Richard Watts

Richard Watts is a member of the NENPA Board of Directors and the founder of the Center for Community News, Co-Director of the Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program at the University of Vermont and coordinator of the Community News Service – a state-wide, multi-outlet academic-news partnership with a mission to provide content to...
The New England Newspaper & Press Association will hold their annual Winter Convention on February 7-8, 2020 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. The convention brings in approximately 500 media industry professionals who can attend more than 25 sessions over the two-day period.A special Academic Sponsorship package...

Carol Robidoux

Carol Robidoux is founder, publisher and Chief Instigating Officer of manchesterinklink.com, a digital news and information site based in Manchester, NH. She has been a journalist since the early 1990s, working for the Bucks County Courier Times in Levittown, PA, as a...

Adriana Lacy

| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS | Adriana Lacy is an award-winning journalist and consultant based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Adriana Lacy Consulting, a successful digital consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses expand their digital audiences. She is also an...

Sarah Betancourt

Sarah Betancourt is reporter who covers immigration for CommonWealth Magazine. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Sarah was a reporter for The Associated Press in Boston, and a correspondent with The Boston Globe and The Guardian. She has written about immigration, social justice,...

Richard Brown

Richard E. Brown is a News/Media Alliance Rising Star recipient, the former director of renewals and digital sales strategy at LPi, and the former director of digital operations and sales of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He recently served as the head of digital subscriber churn for Gannett | USA...

Report or help?

Report or help? When, how to help in an on-scene crisis By Rebekah Patton Bulletin Correspondent Crises across the country and across the globe remain too present in today’s news coverage. Whether the story is about school gun violence or other mass-casualty incidents, forest fires, or hurricanes, the...

Gary Lavariere

| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS | Gary Lavariere is a forward-thinking leader who possesses a wealth of knowledge relative to data and digital strategies that drive success. He is currently the Chief Revenue Officer overseeing the business unit at New England Newspapers, Inc. (NENI). In his seven years...

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...

Scott J. Croteau

Scott J. Croteau is an award-winning crime and investigative reporter whose stories have been featured on BBC, CNN and Investigation Discovery. Croteau joined MassLive in January 2015 and has 20 years of experience covering police, fire and courts in Worcester County.