[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING WILLIAM KETTER UPON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE NEW ENGLAND 
                    PRESS ASSOCIATION'S HALL OF FAME

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                         HON. MARTIN T. MEEHAN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 6, 2007

  Mr. MEEHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate, William 
Ketter, upon his induction into the New England Press Association's 
Hall of Fame. For over 40 years, Mr. Ketter has worked in the newspaper 
business as a reporter, editor, and vice president, making innumerable 
contributions to journalism in Massachusetts and New England.
  Mr. Ketter spent the first 16 years of his career with United Press 
International working as a political reporter, editor, and vice 
president. He would spend the next 20 years as editor and vice 
president of the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts, leaving only 
to become a vice president at the Boston Globe and chairman of Boston 
University's Journalism school.
  In 2002, Mr. Ketter joined the Eagle Tribune, a daily newspaper in my 
district, as editor in chief and vice president of news. In 2005, when 
Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama purchased the 
Eagle Tribune Publishing Company, Mr. Ketter became vice president of 
news. He now supervises editorial operations at several newspapers 
throughout Massachusetts, including the Eagle Tribune in Lawrence, MA, 
The Salem News, the Gloucester Daily Times and the Daily News of 
Newburyport, as well the rest of CNHI's 95 daily and 50 nondaily 
newspapers and publications throughout the country.
  Mr. Ketter has also served on the Pulitzer Prize Board, is a former 
president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and in 1994, 
served as chairman of the first World Editors Forum.
  Mr. Ketter currently serves as the New England Academy of 
Journalists, and is a recipient of the Academy's ``Yankee Quill Award'' 
for outstanding contributions to journalism in New England.
  In addition to this work, Mr. Ketter has focused his energy on 
bridging the gap between print media to the Internet, overseeing 
programs using both means to connect with readers.
  Mr. Ketter has also become a leading voice on issues facing the 
people of Massachusetts, the United States and the world. I recently 
offered into the Congressional Record, a series of articles from the 
Eagle Tribune on the problem of gambling addiction, and its effect on 
society, and individual families. I commend Mr. Ketter for his hard 
work and attention to this serious issue.
  Mr. Ketter has also been a strong advocate defending the right to 
free press and has traveled the world to advocate for the free press in 
developing nations.
  I commend William Ketter for his work as a journalist in 
Massachusetts and as an advocate for the issues near and dear to his 
heart, and I congratulate him for induction into the New England Press 
Association's Hall of Fame.

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