Darrell Davis is the Vice President of Creative Services for Metro Creative Graphics, Inc. With more than 30 years of experience in media and advertising, Darrell leads a team of art directors, designers and copywriters in producing creative content to help newspapers and their local advertisers thrive.
Darrell attended Syracuse...
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Brendan McQuaid is the current President of the New Hampshire Press Association. His day job is serving as President and Publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader, the only statewide newspaper. A third-generation newspaperman, McQuaid was born and raised in...
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Tiffany Tan is a VTDigger reporter covering southern Vermont, substance use disorder and the criminal justice system. She previously reported on the police and courts for the Bennington Banner (Vermont). Before that, she held a similar beat at the Rapid City Journal...
Kimberly Kirchner is Editor of The Herbalist, a quarterly magazine covering cannabis news and culture in Western Massachusetts published by New England Newspapers Inc. Between issues, she serves as Special Sections Editor for the company’s four newspapers, overseeing content creation, design and...
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In a journalism career that spanned more than three decades at The Boston Globe, Ellen Clegg held a variety of senior editing positions in the newsroom and directed Globe Opinion from 2014 to 2018. She is co-founder of an independent nonprofit digital...
Melanie Plenda is a member of the NENPA Board of Directors and an award-winning freelance journalist and the Director of The Granite State News Collaborative. Her role with The Collaborative includes coordinating coverage for the group’s editorial projects, building partnerships and handling the day to day operations of the...
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...
The New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) and the Northeast Association of Communication Executives (NEACE) are collaborating on a special, two-part program at NENPA’s spring convention in Waltham on March 22.
The Paid Readership Imperative brings together experts on building and retaining online subscribers led by Tim Griggs, founder...
Managing Editor. She joined Journalist’s Resource in 2015 after working as a reporter for newspapers and radio stations in the U.S. and Central America, including the Orlando Sentinel and Philadelphia Inquirer. Her work also has appeared in publications such as USA TODAY,...
The New England Newspaper Convention, held on March 22-23, 2024, at the Westin Waltham Hotel in Waltham, Massachusetts, brought together journalists, photographers, designers, publishers, students, professors, vendors, and media advertising professionals. The event featured a variety of engaging sessions, including workshops, award presentations, and insightful talks by speakers and...








