The annual New England Newspaper Convention will be held May 1-6, 2023. We will start the week with virtual programming on May 1-4 and end the week with live celebratory events and programming sessions on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6.
We aim each year to tackle the most...
Mike Donoghue is one of the top award-winning news and sportswriters in New England. He spent most of his career writing for print and online for the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press — the state’s top news source, before taking early retirement. He continues as a widely used freelance writer...
Jill Harmacinski, is a staff reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover, Mass., and covers breaking news, crime and court issues, and local government. She writes a column called “Connections” which focuses on unsung heroes in the Merrimack Valley. Jill won a 2002 Publick Occurrences award for her coverage...
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Chris Larabee has been a reporter with the Greenfield Recorder since mid-2021, where he covers the south Franklin County towns of Conway, Deerfield, Sunderland and Whately with a focus on community news. His reporting interests include the environment, science and the deep...
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Key Advertising Awards
Advertising General Excellence Award
Specialty Publication
Fiddlehead/Keene (N.H.) Sentinel
Terrence Williams, president and chief operating officer, accepts the award, on behalf of Shay Riley, graphic manager, for the Sentinel’s Fiddlehead publication, from, at right, Michael E. Schroeder, past president of the
New England Newspaper and Press Association board...
Elizabeth Ritvo has more than 30 years of broad experience in complex commercial litigation and has also counseled and represented newspapers, television stations, publishers and other media in libel, invasion of privacy, access, prior restraint, First Amendment and copyright matters before state and federal trial and appellate courts. Liz...
Josh Kovner covers child protection and social justice. He was part of the Pulitzer-winning team coverage of the Lottery shootings, and of the Pulitzer-finalist team coverage of the Sandy Hook school shootings. A story on a boy with autism, "Saving Evan," won...
Craig Garnett has written a weekly editorial and column for the Uvalde Leader-News since 1982, winning several dozen first place awards from the Texas Press Association and the South Texas Press Association.
Garnett was born in Altus, Oklahoma, and graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1975 with a BA in...
Focus on people, sources
two keys to enlivening
local government coverage
By Nadine El-Bawab
Bulletin Correspondent
Even though reader interest in local government coverage has waned, it is still important for readers and an important obligation of journalists, according to panelists at the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s recent winter convention. The panelists...
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Leslie Garrett is a journalist who has covered the environment for 20 years, she is currently the Editorial Director of Bluedot Living. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, the Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, and more. She is the author...








