The New England Equity Reporting Fellowship has selected 76 journalists to participate in the inaugural 2022 program. The Fellows are an impressive roster of publishers, editors, and journalists representing more than 40 news outlets from across all six New England states.

They will participate in the Fault Lines Training Series offered by the Maynard Institute and receive ongoing training and support from the Fellowship throughout the year.

For more than 40 years, the Maynard Institute has fought to push back against the systemic lack of diversity in the news industry through training, collaborations, and convenings. The Fault Lines training series is based on addressing personal bias “Fault Lines” of race, gender, sexual orientation, generation, geography, and class, as they apply to journalists, newsrooms and coverage. 

2022 New England Equity Reporting Fellows:

Josie Albertson-Grove, Staff Reporter Education and Health
New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, NH

J.D. Allen, Assistant News Director
WSHU Public Radio, Westport, CT

Kevin Andrade, Freelance Reporter, Immigrant Communities
Granite State News Collaborative, NH
Boston Globe Magazine, MA

Amanda Andrews, Associate Editor
NH Business Review, Manchester, NH

Roberta Baker, Reporter Education, Health & Community
The Laconia Daily Sun, Laconia, NH

Daniel Barrick, News Director
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Bijan Bayne, Contributor at ESPN
ESPN

Jalen Beliveau, Student Journalist
Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

Dianna Bell, Arts and Culture Editor
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

Jeremy Bernfeld, Senior Editor Investigations
The Public’s Radio, RI

Todd Bookman, Senior Reporter
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Anne Brennan, Executive Editor
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA

Bisi Cameron, Reporter and Photojournalist
Lincoln County News, Newcastle, ME

Andrew Catalina, Digital Editor
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Gayla Cawley, News Editor
The Daily Item, Lynn, MA

Anika Clark,  Executive Editor Local News
The Keene Sentinel, Keene, NH

Jeff Cohen, News Director
Connecticut Public, Hartford, CT

Michael Cote, Editor and Columnist
New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, NH

Philip Cozzolino, Reporter
Newport This Week, Newport, RI

Mark Davis, Managing Editor
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Mark Degon, Managing Editor, And Another Thing
New England Public Media, Springfield, MA

Bryant Denton, Reporter and Technology Services
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Mike Dougherty, Digital Editor
VTDigger, Montpelier, VT

Adam Drapcho, News Editor and Features Reporter
The Laconia Daily Sun, Laconia, NH 

Liora Engel-Smith, Health Reporter
VTDigger, Montpelier, VT

Zeninjor Enwemeka, Senior Business Reporter and Vice President of the Boston Association of Black Journalists
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

Megan Fernandes, Reporter
Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover, NH

Geoff Forester, Photo Editor
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Michael Gagne, News Reporter
Record-Journal, Meriden, CT

Sarah Gibson, Reporter
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Abagael Giles, Climate and Environment Reporter
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Allie Ginwala, Audience Engagement Editor
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Megan Gray, Reporter
Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME

Bob Greene, Retired Journalist
Associated Press

Nour Habib, Engagement Reporter
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Julie Hirshan Hart, Reporter
The Laconia Daily Sun, Laconia, NH

Madeline Hughes, Reporter
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, MA

Paul Lambert, Student Journalist
Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

Izaskun Larraneta, Managing Editor
The Day, New London, CT

Nita Lelyveld, City Editor
Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME

Steve Leone, Publisher
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Ann Lopez, Senior Producer
WSHU Public Radio, Westport, CT

Arianna MacNeill, General Assignment Reporter
Boston.com, Boston, MA

Philip Marcelo, General Assignment Reporter
Associated Press, Boston, MA

Dan Mauzy, Executive Editor for News
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

April McCullum, Story Editor
Burlington Free Press, Burlington, VT

Mariah Melendez, General Assignment Reporter
Cheshire Herald, Cheshire, CT

Kathleen Mulvaney, Courts and Criminal Justice Reporter
The Providence Journal, Providence, RI

Kristen Nevious, Director
The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

Kari Njiir, Local Host of NPR’s All Things Considered
New England Public Media, Springfield, MA

Alison Novak, Education Reporter
Seven Days, Burlington, VT

Eileen O’Grady, Education Reporter
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

John Osborn, Editor
The Harvard Press, Harvard, MA

Brittany Patterson, Deputy Managing Editor
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT

Anthony Payton, Freelance Journalist
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Bonnie Phillips, Deputy Editor
The Connecticut Health I-Team, New Haven, CT

Melanie Plenda, Director
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Cori Princel, Managing Editor
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Tania Ralli, Assistant Managing Editor
90.9 WBUR, Boston, MA

Andrew Rice, Reporter
Sun Journal, Lewiston, ME

Josh Rogers, Senior Political Reporter
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH

Angela Rowlings, Freelance Photojournalist
Boston MA

Susan Sharon, Deputy News Director and Reporter
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Terry Sheridan , News Director
WSHU Public Radio, Westport, CT

Keith Shortall, Editor
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Mark Simpson, Director of News and Public Affairs
Maine Public, Lewiston, ME

Margaret Smith, Senior Multimedia Journalist
Eagle-Independent, Chelmsford, Westford and Littleton, MA

Lilly St. Angelo, Urban Change Reporter
Burlington Free Press, Burlington, VT

Brian Stevenson, Managing Director of Production
Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT  

Catie Talarsk, Head of Radio Programming
Connecticut Public, Hartford, CT

Leah Todd Lin, New England Region Manager
Solutions Journalism Network, New York, NY

Jonathan Van Fleet, Editor
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Phil Vaughn, Producer
NH PBS, Durham, NH

Iohann Vega, Director of Media Lab
New England Public Media, Springfield, MA

Jenny Whidden, State House Reporter
Granite State News Collaborative, NH

Natalie Williams, News Editor
VTDigger, Montpelier, VT

About the New England Equity Reporting Fellowship:
The program was created in 2021 by the Granite State News Collaborative, New England News Collaborative, New England Newspaper & Press Association, and Solutions Journalism Network, with support from the Endowment for Health. The program aims to improve news reporting and coverage on issues of race and identity and to create an inclusive newsroom culture for the participating journalists and newsrooms.