The Google News Initiative, in partnership with the National Newspapers Publishers Association, the National Association of Hispanic Publishers, and the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, has launched the Google News Initiative Student Fellowship program aimed at developing and supporting students of color who are interested in careers at the intersection of technology, media, and journalism.

The Google News Initiative Student Fellowship program intends to address the barriers of access to early career opportunities many students of color face, as well as support investigative journalism, technological innovation, and digital transformation in local newsrooms that serve diverse and underrepresented populations.  

Benefits
Fellows will be given a travel payment of $1,000, plus a stipend of $5,000 for the course of the 10-week program.

Deadline
The closing date of the application window is August 1, 2020 at midnight Pacific Time.

Term
The program will run from roughly September to December or 10 to 12 weeks.

More Information and Application Link

The Pulse Research COVID-19 Shopping Impact survey results are encouraging for local businesses and therefore for newspapers.

On July 14 this free webinar explored how to use the data to get back some of your lost revenue and gave tips on how to approach your customers and prospect.

Presented by NENPA University and Sammy Papert, President of WORMHOLE.

Attendees received a copy of the  New England survey data. Pulse Research is making this available to NENPA members as well as making some of their services free through the end of August.

Use this link to access the offer through Pulse: www.pulseresearch.com/support 

Resources from webinar:

Download Slides: Get Back Some Of Your Lost Revenue

Covid-19 Impact and Local Business Survey: New England Regional Report – June 2020

Covid-19 Impact and Local Business Survey: User Guide

For questions on the presentation, Sammy Papert can be reached at:
(214) 505-6420
spapert@sbcglobal.net

If you’re having trouble accessing any of the resources or need more information about NENPA University webinars, contact Tara Cleary at t.cleary@nenpa.com.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Yankee Quill award.

2020 marks the 60th anniversary of this prestigious award, administered by the New England Society of News Editors Foundation.

The award recognizes the efforts and dedication of those in New England who have had a broad influence for good in the field of journalism. 

Recipients are inducted into the Academy of New England Journalists upon receiving the Yankee Quill award in the fall. The 2019 honorees were:

• Ross Connelly, longtime New England journalist who retired as editor and co-publisher of the Hardwick Gazette in Vermont.
• Callie Crossley, WGBH radio and TV in Boston; host of Basic Black, panelist on Beat the Press, producer, filmmaker and role model for women and people of color.
• Dan Kennedy, media critic and journalism professor at Northeastern University.
• Angelo Lynn, owner of the Addison Press and publisher-editor of Addison Independent in Vermont.
• John C. Peterson, of Connecticut, who has worked 50 years as newspaper consultant, group president, publisher and editor.

Selection for the award is not based on a single distinguished achievement. Rather, the Yankee Quill recognizes the effort and dedication of those in New England who have had a broad influence for good in the field of journalism. In other words, it is not based on a certain achievement in reporting, writing or editing or on the fact that someone runs a good newspaper or broadcast show or station. Instead, it honors a lifetime of contribution to the profession.

Nominations may range across the entire field of journalism — including daily and weekly newspapers, radio and television news coverage, and other forms of media that meet the tests of journalism. 

Members of the Academy of New England Journalists, along with the representatives of several New England media associations, will select the persons to receive the Yankee Quill Award this year. 

The links to the nomination forms can be found by clicking here.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, August 21, 2020. 

Nominations may be emailed to: info@nenpa.com or hard copies may be mailed to:
Yankee Quill
c/o NENPA
1 Arrow Drive, Suite 6
Woburn MA 01801 

For further information contact:
George Geers, academy chair, gnews@empire.net, (603) 785-4811
Linda Conway, academy clerk, l.conway@nenpa.com, (781) 281-7648

Business changed overnight because of the Covid-19 pandemic. On June 30 this free webinar explored how our sales approach must change too.

Presented by NENPA University and Al Getler, Vice President of Advantage Newspaper Consultants.

In the presentation, Getler draws on his 37-year career in newspaper and website publishing to look at how do we sell in this new environment without alienating the client.

Resources from webinar:

Download Slides: Five Ways We Must Change Our Sales Approach

ANC Revenue Ideas Videos: https://newspaperconsultants.com/videos/

ANC eBook Download: https://mailchi.mp/newspaperconsultants/5ways-ebook

If you’re having trouble accessing any of the resources or need more information about NENPA University webinars, contact Tara Cleary at t.cleary@nenpa.com.