Three people from New England are included in Editor & Publisher’s exclusive story, 25 under 35, that recognizes the next generation of news publishing leaders.

All 25 young professionals have used the difficult times to innovate, perform and stand out from their peers.

The people recognized from New England are:

Erika Hale Smith, 32
Vice President, Events and Sponsorships, Boston Globe Media

Julie Hirshan Hart, 34
Digital Editor, The Laconia Daily Sun

Gary Lavariere, 28
Chief Revenue Officer, New England Newspapers, Inc.

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Taylor Blatchford, Founder and Editor, of The Lead, is looking for students and recent graduates to guest write for The Lead. No one knows student journalism better than student journalists, and she wants to hear how you’ve solved problems, innovated, or tackled complex subjects at your student publication.

All students will be paid for their writing, thanks to The Lead’s partnership with Poynter. Blatchford is especially interested right now in pitches on these topics:

• Publishing across platforms
• Photo + video journalism

The most successful pitches are specific and concise. Think about lessons other student journalists can learn from your personal experience, and show your understanding of The Lead’s purpose and audience. There’s no deadline, but the sooner you pitch, the better.

Read more and submit pitches here.

The March 2022 issue of Editor & Publisher will profile the “10 News Publishers That Do It Right.” The list is meant to spotlight select news operations (print, digital, broadcast, or newsletters) that have earned a notable achievement in at least one particular area, carried out a successful innovation, implemented cost-savings procedures, or developed programs that have generated revenues or increased audience.

NENPA member, Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn. was included in the 2021 story and the objective of the story is to bring ideas together and share the best and the brightest in one comprehensive feature.

Nominate your company today using the link below and you may be featured in the March edition of E&P Magazine!

The deadline for entries is Midnight (ET) Monday, January 31st, 2022.

NOMINATE YOUR COMPANY

This story ran on the CBS Evening News on January 5.

Alabama’s Tuskegee News has never had a journalist like Amy Miller. She lives more than 1,000 miles from Tuskegee, and from fellow journalist Guy Trammell — with whom she shares a twice-monthly column called “Color Us Connected.”

“I had this idea … about doing a column from a White perspective and trying to match it with somebody doing it from a Black perspective,” Miller said.

Their column also runs in the newspaper covering Miller’s community in South Berwick, Maine.

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The New England High School Journalism Collaborative has announced the dates for the all-expense-paid summer workshop for students interested in journalism, established by the late Carole C. Remick 35 years ago.

The 2022 workshop dates are June 25 – July 1, 2022, and applications are due on April 1, 2022.

The students learn to report, write and edit for a newspaper and produce multimedia projects for a website. They are assigned stories, conduct interviews, and are exposed to working on a deadline, and have the opportunity to meet with professional journalists from top news organizations.

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The New England Equity Reporting Fellowship has selected 76 journalists to participate in the inaugural 2022 program. The Fellows are an impressive roster of publishers, editors, and journalists representing more than 40 news outlets from across all six New England states.

They will participate in the Fault Lines Training Series offered by the Maynard Institute and receive ongoing training and support from the Fellowship throughout the year.

For more than 40 years, the Maynard Institute has fought to push back against the systemic lack of diversity in the news industry through training, collaborations, and convenings. The Fault Lines training series is based on addressing personal bias “Fault Lines” of race, gender, sexual orientation, generation, geography, and class, as they apply to journalists, newsrooms and coverage. 

2022 New England Equity Reporting Fellows:

Josie Albertson-Grove, Staff Reporter Education and Health
New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, NH

J.D. Allen, Assistant News Director
WSHU Public Radio, Westport, CT

Kevin Andrade, Freelance Reporter, Immigrant Communities
Granite State News Collaborative, NH
Boston Globe Magazine, MA

Amanda Andrews, Associate Editor
NH Business Review, Manchester, NH

Roberta Baker, Reporter Education, Health & Community
The Laconia Daily Sun, Laconia, NH

Daniel Barrick, News Director
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Bijan Bayne, Contributor at ESPN
ESPN

Jalen Beliveau, Student Journalist
Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

Dianna Bell, Arts and Culture Editor
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

Jeremy Bernfeld, Senior Editor Investigations
The Public’s Radio, RI

Todd Bookman, Senior Reporter
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Anne Brennan, Executive Editor
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA

Bisi Cameron, Reporter and Photojournalist
Lincoln County News, Newcastle, ME

Andrew Catalina, Digital Editor
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Gayla Cawley, News Editor
The Daily Item, Lynn, MA

Anika Clark,  Executive Editor Local News
The Keene Sentinel, Keene, NH

Jeff Cohen, News Director
Connecticut Public, Hartford, CT

Michael Cote, Editor and Columnist
New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, NH

Philip Cozzolino, Reporter
Newport This Week, Newport, RI

Mark Davis, Managing Editor
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Mark Degon, Managing Editor, And Another Thing
New England Public Media, Springfield, MA

Bryant Denton, Reporter and Technology Services
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Mike Dougherty, Digital Editor
VTDigger, Montpelier, VT

Adam Drapcho, News Editor and Features Reporter
The Laconia Daily Sun, Laconia, NH 

Liora Engel-Smith, Health Reporter
VTDigger, Montpelier, VT

Zeninjor Enwemeka, Senior Business Reporter and Vice President of the Boston Association of Black Journalists
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

Megan Fernandes, Reporter
Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover, NH

Geoff Forester, Photo Editor
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Michael Gagne, News Reporter
Record-Journal, Meriden, CT

Sarah Gibson, Reporter
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Abagael Giles, Climate and Environment Reporter
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Allie Ginwala, Audience Engagement Editor
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Megan Gray, Reporter
Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME

Bob Greene, Retired Journalist
Associated Press

Nour Habib, Engagement Reporter
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Julie Hirshan Hart, Reporter
The Laconia Daily Sun, Laconia, NH

Madeline Hughes, Reporter
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, MA

Paul Lambert, Student Journalist
Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

Izaskun Larraneta, Managing Editor
The Day, New London, CT

Nita Lelyveld, City Editor
Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME

Steve Leone, Publisher
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Ann Lopez, Senior Producer
WSHU Public Radio, Westport, CT

Arianna MacNeill, General Assignment Reporter
Boston.com, Boston, MA

Philip Marcelo, General Assignment Reporter
Associated Press, Boston, MA

Dan Mauzy, Executive Editor for News
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

April McCullum, Story Editor
Burlington Free Press, Burlington, VT

Mariah Melendez, General Assignment Reporter
Cheshire Herald, Cheshire, CT

Kathleen Mulvaney, Courts and Criminal Justice Reporter
The Providence Journal, Providence, RI

Kristen Nevious, Director
The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

Kari Njiir, Local Host of NPR’s All Things Considered
New England Public Media, Springfield, MA

Alison Novak, Education Reporter
Seven Days, Burlington, VT

Eileen O’Grady, Education Reporter
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

John Osborn, Editor
The Harvard Press, Harvard, MA

Brittany Patterson, Deputy Managing Editor
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Anthony Payton, Freelance Journalist
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Bonnie Phillips, Deputy Editor
The Connecticut Health I-Team, New Haven, CT

Melanie Plenda, Director
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Cori Princel, Managing Editor
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Tania Ralli, Assistant Managing Editor
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

Andrew Rice, Reporter
Sun Journal, Lewiston, ME

Josh Rogers, Senior Political Reporter
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Angela Rowlings, Freelance Photojournalist
Boston MA

Susan Sharon, Deputy News Director and Reporter
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Terry Sheridan , News Director
WSHU Public Radio, Westport, CT

Keith Shortall, Editor
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Mark Simpson, Director of News and Public Affairs
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Margaret Smith, Senior Multimedia Journalist
Eagle-Independent, Chelmsford, Westford and Littleton, MA

Lilly St. Angelo, Urban Change Reporter
Burlington Free Press, Burlington, VT

Brian Stevenson, Managing Director of Production
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT  

Catie Talarsk, Head of Radio Programming
Connecticut Public, Hartford, CT

Leah Todd Lin, New England Region Manager
Solutions Journalism Network, New York, NY

Jonathan Van Fleet, Editor
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Phil Vaughn, Producer
NH PBS, Durham, NH

Iohann Vega, Director of Media Lab
New England Public Media, Springfield, MA

Jenny Whidden, State House Reporter
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Natalie Williams, News Editor
VTDigger, Montpelier, VT

About the New England Equity Reporting Fellowship:
The program was created in 2021 by the Granite State News Collaborative, New England News Collaborative, New England Newspaper & Press Association, and Solutions Journalism Network, with support from the Endowment for Health. The program aims to improve news reporting and coverage on issues of race and identity and to create an inclusive newsroom culture for the participating journalists and newsrooms.