Keith M. Phaneuf, financial reporter for the Connecticut Mirror, will be speaking about Connecticut’s budget and finances at the Darien Library on Tuesday, May 17, at 8:00 am.

The event is being hosted by Terry Wood, State Representative, and everyone is invited to attend. Admission is free. Mr. Phaneuf is an award-winning journalist, who has spent most of his career as a reporter specializing in state government finances.

About Keith Phaneuf

From the Connecticut Mirror website:

Keith, with Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, won first prize in investigative reporting from the Education Writers Association in 2012 for a series of stories on the Board of Regents for Higher Education.

The former State Capitol bureau chief for The Journal Inquirer of Manchester, Keith has spent most of 24 years as a reporter specializing in state government finances, analyzing such topics as income tax equity, waste in government and the complex funding systems behind Connecticut’s transportation and social services networks.

A former contributing writer to The New York Times, Keith is a graduate of and a former journalism instructor at the University of Connecticut.