Mike Cote

CONFERENCE HOME | SCHEDULE | SPONSORS | REGISTERMike Cote has worked as a reporter and editor for newspapers and magazines in New Hampshire, Florida and Colorado for more than 30 years. He also taught public affairs reporting and news editing at the University of Colorado.
Join us for a unique summit where newsrooms, philanthropists, business leaders and academic institutions will discuss not only why they can work together - but also how! To create healthier, more connected, and engaged communities we need accurate and timely information that people can trust. Journalism is essential in providing...

Stephanie Sugars

Stephanie Sugars is the senior reporter for the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, where she documents press freedom violations in the U.S. and by U.S. officials abroad. A graduate of NYU's Global and Joint Program Studies program in journalism and international relations, her professional work focuses on human rights, politics...

Peter Huoppi

Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | Sponsors Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner Peter Huoppi is the director of multimedia at The Day in New London, CT. Peter got his start in journalism as a photography intern at the Burlington Free Press in Burlington, VT. After working for seven years as a photojournalist...

Justin Silverman

| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS | Justin Silverman is executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition. A Massachusetts-based attorney, Justin helps lead NEFAC’s First Amendment and open government advocacy throughout the six-state region. Justin’s commentary has appeared in dozens of publications including The New York Times, Washington...

NEFAC Awards Luncheon

Jane Mayer will receive the New England First Amendment Coalition‘s 2018 Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award.  Mayer, a writer for The New Yorker since 1995, covers politics, culture, and national security for the magazine. Mayer is perhaps best known for her accountability journalism and her ability to expose the underpinnings...

Brendan McQuaid

Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | Sponsors Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner Brendan McQuaid is the current President of the New Hampshire Press Association.  His day job is serving as President and Publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader, the only statewide newspaper.  A third-generation newspaperman, McQuaid was born and raised in...

Chris Crockett

Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | Sponsors Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner Chris Crockett is the publisher at MaineStay Media, a newspaper group on the coast of Maine that includes The Ellsworth American, Mount Desert Islander, Courier-Gazette, Republican Journal, Camden Herald, and the Free Press. Chris has worked in newspapers for over...

John Voket

John Voket has primarily worked in journalism, broadcasting and communications all his life, holding positions as an Associated Press stringer; a reporter, designer and editor for numerous community papers in Connecticut; and is currently Editor of The Newtown Bee serving Newtown and Sandy Hook, CT. In his tenure with “The...

2018 Hall of Fame

New Hall of Famers praise peers, recall careers fondly By Jess DeWitt Bulletin Staff The latest members to join the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame nominations emerged from the biggest crop of nominees in the Hall’s history. Although the competition was stiffer, the new members echoed some of the same themes heard...