Headliners
- N.H. legislation aims to reinforce Right-to-Know law
- Mass. gov’t agencies use terrorism excuse for their secrecy
- R.I. House OKs broader expunging of criminal records
- NEFAC opposes secrecy plan for Maine courts
- Support sought for NENPA-related scholarships
- R.I House revises secrecy for public research files
- Vt. school chiefs balk at freer student expression
- Maine Gov. LePage, GOP continue attacks on press
- Herald photographer kicked, cussed at by ex-race promoter
- Boston Globe errs in early edition on Super Bowl outcome
- Applications open till April 7 for Conn. SPJ scholarships
- Registration open for ‘Storytelling with Data’ at BU
Obituaries
- William B. Rotch of Peterborough, N.H., former editor and publisher of the Milford, N.H.-based Cabinet Press Inc.
- Robert Marshall Lord, former owner of The Eastern Gazette and the former Moosehead Gazette of Dexter, Maine
- Helen (Woodman) Harrington, former owner of the State House News Service in Boston
- Ann C. (Sprague) Bruce
- Leo L. Chabot
- Gloria Smith Russell
- John J. Daly Jr.
- Dezsoe ‘Dezi’ Rottler
- Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bues Whittemann
- Angelo L. Tirro
- Alfred K. ‘Buddy’ Driscoll
- Margaret Guyer
- Robert Emmett Carroll
- Eileen G. Quinn
- William J. ‘Bill’ Kilroy Jr.
Transitions
Briefs
- Maine Gov. LePage, GOP continue attacks on press
- Herald photographer kicked by ex-Grand Prix promoter
- R.I. reporter scores 1st question at White House briefing
- Globe’s early edition errs on Super Bowl outcome
- Herald’s Carr lampoons Globe’s Super Bowl blunder
- High school pupils back 1st Amendment at 10-year high
Awards and Honors
Advertising News
Advice
- Report: Ad-blocker use up 30 percent worldwide
- Six recommendations for digital improvements in 2017
- Five ways beginners can take better photos
- Suggestions for writing shorter stories
- Two key tips for audio recordings
- Suggestions for staving off writer’s block
- How to avoid plagiarism in aggregating content
Training
Mobile/Online News
- Instant Apps provides shortcut for app use on mobiles
- Videos apps fading in favor of videos on mobile web
- Apple’s App Store search ads popular with publishers
- MuckRock opens Slack channel for Trump coverage
- Mass.-bred sports site banned from Super Bowl press
- Efforts aimed at turning online comments more civil
- Dataminr now funneling news alerts through Slack
- Report: Podcasts growing, but face ad challenges
- Online news ass’n gets $200K grant, to hire director
Social Media News
Legal Briefs
- N.H. aims to tighten Right-to-Know enforcement
- Mass. gov’t agencies use terrorism excuse for secrecy
- R.I. House OKs expungement of criminal records
- NEFAC opposes secrecy proposal for Maine courts
- Latest twist in bid for R.I. files in Schilling firm case
- N.H. House OKs board to remedy records complaints
- R.I. House revises secrecy for public research files
- Proposals would make N.H. rape shield law stricter
- N.H. House kills plan to study costs of public files
- Vt. school chiefs balk at freer student expression
- R.I. anti-panhandling bid seeks to KO free-speech issue
- Unsealing of court files sought in fed leak prosecutions
- Supreme Court nominee judged OK on press issues
- Trump gag order on EPA, other fed agencies decried
- Sunlight Foundation seeks extent of Trump blackout
- Fed court denies fed bid to obtain foreign-based data
- Another fed court’s alternate tack on foreign-based data
- Pa. freelancer snuck into GOP meeting, is under probe
- Trump’s wife gains libel-suit $$, apology from blogger
Industry News
• GateHouse buys 5 Ohio dailies, weeklies, niche pubs
• Dallas daily lays off 25, oursources to GateHouse
• A lament for losses in local news, and their effects
• Publishers not sold on distributed content $$ benefits
• Getting coverage out from under the ‘coastal bubbles’
• A road map to how SecureDrop is used for leaks
• Should injury dangers change football coverage?
• Roy Peter Clark’s formula for a ‘saner news experience’