It’s Easier Than You Think – Still Time to Enter By November 14!

The 2025 New England Better Newspaper Competition is open and accepting entries across all divisions — Editorial, Advertising, and College! Whether you’re a publisher, newsroom leader, reporter,...

Spotlight on Massachusetts’ A-Mark Prize Winners for Investigative Journalism

The New England Newspaper & Press Association is proud to recognize the Massachusetts journalists and student reporters honored with A-Mark Prizes for Investigative Journalism...

Data offers powerful tools for local news storytelling

By Alex Eng, Bulletin Correspondent Data journalism is one way for local news organizations to publish deeper and more engaging investigative stories, according to Tyler Dukes, a...

SPJ Training Program, In association with Google News Initiative

Since its inception, thousands of journalists have been trained by SPJ and the Google News Initiative on using the continually evolving suite of Google...

Deadline? What deadline? My story is already filed!

Doesn’t every journalist want to wrap up the workday and be home with their kids or their...
Kevin Slimp

Common Traits

What do successful newspapers have in common? I really didn’t expect to do much traveling this summer but plans don’t always work out as...

National campaign to defend freedom of the press features celebrities talking about First Amendment

On July 4, the Free Speech Center launched a national nonpartisan and nonprofit educational effort to build understanding and respect for the...

Seven Days and Kate O’Neill Receive the 2020 Jack Barry Communications Award From Recovery...

Cathy Resmer | Seven Days | February 25, 2020 Writer Kate O’Neill’s 2019 series “Hooked: Stories and Solutions From Vermont’s Opioid Crisis,” published in Seven...

We heard you! Better Newspaper Contest Portal Open Through Midnight On Sunday, November 16

Thank you to everyone who reached out over the past day. We heard from quite a few newsrooms working hard to finalize their submissions....

Obituaries March 2019

CONNECTICUT Frederick Minnis NEW...