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WNPR-FM comes to Quinnipiac

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John Dankosky

 

Join host John Dankosky for a discussion on Freedom of Information issues in Connecticut, including an update on the Newtown/Sandy Hook shooting investigation.

What: Panel discussion will be recorded for air later

Where: Student Center 120

Date: Oct. 30, 2014

Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Panelists:

Daniel Klau, Hartford attorney, First Amendment and Media Law specialist.

James Smith, Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information president. Encouraged Gov. Dannel Malloy to push for the release of state police information regarding the Sandy Hook investigation.

Khalilah Brown-Dean, political science professor at Quinnipiac.

Edward Alwood, journalism professor at Quinnipiac.

 

Sponsored by:

QU School of Communications and Connecticut Foundation for Open Government

 

Tighter Rules OK’d On Public’s Access To Crime Records – Courant.com

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By DANIELA ALTIMARI, altimari@courant.com The Hartford Courant

6:53 p.m. EDT, April 1, 2014

HARTFORD — The stage is set for a showdown at the General Assembly on crime victim privacy and the public’s right to know.

 

On Tuesday, the legislature’s judiciary committee approved a bill that would establish new restrictions on the public’s ability to access police records such as 911 tapes and crime scene photos. It also would prohibit the release of photographs of child murder victims.

In urging his colleagues to back the bill, Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Bloomfield, said it strikes the right balance. The measure mirrors the recommendations of a legislative task force formed last year to study issues of privacy versus disclosure, after some families of victims killed in the 2012 Newtown school…Click here to continue reading.