About the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame

Nominations Now Open!

Each year, the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame honors the talent, hard work, and exceptional accomplishments of extraordinary individuals working in New England newsrooms. Their dedication to the craft inspires journalists across our region.

The 2025 inductees were:​

  • Stephen Kurkjian, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner renowned for his investigative reporting with The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team.​
  • Paul Pronovost, former editor of the Cape Cod Times, recognized for his leadership and dedication to community journalism.​
  • Naomi Schalit and John Christie, co-founders of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, were celebrated for their commitment to investigative journalism and public service.​

Who’s Eligible

  • Nominees should be people who have made extraordinary contributions to their newspaper(s), the newspaper industry, and their communities.

  • NENPA membership is not required.

  • Individuals from any area of newspaper operations are eligible—editorial, advertising, circulation, production, administration, etc.

  • Active, retired, and posthumous nominations are welcome.

How to Nominate

Please submit a letter of nomination describing your nominee’s achievements and why they merit induction into the Hall of Fame. Include any supporting materials—testimonials, work samples, clippings, links, or other documentation that strengthens the nomination.

Send Your Nomination

Email: l.conway@nenpa.com
Please use “Hall of Fame” in the subject line.

Mail:
New England Newspaper Hall of Fame
c/o New England Newspaper & Press Association
P.O. Box 2505
Woburn, MA 01801

For questions or more information, contact Linda Conway, NENPA executive director, at (781) 281-7648 or l.conway@nenpa.com.

Deadline: Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

2025 Hall of Fame Coverage

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Hall of Fame Members

Jonathan M. Albano, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jack Authelet, The Foxboro Reporter
Alan L. Baker, The Ellsworth American.
Nelson Benton, The Salem News
Ellen Beveridge, The Trumbull Times
Robert Bissonnette, York County Coast Star
Louis Bleiweis, The Call
Roswell Bosworth, Jr., East Bay Newspapers
Roswell Bosworth, Sr., East Bay Newspapers
Chris Braithwaite, the Chronicle
George Brennan, The Martha’s Vineyard Times
Mary Dodge Brewer, Boothbay Register
David Brickman, The Homesteader-Newton
Alexander Bacon Brook, York County Coast Star
David Brooks, Concord (NH) Monitor
Judith Brown, The Herald
Dorothy Whipple Burgess, The Observer
Ann Burghardt, Independent Granite Publishing
Jacob Burghardt, Independent Granite Publishing
Phillip C. Camp Sr., The Vermont Standard
Peter J. Caruso Sr., Caruso & Caruso, LLC
John Christie, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
Curtiss Clark, The Newtown Bee
William T. Clew, Telegram & Gazette
Tom Condon, The Hartford Courant
Ross Connelly, Hardwick Gazette
Timothy Cotter, The Day of New London
Kevin Crosbie, the Chronicle
Lucy B. Crosbie, the Chronicle
David Cutler, Stonebridge/Salmon Press
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Oreste D’Arconte, The Sun Chronicle
Ed DeCourcy, Argus Champion
Paul Dietterle, Jr., Sanford News
Frank Dingley, Sun Journal
Rodney G. Doherty, Foster’s Daily Democrat
William P. Dole, Cambridge Chronicle
John Donoghue, Burlington Free Press
Michael Donoghue, St. Michael’s College
Chazy Dowaliby, The Patriot Ledger/ The Enterprise
John Drysdale, The Herald of Randolph
Dickey Drysdale, The Herald of Randolph
Christopher A. Eddings, North Shore Weeklies
Robert Estabrook, The Lakeville Journal
James D. Ewing, The Keene Sentinel
Katherine Fanning, The Christian Science Monitor
Robert H. Foster, Foster’s Daily Democrat
Winifred B. French, The Quoddy Tides
Bernard Gallagher, Eagle-Tribune/Haverhill Gazette
Ted Gay, Jr., Taunton Daily Gazette
David D. Gearhart, The Wilton Bulletin
George Geers, Plaidswede Publishing
Peter Gelzinis, Boston Herald
Suzanne Gillis, Vermont Woman Newspaper
Charles “Chuck” Goodrich, Newspapers of New England
Marcia Green, Valley Breeze Newspapers
Raymond Gross, Courier-Gazette
Loren Ghiglione, Southbridge (MA) Evening News
William Hannan, The Sun Chronicle
John Dennis Harrigan, Coos County Democrat
Ruth Haskins Bass, The Berkshire Eagle
Joseph P. Heaney, Boston Herald
Frank J. Heinrich, International Circulation Managers Association
Rudolph A. Hempe, No. Kingston Standard Times
Donald Hersam, New Canaan Advertiser
Thomas E. Heslin, Providence Journal
John I. Howell,  Beacon Communications
Phyllis Hughes, Memorial Press Group
Vincent M. Igo, The Foxboro Reporter
Virginia Jackson, The Spectator
Henry E. Josten, Pictorial Gazette
Anne Karolyi, Republican-American
Robert “Bob” Katz, New England Press Association
Bob Katzen, Beacon Hill Roll Call
Tom Kearney, The Stowe Reporter

Jonathan Kellogg, Republican-American
William B. Ketter, Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co.
Stephen Kurkjian, The Boston Globe
Martin Langeveld, New England Newspapers, Inc
Harry J. Lally, Brooks Community Newspapers
Leonard I. Levin, The Providence Journal
Linda Lotridge Levin, University of Rhode Island
Hal Levy, Shore Line Newspapers
Angelo Lynn, Addison County Independent
Emerson Lynn, St. Albans Daily Messenger
W. Zachary (Bill) Malinowski, The Providence Journal
Warren McClure, Burlington Free Press
Morgan McGinley, The Day
Lincoln McKie Jr., Journalist & Journalism Teacher
Gerald McLaughlin, Springfield Reporter
Joseph W. McQuaid, Union Leader
Melvin B. Miller, The Bay State Banner
Stephen Mindich, Boston Phoenix
John Mitchell, The Times Argus
Robert Mitchell, Rutland Herald
Rocco Molinari, The Sun Chronicle
David A. Morse, The Hardwick Gazette
Karl S. Nash, The Ridgefield Press
John Nash, Westfield Evening Citizen
Kendall Nye, The Sun Chronicle
John A. Osborn, The Harvard Press
Susan Ovans, The Hull Times
Candace Page, Burlington Free Press
Russel Pergament, TAB Newspapers Boston Metro
John C. Peterson, The Peterson Group
Morley L. Piper, NE Newspaper Association
William L. Plante, Jr., MNPA
Pamela Polston, Seven Days
Greg Popa, Vermont Community Newspaper Group
Paul Pronovost, Cape Cod Times
Douglas H. Reed, The Free Press
Paul A. Rixon, The Sun Chronicle
Samuel E. Roberts, The Lincoln County News
Irving E. Rogers, III, Eagle-Tribune
Walter Robinson, The Boston Globe
William B. Rotch, The Cabinet Press
Paula Routly, Seven Days
Mary Pat Rowland, Foster’s Daily Democrat
Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe
Richard Saltonstall, Jr., Norumbaga Publishing
Jack Sanders, The Ridgefield Press
Naomi Schalit, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
William J. Slator, Addison County Independent
Scudder Smith, The Newtown Bee
Paul Scudder Smith, The Newtown Bee
Gordon Smith, Caledonian-Record
James H. Smith, Connecticut Journalist
Albert B. Southwick, Telegram & Gazette
George Speers, New England Press Association
Albert Spendlove, The Telegraph
Marianne Stanton, The Inquirer and Mirror
Albert E. Sylvia, Sr., North Reading Transcript
Elsie M. Talanian, The Salem Observer
Jeanne Tempest, Granite State News
Lisa Tuite, The Boston Globe
Mark E. Vogler, The Eagle-Tribune
Bob Wallack, New England Press Association
Daniel J. Warner, Eagle-Tribune
William Wasserman, North Shore Weeklies
Peter Watson, Gloucester Daily Times
Julia Wells, Vineyard Gazette
Alan White, Eagle -Tribune
Eliot White, Record-Journal Media Group
John Widdison, Worcester Gazette
James Russell Wiggins, The Ellsworth American
Selma Williams, North Shore Weeklies
Frederick J. Wilson, III, So. County Newspapers
George Wilson, Concord Monitor
Carol J. Young, Providence Journal

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