Chris Larabee

| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS | 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...
BOSTON - Awards for the 2019 New England Better Newspaper Competition were given out during the 2020 New England Newspaper Convention, held Feb. 7-8, 2020 in Boston. The Better Newspaper Competition is the largest and most comprehensive journalism recognition program in New England....
Each year the New England Newspaper Convention puts together raffle prizes to offer at the event. Raffle tickets can be purchased through the convention registration site under the heading, Items for sale. They can also be purchased at the convention, Feb. 7 and 8 in Boston from...

Bob Ryan

Bob Ryan retired from full--time duty at the Boston Globe in 2012 following a 44-year career in which he covered the Boston Celtics for 14 years, wrote numerous features and was a columnist for his final 23 years. He has also had...

Judith Meyer

Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel, and six weekly newspapers owned by the Sun Media Group. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year...

BIll Ostendorf

| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS | Bill Ostendorf, president of Creative Circle Media Solutions, has helped redesign more than 750 print publications and more than 1,000 websites. He has served as a strategic consultant to hundreds of media companies on three continents. A popular speaker at industry seminars,...

Stefanie Murray

Stefanie Murray is the Director of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. A Michigan native, Stefanie previously worked in Michigan and Tennessee as a reporter, editor, digital media manager and news executive. Before joining Montclair State, she worked for...
Convention Home | About the Speakers | Sponsorships | Convention Program Thank you ZOLL Medical Corporation for being the major sponsor of the 2020 New England Newspaper Convention, held in Boston on Feb. 7-8, 2020. Thank you to all the sponsors, we could not have done it without your support!

Heidi Flood

Heidi Flood is Strategic Lead, Partnerships & Outreach for Boston Globe Media. Flood researches, develops and drives opportunities for the Globe to work in partnership with nonprofits, foundations and other organizations to support public service journalism initiatives. Prior to joining the Globe, Flood worked at Bain Capital, where she managed several of the firm's...

Nina Sachdev

Nina Sachdev brings more than 20 years of journalism, news editing and marketing experience to her role as a communications director for Media Impact Funders (MIF). Nina served as MIF’s communications director for more than five years before joining the Rita Allen Foundation to lead communications there. After a...