Wednesday night the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists held its annual awards banquet.
Len Besthoff, an SPJ board member, won a First Amendment award.
In addition to all the awards, Lisa Chedekel and Denise D’Ascenzo were posthumously inducted into the CTSPJ Hall of Fame.
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