Mike Blinder

Mike Blinder has been in love with media his entire life. In high school he held part time jobs as an intern at WPEN radio in Philadelphia and at Radio Shack where he sold the 1st generation of home computers.

Denise-Marie Ordway

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,...

Tom Kearney

Tom Kearney has been a Stowe Reporter since 2005; managing editor; also in charge of overhauling the news coverage and presentation of the weeklies the company acquired since 2015 — the News & Citizen of Morrisville, The Other Paper of South Burlington,...

Tara Cleary

Tara Cleary, Social Media Marketing Manager for the New England Newspaper & Press Association is passionate about digital media and design. She brings this passion and 20 years experience working in advertising at media companies to small and medium sized businesses to consult on digital and social media strategies....

Karen Florin

Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | Sponsors Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner Karen Florin takes great pleasure in serving as a cheerleader for her co-workers and engaging with members of the community while working on the company’s digital strategy and long-term sustainability. She writes a weekly news column, organizes events, hosts a...

Karina E. Cuevas

Karina E. Cuevas is a producer for Telemundo New England. Originally from New York City, she took an early interest in journalism when her 7th grade Spanish teacher suggested that as a career path. She has written for publications such as The...

Jay Rosen

Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | SponsorsYankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner Jay Rosen has been teaching journalism at New York University since 1986. He is the author of PressThink, a blog about journalism and its ordeals (www.pressthink.org), which he introduced in September 2003. In 1999, Yale University Press...
On April 29, 2022, during the NENPA convention in Boston, the keynote session was presented by two top Boston Globe executives. Brian McGrory, editor, and Linda Pizzuti Henry, chief executive officer, sat down for an informal discussion with convention attendees. The pair did not prepare a formal presentation, instead they...

Kevin L. McCrudden

Kevin L. McCrudden is an international author, speaker and the only motivational and leadership speaker in American history to ever have a day of recognition passed by The United States Congress and New York State. He is the founder of National Motivation...

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...