New England Society of Newspaper Editors, treasurer, 2008; member, governing board, 2007-09; member, since 2005.

• NESNE survey of New England newspaper editors, lead investigator, 2008. To take the survey, click here.

• “What are journalism schools teaching and why?” panel discussion, organizer and moderator, NESNE annual convention, Oct. 2007.

Northern Essex Community College journalism & broadcasting department program review committee, member, 2006-07.

Phil Dunkelbarger for Congress, media consultant, 2006.

American Jewish Press Association award winner, Second Place, Excellence in News Reporting in Newspapers under 15,000 Circulation, for “Harvard Close to Rejecting Sheikh’s Gift,” The Jewish Journal, July 4, 2003, awarded June 2004.

New England News Forum conference, “The New(s) England Revolution: From Politics to Courtroom to Classroom,” session presenter, “Converting Newspapers into Video Podcasts,” UMass-Lowell, April 7, 2007.

College Media Advisers, biannual convention, attendee, New York City, March 2007.

New England Society of Newspaper Editors, annual convention and awarding of Yankee Quill Awards, attendee, since 2005.

Vermont Newspaper Association annual contest, judge, two categories (best local story, non-daily & best feature, non-daily), 2007.

Association of Opinion Page Editors annual contest, judge, 2007.

American Jewish Press Association, member, since 2003.

Center for Public Integrity, member, since 2003.

Center for Media and Democracy, member, since 2005.

College Media Advisers, member, since 2007.

Committee of Concerned Journalists, member, since 2003.

Free Press Action Fund, member, since 2006.

National Press Club, member, since 2005.

New England News Forum, member, since 2006.

New England Newspaper Association, member, since 2005.

New England Press Association, member, since 2003.

New England Society of Newspaper Editors, member, since 2005.

Public Citizen, member, since 2006.

Student Newspaper Advisers at Community Colleges in Massachusetts, member, since 2006.

Student Press Law Center, member, since 2007.

Union for Democratic Communications, lifetime member, since 2004.

Voice of Teachers for Education (VOTE), member, since 2006.

Tufts University, undergraduate senior thesis committee for Mary I. Kohler, faculty member, 1999.

Tufts University, Lincoln Filene Center, visiting scholar, 1993-1994.

Career Access Network, University of California, San Diego, career contact, 2002-present.

University of California, San Diego, communication department, graduate student representative, graduate affairs committee, 1989-1991.

State University of New York at Binghamton, student commencement speaker, 1986.