GenePolicinsky

Defending all of us by defending a free press

Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. He can be reached atgpolicinski@freedomforum.org, or follow...

Scrutinize letters during election season

Campaigns are in full swing as Election Day nears. Editors should pay extra attention to letters that give a thumbs up or thumbs down...

Mark Your Calendar for Spring 2025 Journalist Meetups in Boston!

After another successful networking night in March, the monthly journalist meetup series continues in Boston this spring with three exciting events designed to help...
Newspaper-industry-news

Industry News – Jan 2017

Alan White, editor at Eagle-Tribune,is dead at 68 Case shows R.I.’s tortured, limited path to public records Mass. AG refusal to release public...

Treasure hunt for ad ideas

Some years ago, I attended an exhibit of treasure from the Atocha shipwreck which treasure hunter Mel Fisher had located off the coast of...

MNPA Survey of Circulation and Geographic Coverage

In recent years, Massachusetts legislators have stepped up efforts to remove public notices from newspapers. One argument they increasingly advance is that newspaper closings...

Help fight the newsprint tariffs on Canadian newsprint

A Message From the News Media Alliance On July 17, 2018, the International Trade Commission will hear testimony on the preliminary tariffs. We have asked...

Lessons from a failed advertiser

I remember talking to Clark about his early days in advertising. When he started his then-small marketing business, one of his first clients was...

Convention 2018

The winners and the audience at the New England First Amendment Coalition’s awards luncheon Friday, Feb. 23, are shown above, clockwise from top left:...

Boston Newspaper Guild approves new contract with Boston Globe

By Jeremy C. Fox, Boston Globe Correspondent on 11/19/21 After nearly three years of negotiations, employees at Boston Globe Media Partners on Friday approved a...