NENPA eBulletin
Industry News – July 2016
Buyouts being offered at Globe’s Boston.com
200 Massachusetts school chiefs deny public records
N.H. town fined $200K for breaking right-to-know law
Mass. courts...
Online niche news sites help fill void in papers’ lessened reporting on health,...
By Abigail Skelton, Bulletin Staff
‘There are about 100 (nonprofit news sites) nationally ... six or seven focus exclusively on health-related reporting.’
— Lisa Chedekel, Co-founder and senior...
The shadow knows
Ed Henninger, design
ED HENNINGER is an independent newspaper consultant and the director of Henninger Consulting.
Website: www.henningerconsulting.com
Phone: (803) 327-3322
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Scott Kearnan
Scott Kearnan became the Boston Herald’s food editor as of June 22. Before joining the Herald, Kearnan was the Boston editor of Zagat.com, an...
The power of implication
John Foust, advertising
John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments are using his training videos to save time...
Not news to this columnist: Community papers doing well
Kevin Slimp, technology
Kevin Slimp is director of the Institute of Newspaper Technology.
Email questions to him at
kevin@kevinslimp.comA few months back, I had breakfast with the...
Francis A. Montecalvo
Francis A. Montecalvo, 78, of The Villages, Fla., and formerly of Middleton, Mass., died June 15 in Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington,...
Arlene Maher Baker
Arlene Maher Baker, 90, of Prospect, Conn., died June 21 at home.
She covered the town of Prospect for WOWW-AM radio station in Naugatuck, Conn.,...
Raymond ‘Gus’ Gustitus
Raymond “Gus” Gustitus, 67, of Pittsfield, Mass., died June 17 at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield.
He was a printer at The Berkshire Eagle and at...