Link McKie
Link McKie has been a longtime newspaperman who in recent years added consulting and teaching to his career. His career began in 1970 as...
Lara Salahi
Dr. Lara Salahi is an award-winning health journalist, author, and Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Endicott College in Beverly,...
Meg Heckman
Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | Sponsors
Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner
Meg Heckman is a journalist, author and educator focused on building a news ecosystem that...
Antonia Noori Farzan
| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS |
Antonia Noori Farzan is a Rhode Island native who joined The Providence Journal in 2021. She previously...
Kristen Hare
Kristen Hare covers the local news industry and teaches local journalists as a faculty member for the Poynter Institute. She also writes a weekly...
Brian McGrory
Convention Home | Register for Event | Program | Hotel Reservations | Sponsors
Yankee Quill Luncheon | Hall of Fame Dinner
Brian McGrory is the editor of The Boston Globe. A 27-year veteran of the Globe,...
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...
Reuben Fischer-Baum
Reuben Fischer-Baum is an editor on the graphics team at The Washington Post, where he leads a team of reporters focused on trackers and...
Emily Sweeney
| CONVENTION HOME | REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | SPEAKERS | SPONSORS | HOTEL RESERVATIONS |
Emily Sweeney covers local news and writes "Blotter Tales," a weekly column that appears...
Joy Mayer
Joy Mayer founded Trusting News in 2016 after a 20-year career in newsrooms and teaching. She spent 12 years at the Missouri School of...








