How data + collaboration drive breakthrough journalism at scale

Among this week's Pulitzer Prize winners, the Local Reporting award, shared by the Baltimore Banner and the New York Times, showcased how data and...

Initiate conversations with your readers

A reader questions your policy for reporting suicides. A retailer challenges your staff to produce timely and relevant business news.  A reporter...

Focus on people, sources two keys to enlivening local government coverage

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...

What Documents Can Journalists Have Ready in the Event of an Emergency?

In a recent Foreign Press Correspondents USA tools and training article the organization asks the question, "What can you do as you watch your...

2024 NENPA Awards: Celebrating Excellence in New England Journalism

The New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) honored top-performing newspapers and journalists in various categories on September 21 during a luncheon at the...

Meaningful meeting reports demand substantive leads

Newspapers smartly are promoting their roles as government watchdogs to reinforce their strengths in the fractured media landscape. I join the chorus: Vibrant coverage...

Partnership expands ProJourn, pro bono legal initiative for local journalists

Together, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Microsoft Corp., the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Davis Wright Tremaine —...

We’re divided in new ways over our core First Amendment freedoms

Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. Email him at gpolicinski@freedomforum.org and follow him on Twitter...

For ‘Murder Ink’ series, the party’s over

At ‘Murder Ink 3’ launch, party’s over as series ends By Julia Hutchins Bulletin Correspondent In a quiet room above the hubbub of the New England Newspaper...

Facebook Journalism Project: News Day

Facebook Journalism Project: News Day is coming to Boston. Many newsrooms and news organizations around the country are collaborating with Facebook on tools, trainings and...