Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, ApRil 14, 2023 Advocate Editor receives career honors Advocate Staff Report augus Advocate Editor Mark E. Vogler is among fi ve journalists who will be inducted into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame next month. Vogler received offi cial noS tifi cation last Friday (April 7) in a letter from the New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) that the association’s board of directors recently approved his nomination to be recognized with some of the most outstanding newspaper professionals from throughout the six-state area. More than 100 individuals have been singled out over the past 20 years for their extraordinary contributions to their newspaper, the news industry and their communities. The Hall of Fame awards will be presented at a celebratory dinner as part of the annual NENPA convention on Friday, May 5, 2023, at the Westin Waltham Boston Hotel in Waltham, Mass. “Early in his journalism career, a newspaper bureau chief in Williamsburg, Va. told Mark Vogler that he should ‘go sell shoes’ because he would never make it as a reporter or writer,” NENPA noted in its press release issued this week, announcing the latest Hall of Fame honorees. “But Vogler didn’t quit. He went on to spend more than half a century as a newspaper reporter and editor, going on to win or share more than 75 journalism awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, five Sigma Delta Chi Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, an American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, and an Investigative Reporters & Editors Award for Distinguished Investigative Reporting. “His investigative reports have uncovered nursing home abuse, exposed conditions at a state hospital for mentally ill patients, and disclosed fl awed education systems that enabled convicted felons to become teachers prompting new legislation to protect the public.” Keith Gentili, an award-winning New Hampshire journalist and newspaper columnist, nominated Vogler for the SAUGUS ADVOCATE Editor Mark E. Vogler has been a newspaper journalist for more than half a century. award. Gentili is the Editor & Publisher of The New Boston Beacon in New Boston, N.H. He worked as Vogler’s assistant editor and sports editor nearly three decades ago. “Please see the attached look nalism career of Mark Vogler. His reporter’s story began and continues to this day in Massachusetts as he is the current editor of the Saugus Advocate,” Gentili said. “I worked for Mark fresh out at the remarkable 50-year jour- of college at The Nantucket Beacon and his impact on my career and life is immeasurable. I named my paper The New Boston Beacon to honor this. The Nantucket Beacon had a group of young upstart reporters and designers and we all referred to ourselves as students at ‘the University of Voge,’” Gentili said. “Mark is the epitome of an investigative journalist. He mastered the use of public documents and combined it with a tireless work ethic at a very young age. Then, he spent his entire adult life chasing stories to serve the public. I hope you fi nd his credentials worthy of a place in the New England Newspaper & Press Association Hall of Fame.” While editor at The Nantucket Beacon, one of two island weeklies back in the mid1990s, Vogler directed a 32part series called “Island at Risk,” which explored the impact of the growth and development issues on the island and challenges that threatened its future. The eightCAREER HONORS | SEE PAGE 21
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