Editorial Team

Our freelance team of reporters, researchers, data analysts and editors specialize in deeply researched, data-driven stories and projects on issues that impact all Granite Staters. 

Editors

Caitlin Agnew - Assistant Editor. Caitlin Agnew is a recent graduate from Franklin Pierce University as a Communications Major and Environmental Studies Minor. She began working with Granite State News Collaborative during her junior year when she joined The State We’re In team. Caitlin was awarded The Fitzwater Medallion for Contributions to the Public Discourse.

Jeff Feingold - Editor of NH Business Review. Jeff Feingold has been a journalist since 1976. In that time, he has worked as a reporter and editor at weekly and daily newspapers in New Jersey and New Hampshire. 

Editor of NH Business Review for a total of nearly 37 years before retiring in 2023, he also has worked as a freelance writer for state, regional and national publications, including The New York Times and The Nation, has been a longtime guest on public affairs shows on radio and TV and was host of NH Business Review’s weekly “Down To Business” podcast for three years . 

He has taught journalism and the First Amendment at New England College and writing at Granite State College. He is a member of the board of directors of CATCH Neighborhood Housing, an organization that develops and manages affordable housing in New Hampshire and served for six years as one of the first three male members of the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation board of directors.

He is a graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and earned a master’s in writing from New England College. In 2022, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of human letters by Granite State College in recognition of his contributions to the New Hampshire community and to the college itself.

Tom Kearney - Editor. Kearney is a former executive editor of The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel and the six-newspaper Vermont Community News Group, former senior editor at VTDigger. Honors: New England Newspaper Hall of Fame, New Hampshire First Amendment Award, Yankee Quill award. Interviewed scores of candidates for president, including Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton. Past posts: president, New England Society of Newspaper Editors; co-chair, N.H. Committee on Judiciary and the Media; board member, New England First Amendment Coalition, New England Newspaper and Press Association. Two-time juror for Pulitzer Prizes in journalism. Delegate in New England exchanges with Russian journalists and, briefly, with Iran journalists. 

Reporters

Kelly Burch - Reporter. Kelly Burch is an award-winning journalist who covers health, business, finance and more. Her reported pieces and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Independent, Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Business Insider, where she's a regular contributor. Kelly loves that the Collaborative gives her the opportunity to cover local New Hampshire news with a solutions lens and the same caliber of reporting that she brings to national stories. When she's not at her desk, Kelly is hiking or kayaking around the Granite State. Follow Kelly on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Ava Noce - Summer Intern. Ava Noce is a senior at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia studying Sociology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s studies. She is interning for the Granite State News Collaborative for the summer and learning about New Hampshire journalism. On campus, she is also a writer for the Dog Street Journal.

Aimee Rothman - Freelancer. Aimee Rothman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in May 2024, with a focus in business administration. During her time at UNH, she wrote for The New Hamshire, the student-run publication. There, Aimee focused on covering community events, student life, business, breaking news, and mental health. Following her departure from the university, she took on her first role as a general assignment reporter at a local community publishing company, Falmouth Publishing Company. Here, Aimee writes for two weekly newspapers, The Sandwich Enterprise and The Mashpee Enterprise, covering a wide variety of beats including breaking news, business development, education and school, crime and accidents, community events, history, features and more. She began freelancing for The Granite State News Collaborative in March, hoping to expand her journalistic reach into the state she earned her undergrad. At the news collaborative, she has taken on stories that impact the wider Granite State- including mental health, legislation and budget news.