Kimberly Kirchner is Editor of The Herbalist, a quarterly magazine covering cannabis news and culture in Western Massachusetts published by New England Newspapers Inc. Between issues, she serves as Special Sections Editor for the company’s four newspapers, overseeing content creation, design and production of specialty publications distributed across Berkshire County and Southern Vermont. She lives in Dalton, Mass. with her partner, their cat and just enough lizards to keep things interesting.
George M. Dratelis has worked in the digital media industry since 1995 with executive positions in newspaper companies, technology vendors and start-up companies. Previous positions include: Director of Client Revenue Enhancement with Adicio Inc., Manager of Interactive Audience Development with Lee Enterprises and Corporate Internet Marketing Director at Dow Jones Local Media Group (Ottaway Newspapers). Currently George works as a media consultant and business development director for two startup companies. During his career in the newspaper industry George served two terms as a member of the NAA Digital Media Federation Board of Directors and was a website judge for the Editor & Publisher Eppy Awards for many years.
Kevin L. McCrudden is an international author, speaker and the only motivational and leadership speaker in American history to ever have a day of recognition passed by The United States Congress and New York State. He is the founder of National Motivation & Inspiration Day®, which was passed by The United States Congress after the tragic events of 9/11/2001. January 2nd is acknowledged as National Motivation & Inspiration Day® and, in New York State, January is Motivation & Inspiration Month® !
McCrudden studied soccer, Political Science and Journalism/Communication in college. He became a professional / semi-professional soccer player. Has worked in Government and politics and has been a candidate for political office. And has written eight (8) books, been on national and international TV and has hosted his own radio and TV shows. He was also publisher of his own soccer magazine and created the Long Island Soccer Player Hall of Fame.
He is currently a National Key Note Speaker, Business Consultant and Guest Lecturer at Amity Education Group, as well as an Entrepreneur and Executive Coach and “Millennial Mentor.”
Kevin’s media career actually started at 12 years old, when he became a newspaper delivery boy for his hometown newspaper, Newsday. In his media career, he has worked with representatives from over 2,000 newspapers and media companies all across North America where he conducted management, leadership and sales training programs. He established three (3) separate University Programs for Fortune 500 newspaper companies and created one of the first “Media Convergence Models” in America in 1998.
His book, “Who Are You? Become the Very Best You That You Can Be” introduces the most significant addition to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in 60 years and his 7 audiobooks have sold in over 30 countries around the world.
Kevin has appeared on Fox News, Fox & friends and ABC News in New York, as well as international radio and TV programs, in addition to being a TV and Radio Host.
He speaks on topics of Motivation, Inspiration, Management, Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Sales, Sports, Soccer and maximizing performance to corporations, universities, students and athletes.
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 columnist and features writer before moving to New Hampshire for a staff reporting job at the NH Union Leader in 2001. As newsroom jobs dwindled she continued writing freelance for various publications including the Boston Globe, The Concord Monitor, Business NH Magazine and the NH Bar News. She spent more than two years learning the ways of digital news as local editor for NashuaPatch.com from 2011-2014 before launching the Inklink in June 2014. She is a founding member of the Granite State News Collaborative, an active member of LION Publishers, and a past board member of the NH Press Association.On Twitter: @ManchInkLink @CarolRobidoux
Brian Hallenbeck | The Day | January 22, 2020
New London — In the latest collaboration involving two of the city’s venerable institutions, Peter Huoppi, The Day’s multimedia director, has begun teaching a journalism course at Connecticut College.
Titled “Media Ethics in the Digital Age,” the class met for the first time Wednesday evening and promises to deal with issues Huoppi confronts nearly every day in producing and editing content for the newspaper and its website.
“I’m hoping these students are willing to have their ideas challenged — and be willing to challenge mine. I expect to learn, too,” said Huoppi, the college’s first Bodenwein Fellow, named for Theodore Bodenwein, The Day’s publisher from 1891 to 1939.
Conn President Katherine Bergeron said the Bodenwein Fellowship is designed “to create opportunities for The Day’s professionals to teach their craft to the growing number of students on our campus who are passionate about journalism.”
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Autumn Phillips is Managing Editor of The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. She previously served as Executive Editor of the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa, and the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho. Her work has been recognized twice by Editor & Publisher Magazine’s “10 Newspapers That Do It Right.” At The Post and Courier, she has used one-on-one data coaching of editors to keep the newsroom focused on audience and digital revenue strategy, and has developed a training culture focused on improving and deepening journalism. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt.
Carmen Nobel is program director of Journalist’s Resource at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Journalist’s Resource (journalistsresource.org) examines news topics through a research lens. The staff publishes summaries and roundups of peer-reviewed public policy research – making it easier for time-crunched journalists, in the course of reporting, to ask and answer this question: What does the research say?
Nobel joined the Shorenstein Center in 2018 after serving as senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, where she forged content partnerships with Quartz, Forbes, HBR Ascend and the World Economic Forum. Her work has appeared in publications including The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Inc., NPR Science Friday, Forbes, PC Magazine, eWeek and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
She holds a master of science degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Penelope “Penny” Overton writes about the lobster and marijuana industries for the Portland Press Herald, Maine’s biggest daily newspaper. She joined the paper in 2016 as a business and enterprise reporter, and added the newly created marijuana beat in 2018, right after Maine voters legalized adult-use marijuana. Over a two-decade career, her beats have included politics, state government, the environment, American Indian issues and a whole lot of enterprise in small and large markets in Florida, Arizona and Connecticut.
Cristela Guerra is an award-winning journalist and arts and culture reporter for The ARTery. She worked for nearly five years at The Boston Globe starting in features and then making her way back to Metro. She’s covered major blizzards, immigration policy, the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in the mainland, and breaking news around New England. She started her career in Florida logging seven years at The News-Press where she wrote about about local government, education, crime, and focused on stories out of marginalized communities. In 2014, she won a regional and national Edward R. Murrow Award for a two-day series called “A Spark of Hope.” She’s driven to understand people, committed to local stories, and hopes to use the arts as a lens to delve deeper into equity, culture, social justice, and race.
Paul Lambert is a sophomore at Franklin Pierce University and directs the school’s political reporting arm, PoliticsFitzU. He has been published in the Boston Herald, made appearances on WMUR, and created news packages for NBC10 Boston. Lambert also broadcasts sporting events for FPU’s Raven Sports Network.
