Veteran journalist and private investigator Andy Thibault teaches journalism and communication. Andy was a research consultant for the HBO series Allen V Farrow and was credited with helping to free a woman unjustly imprisoned for first degree murder. The Connecticut Council for Freedom of Information honored Thibault with the Stephen A. Collins Memorial Freedom of Information Award for “his many contributions to the cause of open and accountable government and a free and vigorous press in Connecticut.” Andy’s column Cool Justice ran in the Connecticut Law Tribune. Thibault covered the Boston Marathon bombing trial gavel to gavel for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
Thibault’s books include Law and Justice in Everyday Life, You Thought It Was More: Adventures of the World’s Greatest Counterfeiter, Louis the Coin, with Louis Colavechio and Franz Douskey, The History of the Connecticut State Police and The 12-Minute MBA for Lawyers, with Charles Johnson.
Andy’s profiles of subjects including poets, prosecutors and defense attorneys, as well as essays on the arts, have appeared in magazines including Connecticut and Northeast. His work has appeared in the New York Post.
He served as chairman of the Connecticut Young Writers Trust, a foundation that affirmed the work of more than 8,000 teen-age poets and writers and awarded more than $215,000 in prize money. His public service includes commissioner and hearing officer for the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission.
Andy is a professional boxing judge and was chairman of the Connecticut Boxing Promotion Commission.
In the Media
Richard Colangelo, an adjunct professor of criminal justice and former chief state’s attorney, was invited to speak to a journalism class taught by Andy Thibault, an adjunct professor of communication and media studies. Colangelo spoke about the Jennifer Dulos case, along with Attorney Jon Schoenhorn, who represented Michelle Troconis during the trial.
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Andy Thibault, an adjunct professor of Film, Communications, and Media Studies, wrote an op-ed on Connecticut’s Freedom of Information law.
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Andy Thibault, an adjunct communication professor, wrote an op-ed on the State of Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission not providing public records on multiple occasions.
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Andy Thibault, an adjunct communication professor, talks about his book Thought It Was More: Adventures of the World's Greatest Counterfeiter, Louis the Coin , and why he wrote about Louis Colavecchio.
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Andy Thibault is profiled on his many accomplishments as a writer and editor. The piece includes comments from colleague Susan Campbell. Thibault is an adjunct professor of media studies, and Campbell is a distinguished lecturer of communication, film, and media studies.
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Andy Thibault, an adjunct communication professor, talks about the newspaper he is launching with Ralph Nader, The Winsted Citizen.
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Andy Thibault, an adjunct faculty of Communication, Film, and Media Studies, talks about recapturing the energy of local print journalism as he becomes the editor and publisher of The Winsted Citizen.
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Andy Thibault, an adjunct faculty of Communication, Film, and Media Studies, will serve as editor and publisher of Ralph Nader's new weekly paper, The Winsted Citizen.