NENPA Freelancer Network to Launch May 15 as New Member Benefit

The New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) will officially launch the NENPA Freelancer Network on May 15 as a new member benefit designed...

Engaging with consumers based on their reading habits

By Alison Berstein, Bulletin Correspondent One thing I like to do is bust myths, and young people don't read the newspaper? That's a myth. They don't read...

Journalism Awards

Key First-place Journalism Awards General Excellence   Larger Dailies Republican-American, Waterbury, Conn. Smaller Daily  Concord (N.H.) Monitor   Larger Weekly The Martha’s Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Mass.   Smaller Weekly Mount Desert Islander, Bar Harbor,...

A good idea is worth the wait

When I was a kid and jumped to conclusions about something, my father often said, “Hold your horses, son.” That’s an old saying that...

January Obituaries 2023

CONNECTICUT Robert Baird Rosemary Isacsson Craig Sullivan Patricia Trenner MASSACHUSETTS Robert Cowen Ilona Johnson Douglas Lang Jean Nolan Patricia Thompson MAINE Bonnie Coombs NEW HAMPSHIRE William Berger John Harrigan RHODE ISLAND None Reported VERMONT None Reported

Blinder: Newspapers rock, but the wow factor sells ads

By Alison Berstein, Bulletin Correspondent 'When you do your elevator pitch, the response better be "wow!" The secret to that is benefit-driven. You don't have readership, you...

Journalism New England Seeks Newsrooms for September Career Lab Cohort

For many local news organizations, the challenge isn't identifying the stories that need to be told—it's having enough reporters to tell them. As newsrooms...

How to cover the disability beat more ably

How journalists can cover the disability beat more ably By Julia Hutchins Bulletin Correspondent Race and gender issues might be the more hot-button topics, but disabled people are...

Better Newspaper Competition now open to colleges and universities

Starting in 2022, colleges and universities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont are invited to enter the New England Better...

NENPA Newsroom Needs Assessment

We’re asking for just a few minutes of your time to help us better understand what your newsroom needs most right now. So far, we’ve...