| 52nd
Annual Yankee Quill Awards
Bulletin photo by Jordan Griffin
The 2012 fellows
of the Academy of New England Journalists, winners of the Yankee Quill
Award, are, from left, Robert Giles, former curator of the Nieman Foundation
at Harvard University; Robert Schrepf, retired vice president and editorial
page editor of The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; Jack Williams, anchor for
WBZ-TV, Channel 4, in Boston; R. John Mitchell, publisher and president
of the Rutland (Vt.) Herald and Times Argus of Barre and Montpelier,
Vt.; and Robert Turner, retired deputy editor of the editorial page
of The Boston Globe. They were honored at a dinner Nov. 16 in the University
of Massachusetts at Lowell (Mass.) Inn & Conference Center.
Robinson
keynotes NESNE event
Yankee Quill
winners:
Having fun on the way
to honored news careers
By Will
Viti
Bulletin Staff
Five New England
journalists were honored at the 52nd Annual Yankee Quill Awards Nov.
16 for their lifetime contributions, and they returned the honor by
recounting endearing personal reminiscences and sharing the recognition
with colleagues they thanked.
Robert Schrepf of
The Hartford Courant; Jack Williams of WBZ-TV, Boston; R. John Mitchell
of the Rutland (Vt.) Herald and The Times Argus of Barre and Montpelier,
Vt.; Robert Giles of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, and
Robert Turner of The Boston Globe were recognized for their committed
and diligent careers that radiated a broad influence for good in the
field of journalism.
Before the awards
dinner, Eugene Robinson, opinion writer at The Washington Post, delivered
the keynote speech to round out the New England Society of Newspaper
Editors daylong annual conference. Robinson spoke about the 2012 election
to about 60 people,. MORE
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