‘Be nice’ is not needed during crisis — but a free press is

“Be nice” — two words not found anywhere among the 45 words of the First Amendment. Also not found: “positive,” or “get ya”...

2020 Yankee Quill Award Nominations Are Open

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Yankee Quill award.2020 marks the 60th anniversary of this...

LMF awards investigative reporting stipend to two NH organizations for a joint project

Local Media Foundation announced the first stipends for investigative reporting recipients from the Fund for Local Journalism. The winners include a diverse...

Now Accepting Applications For 2021 Bob Wallack Intern Stipends

Editors at New England Newspaper & Press Association member publications are invited and encouraged to apply for a $500 stipend for one...

Your help is needed to ensure passage of Local Journalism Sustainability Act

On Thursday, July 22, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced a companion bill in the U.S. Senate...

Color Us Connected Column Unites Communities in Maine and Alabama

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...

VTDigger Founder Anne Galloway Steps Down

VTDigger.org founder Anne Galloway has stepped down as executive director of the state’s largest online news outlet. She will remain with the nonprofit as...

Globe’s Diti Kohli selected for Poynter’s Power of Diverse Voices in 2022

The Poynter Institute recently announced the 15 journalists selected from more than 100 applicants for its prestigious Power of Diverse Voices: Writing Workshop for...

Guest Column – Sustaining Rural Journalism In 2023

This month’s column is mainly from someone else because it illustrates a serious problem facing rural newspapers: How do they manage increasingly contentious public...

2023 Newspapers of the Year and Individual Awards Presentation Video

The 2023 presentation of the annual Allan B. Rogers Editorial Award, New England First Amendment Award, AP Sevellon Brown NE Journalist of the Year,...