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...
Professor Jay Rosen from New York University presented what he describes as a more engaging and people-centric form of election coverage known as the “citizens agenda” model during the second day of programming Saturday, April 30 at the NENPA convention in Boston.  Describing the problem that the citizens agenda model...

Steph Solis

Steph Solis covers state government and immigration for MassLive. She has written about ICE courthouse arrests, efforts to deport sick foreign-born children who had deferred action and the investigation into Registry of Motor Vehicles practices.

Angela Rowlings

| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS | Angela Rowlings (she/her) is an independent photojournalist, educator, and English/Spanish interpreter based in Boston, Mass. and Prince Edward Island, Canada. She reports on climate, culture, politics, immigration, and human rights issues, and produces long-form visual essays in Boston, Canada, and Latin America. Currently,...

Traci Griffith

A lawyer, journalist, academic, and advocate, Traci Griffith currently serves as the Racial Justice Program  Director for the ACLU of Massachusetts. Her transition to the staff of ACLUM comes after serving the organization on the National ACLU Board of Directors, on the Executive Committee, and as the National  Board...

Jill Harmacinski

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...

Melissa Hanson

Melissa Hanson has been reporting at MassLive for more than three years, where some of her important work has included a series on hundreds of untested rape kits in Massachusetts and an investigation into the state's reluctancy to release 911 call recordings....

Matthew Karolian

Matthew Karolian is director of audience engagement at The Boston Globe, where he oversees the development and execution of strategies to bring the newsroom’s journalism closer to readers. During his tenure, the Globe’s social audiences have grown to more than 2 million followers and its reporting...

Charles St. Amand

| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS | Charles St. Amand joined Suffolk University's Communication & Journalism Department as its Practitioner in Residence in July 2018 after working 31 years in community journalism, most recently as editor of the Sentinel & Enterprise in Fitchburg, Mass. A 1986 graduate of Suffolk...
Thank you again to those that participated in the New England Better Newspaper Competition! The competition was quite strong and included 2,000 entries this year. Notifications of award winners were sent a few weeks ago. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Conway at l.conway@nenpa.com. The awards will be presented...