We are excited to announce the New England Newspaper Convention will be held live in Boston April 29 - 30, 2022.
We're planning two days filled with workshops, training sessions, seminars, and panels that address the latest developments, opportunities, and obstacles that our members are confronting. Topics will cover all...
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Jenifer McKim is the deputy investigative editor at the GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting. She is a multimedia reporter who focuses on social justice issues, including criminal justice, child welfare, human trafficking, and housing.
McKim’s investigations have earned numerous awards, including two...
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Mike is a senior lecturer at the University of Illinois-Chicago and founder of JournalistsToolbox.ai, a free website featuring AI tools and training videos. He’s the author of two books: “Data + Journalism” (Routledge, 2023) and “Journalist’s Toolbox Handbook” (Routledge 2024).
Mike spent seven...
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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Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner
Meg Heckman is a journalist, author and educator focused on building a news ecosystem that is robust, diverse and equipped to serve all segments of society. Her core research examines the practice and evolution of journalism through a feminist lens...
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Nicco Mele is a managing director at the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. From 2016 to 2019, Nicco was the Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Nicco’s prior experience includes founding...
After spending almost 15 years at The Herald News in Fall River, Mass., as a reporter and digital city editor, Will Richmond was named the editor of The Newport Daily News in 2018. During his time in Newport, Richmond has led an effort to increase The Daily News' digital...
Autumn Phillips is Managing Editor of The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. She previously served as Executive Editor of the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa, and the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho. Her work has been recognized twice by Editor &...
Link McKie has been a longtime newspaperman who in recent years added consulting and teaching to his career. His career began in 1970 as a regional reporter for the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Mass. In 20 years there, he was also a general assignment reporter; city government reporter...