Carefully screen columns by public officials

How will the Legislature deal with a record budget surplus, and what will it mean for taxpayer pocketbooks? Are there implications for public safety...

It’s Time Americans Stepped Up and Learned About the First Amendment

By Judy Patrick The First Amendment isn’t getting the appreciation and respect it deserves. Increasingly battered and misunderstood, it...
Gene Policinski First Amendment

Inaugural Day ‘open letter’ – to the rest of us

Gene Policinski, inside the First Amendment Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center....

Vt. journalist Donoghue receives national student-journalism honor

Michael Donoghue, a retired longtime reporter for The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, has won a national scholastic-journalism award.Donoghue, executive director of the Vermont Press...

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...

NENPA supports Community News & Small Business Support Act

New legislation to support local newsrooms and local advertisers has been introduced in the 118th Congress. The Community News & Small Business Support Act...

NEFAC Announces Journalism Fellows for New England First Amendment Institute

The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the incoming class of fellows for its 2021 New England First Amendment Institute. Now in its 11th year,...

Most Americans Think Media Is Doing Fairly Well Covering COVID-19 Outbreak

Amy Mitchell & J. Baxter Oliphant | Pew Research Center | March 18, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has caught...

Yankee Quill Award – Call For Nominations!

This is a call for nominations for the prestigious Yankee Quill Award. For more than 60 years the New England Academy of Journalists has been honoring our...

New England Newspaper Conference Story Roundup

We love reading all the stories and social media mentions from our members touting the successes of their staff and publications. There...