showing our cousins from Chicago some sights in Connecticut.

Took our cousins from Chicago to ⁦Mystic Aquarium⁩ to wrap up the long weekend. Always worth a visit.

At CFOG, we're now accepting nominations for this year's Pearlman FOI Award; you can nominate a Connecticut journalist, resident or public officials who has devoted themselves to making government more transparent.