Headliners
- Hearst reinvesting in Conn. papers and four others
- Conn. keeping investigation into its lottery secret
- Mass. daily rips AG Healey for hypocrisy on access
- Vt. gets drug firms’ pricing info, but keeps it secret
- Maine mulls disclosing donors from out of state
- N.H. mural said to be art protected by First Amendment
- Conn. now posts state employees’ pay biweekly
- Ex-Patriot Ledger staffer charged with embezzling $279K
- New Haven police arrest Conn. reporter and seize camera
- One Vt. newspaper worker charged with assaulting another
- 3 N.E. winners among 17 cited in ‘No Small Pulitzers’
- How best to use Mass.’s new public records law
Obituaries
- Shaunna (McDuffee) Bennett, former co-founder and publisher of The Irregular of North Conway, N.H.
- Glenn R. Turner, former managing editor for operations of the Morning Sentinel of Waterville, Maine
- Malcolm J. Donahoo
- Abigail Prescott Fearon
- Daniel Joseph Stets
- Donald Dwight Breed
- Marjorie J. Magowan
- Robert C. Frederiksen
- James H. Marshall
- Charlene Murphy
- Florence Tambone
- Dorothy A. (Hansen) Saunders
- Hopson B. ‘Hop’ ‘Hoppy’ Wilcox
- Andrea A. Thayer
- Leo A. Robert
- Catherine Dial
- Anna Cryvoff Willis
Transitions
MASSACHUSETTS
- Doug Franklin
- Mike Sheehan
- Sean F. Driscoll
Briefs
- Vt. newspaper worker charged with assault
- Ex-Patriot Ledger employee charged with embezzling
- New Haven police arrest Conn. reporter, seize camera
- Conn. SPJ criticizes arrest of New Haven reporter
- Four new members join, one rejoins NEFAC board
- AP cuts 25 staffers in global news department
- Some news outfits up coverage for Trump White House
Awards and Honors
Training
Advice
Mobile/Online News
- Free Chrome browser extension identifies fake news
- New Republic: Reliance on click ads damaging media
- Facebook’s referral traffic slips, Google’s down more
- Online news readers being trapped in ‘filter bubbles’
- Pew poll: 23% shared fake news online, 14% knowingly
- Intercept: No solid proof Russia hacked Dems’ emails
Social Media News
Legal Briefs
- Conn. keeping investigation into its lottery secret
- Mass. AG Healey ripped for hypocrisy on transparency
- Audit finds sheriff’s ass’n deficient on transparency
- Vt. gets drug firms’ pricing info, but keeps it from public
- Mass. mayor stonewalls state, civilian on emails
- Maine mulls disclosure of out-of-state campaign donors
- N.H. mural defended as 1st Amendment-protected art
- Conn. now publicly posts state employees’ pay biweekly
- Files dispute Mass. transit agency absenteeism claims
- Judge exercises prior restraint on N.J. newspaper
- SPJ, N.J. Press Ass’n rap judge’s prior restraint ruling
- $450K grant to defend press’ 1st Amendment rights
- Survey: Campus speech codes lessen; threats remain
Industry News
- Hearst reinvesting in Conn. newspapers, four others
- Ex-Globe editor Baron: Print newspapers’ future ‘grim’
- 3 N.E. winners celebrated in ‘No Small Pulitzers’
- South Sudan deports UMaine grad reporting for AP
- Study: 69% in U.S. still follow news from newspapers
- Service journalism forecast to be on the increase
- Some publishers re-separating print, digital staffs
- Nonprofit press sees post-election uptick in donations
- Humor: Poynter site’s list of best 2016 corrections