Mark your calendar! The annual New England Newspaper Convention will be held May 5-6, 2023, at the Westin Waltham Boston Hotel.
We’ll be shaking things up a bit this year with a new location and schedule. To be sensitive to everyone's time—we’re offering several virtual sessions and presenting the in-person...
Focus on people, sources
two keys to enlivening
local government coverage
By Nadine El-Bawab
Bulletin Correspondent
Even though reader interest in local government coverage has waned, it is still important for readers and an important obligation of journalists, according to panelists at the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s recent winter convention. The panelists...
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Jim Falzone is the publisher of the seven newspapers that comprise North of Boston Media Group in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In addition, he serves as vice president of production for parent company CNHI, LLC, and is president of the Northeast Association...
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Jamie Kageleiry is the former executive editor of the community newspaper The Martha’s Vineyard Times, formerly worked as an editor at Yankee Magazine, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, and Edible Vineyard. She is currently the director of publications for Bluedot Living Magazine,...
Two sets of awards for the 2019 New England Better Newspaper Competition were given out during the 2020 New England Newspaper Convention, held Feb. 7-8, 2020 in Boston. On Feb. 7 the award winners in the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion categories were presented during a casino themed...
This year 600 newspaper professionals turned out for the 2019 New England Newspaper Convention. The two-day event was packed with expert speakers, training sessions, awards celebrations, Casino Night and a gripping interview with keynote speaker Jason Rezaian.
Congratulations to our award winners and thank you to all the speakers and...
Key First-place Journalism Awards
General Excellence
Larger Dailies
Republican-American, Waterbury, Conn.
Smaller Daily
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
Larger Weekly
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
Smaller Weekly
Mount Desert Islander, Bar Harbor, Maine
Specialty Publication
Providence (R.I.) Business News
Weekly Reporter of the Year
Dan MacAlpine *, Ipswich (Mass.) Chronicle
Daily Reporter of the Year
Neil Simpson **, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy,...
Melanie Plenda is a member of the NENPA Board of Directors and an award-winning freelance journalist and the Director of The Granite State News Collaborative. Her role with The Collaborative includes coordinating coverage for the group’s editorial projects, building partnerships and handling the day to day operations of the...