2021 New England Newspaper Convention Registration Open

We are happy to announce that registration is open for the 2021 New England Newspaper Convention, you can view the convention schedule...

Don’t Miss the Deadline for the Better Newspaper Competition

This year the New England Better Newspaper Competition is going digital! The deadline has been extended until Friday, November 1, 2019. The Better Newspaper Competition is...

Most Americans Think Media Is Doing Fairly Well Covering COVID-19 Outbreak

Amy Mitchell & J. Baxter Oliphant | Pew Research Center | March 18, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has caught...

Journalism Outlets Need New Social Media Policies

In a recent article for Editor & Publisher Gabe Schneider writes about how journalism outlets need new and better social media policies,...
Gene Policinski First Amendment

Montana millionaire charged with journalist assault – and headed for Congress?

Gene Policinski Inside the First Amendment Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center....

‘Be nice’ is not needed during crisis — but a free press is

“Be nice” — two words not found anywhere among the 45 words of the First Amendment. Also not found: “positive,” or “get ya”...

A good idea is worth the wait

When I was a kid and jumped to conclusions about something, my father often said, “Hold your horses, son.” That’s an old saying that...

Your right to know: What the First Amendment really says about freedom of the...

The U.S. and New Hampshire constitutions protect press freedom. Here’s what that means: A news outlet can call out government corruption. A podcast host...

May Obituaries 2023

CONNECTICUT Edward Brian Connell Leo Gold Abram Katz Keith Lametta John Markowski, Jr. Gae Melford Matthew Moser Beverly Prescott MASSACHUSETTS Edward Baker Paul Galvin Howard Giroux Paul Lucia Robert MacDonald Viola Osgood Noonan Richard Perkins Jane Turnbull Kenneth Walker John Widdison MAINE Mal Leary Thomas Sheehan NEW...

Senators see Journalist Protection Act as a means of safeguarding Democracy

By John Voket - President, NENPA As recently as a few days ago, The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump's pushback over being peppered...