About Us
The Hingham Anchor is a hyperlocal digital news platform and online newspaper covering the Town of Hingham, MA. Our mission is to help residents stay informed in order to create a more connected community.
At the Anchor, we have many goals. We share breaking news. We showcase the achievements of our youth in the arts, academics, and athletics. We inform about upcoming town meetings and projects. We foster discussion surrounding issues that are important to all of us. We create an awareness platform for our local non-profits and organizations to share information about their own initiatives, events and achievements. We celebrate our neighbors. We mourn our losses.
Why? Because when we as a community know what’s happening locally, we are more likely to participate in local events, more likely to shop local, more likely to vote in elections, and more likely to volunteer our time to make our collective community better.
When local news sources disappear, a void is created, leaving citizens uninformed and disengaged. We recognize the need for hyperlocal journalism on the South Shore and aim to deliver an original and trusted news resource to improve and connect our collective community.
Welcome to the Hingham Anchor.
About Hilary: Hilary Jenison, Founder and Publisher of Anchor Media, was born and raised in Hingham, MA. After brief stints out of the area, Hilary and her husband, Lee, moved back to Hingham in 2011 to raise their three children, Eloise, Alice, and James. A career publicist, Hilary loves the art of storytelling and has always had a fascination with media. Prior to launching Anchor, Hilary managed business development for a global PR Firm and managed public relations efforts for top brands across the U.S.
Anchor Contributors
Carol Britton Meyer, News Editor: Carol Britton Meyer is a multimedia journalist who covered The Hingham Journal news beat for many years. She is now a reporter for The Hull Times, a freelance journalist, and a blogger for Harbor Media, most recently joining the Hingham Anchor team as a writer. Carol is a mom of two grown boys, a Hingham resident, and her passion is community news.
Josh Ross, Managing Sports Editor: Josh was raised on the South Shore and he and his family have lived in Hingham for the past 13 years. Josh owns Joshua Ross Photography and has been activity involved in town sports and high school sports, as well as a volunteer within the Hingham Schools for more than 6 years. He has covered and taken photos of all levels of sports in town from T-Ball to High School Varsity. He and his wife Sara have 2 kids, Noah and Lily, who are currently actively involved in youth and high school sports.
About Laura: Laura Winters, an original co-founder of Anchor Media, is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana has lived in Hingham for twelve years. Laura loves to entertain but is a terrible cook which can be vouched for by her husband Randy, three daughters, Harper, Gracie and Elizabeth, and countless friends. Laura can be found, more often than not, holding court at Scarlet Oak, a haunt which she lovingly refers to as her "office." Laura currently serves as an advisor to the Anchor publisher/founder but is no longer involved in day-to-day operations.
Michael Page, Meteorologist: Michael grew up in Hingham, running his own local weather website throughout his childhood. After graduating from Hingham High, he obtained his degree in Meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University, starting a nearly 10 year career in local television news. He spent two years at ABC22 and FOX44 in Burlington, VT, before working for 5 years at NECN and NBC10 in Boston. He currently freelances and forecasts privately, while also working full-time in his family jewelry business. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @MichaelPageWx.
