Cecily Weisburgh is executive editor-digital at The Keene Sentinel. She co-manages a 14-person newsroom and works on digital products including The Sentinel’s website, social media, newsletters, and the technology associated with each. She has also worked for the past few years to bolster The Sentinel’s audience engagement efforts and earn trust from the community through coaching and a fellowship project with Trusting News, an organization that helps newsrooms demonstrate credibility and actively earn trust. She is a member of The Sentinel’s audience engagement and paid readership and retention teams.
She became executive editor-digital of The Sentinel in January 2022, and before that was managing editor-digital for two years.
She joined The Sentinel in 2001 as a general assignment reporter and later covered the education beat. She has held leadership positions including local news editor and digital content editor, and has served on The Sentinel’s editorial board.
She is a graduate of Binghamton University, State University of New York, with a bachelor of science in biology, and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with a master of arts in professional writing.
We are excited to share with you the details of Sunfox Farm’s 6th Annual Sunflower Festival, taking place from August 10 to 18 in the heart of Concord, NH. This year, we invite you to experience the stunning beauty of our 20-acre sunflower field, the largest single field of sunflowers in the state, set against the picturesque backdrop of the state capital.
Radically Rural, the national summit that helps small communities thrive, returns Sept. 25-26 with community journalism sessions designed to connect rural newsrooms with resources to help them achieve sustainability and uphold democracy in their communities.
The New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) continues its tradition of supporting aspiring journalists by awarding several scholarships each year through the Journalism Education Foundation of New England (JEFNE). This initiative is designed to foster and encourage young talent dedicated to pursuing a career in journalism.
Do you have a dedicated team member who works behind the scenes, ensuring the success of your operation? Perhaps the person is the go-to source for history or relationships in your community or a star production, administration, or circulation member.
Applications for Negri First Amendment Institute Close On August 23
Named after the late trail-blazing Boston Globe journalist, the Gloria L. Negri First Amendment Institute (formerly the New England First Amendment Institute) is an intensive training program on freedom of information law and investigative reporting techniques.
The Institute is offered each year tuition-free and exclusively to 25 working New England journalists. More than 300 journalists from 100 local news organizations have benefited from the program since it began in 2011.
The deadline to apply is August 23, 2024. Application materials can be obtained here.