In the ever-evolving landscape of journalism, fostering the next generation is paramount. The New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) and the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) proudly present an unparalleled opportunity for academic institutions to engage, empower, and recognize their students, faculty, and staff members. In a time...

Stefanie Murray

Stefanie Murray is the Director of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. A Michigan native, Stefanie previously worked in Michigan and Tennessee as a reporter, editor, digital media manager and news executive. Before joining Montclair State, she worked for...

Nicco Mele

Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | Sponsors Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner Nicco Mele is a managing director at the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. From 2016 to 2019, Nicco was the Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Nicco’s prior experience includes founding...
We are excited to announce the New England Newspaper Convention will be held live in Boston April 29 - 30, 2022. We're planning two days filled with workshops, training sessions, seminars, and panels that address the latest developments, opportunities, and obstacles that our members are confronting. Topics will cover all...

Judith Meyer

Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel, and six weekly newspapers owned by the Sun Media Group. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year...

Penelope Overton

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...

Denise-Marie Ordway

Managing Editor. She joined Journalist’s Resource in 2015 after working as a reporter for newspapers and radio stations in the U.S. and Central America, including the Orlando Sentinel and Philadelphia Inquirer. Her work also has appeared in publications such as USA TODAY,...

Dan Lyon

Dan Lyon (b. 1991) is a visual storyteller, editor and educator based in Syracuse, New York. He recently worked as the photo editor for Chalkbeat, a nonprofit newsroom telling the story of education in the United States, taught photographic storytelling as a part-time instructor at Syracuse University's Newhouse School,...

Kristen Nevious

From the first time she met him, Marlin Fitzwater has said that he wanted the Center to be more than a name on a building, and that was her cue. In the summer of 2002, only a couple of months after its dedication, Dr. Kristen Nevious joined The Marlin Fitzwater...

Sarah D. Collins

Collins is a Brown Institute Magic Grant recipient, journalist, and documentary filmmaker currently working at HealthDay News. She just wrapped up her documentary about an after-school circus program in Trenton and has been researching the right to be forgotten in American newsrooms....