NESNE Awards

NESNE's Brett Rhyne  congrat- ulates Michael Shepher, editor in chief of the The Maine Campus of the University of Maine in Orono, for the paper's being named New England College Newspaper of the Year.

Announcing NESNE's annual contest honoring the best New England Journalists!
Deadline to enter is March 15, 2012
CLICK HERE for entry requirements and full details >

The New England Society of Newspaper Editors presents several prestigious awards each year to journalists in the region who are so expert and accomplished that they have truly “mastered” their craft. At the same time, NESNE also recognizes New England journalism’s most promising up-and-comers.

2011 Master Reporter
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT

Master Photographer
David Brow, The Sun, Lowell, MA
Nicole Grant Harnishfeger, The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket, MA

2011 NESNE College Newspaper of the Year Award
First Place: The Maine Campus, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Second Place: The Huntington News, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Third Place: The Torch, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA

Honorable Mentions:
The Defender, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
Saint Anselm Crier, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH

New England Journalism’s 2011 “Rising Star” 
Jennifer Myers, The Sun, Lowell, MA

2011 Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award
Carolyn Lumsden, Editorial Page Editor
Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT

NESNE award nominations are due in April. The award ceremony takes place at NENPA headquarters in May.

For more information, please contact:
Brett Rhyne
editor@rhynewservice.com