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Maine Trust for Local News Leadership
STATE NEWS
Gillian Graham
Reporter – social services, mental health and child and elder care
Drew Johnson
Reporter – breaking news (evenings), technology and weather
Daniel Kool
Reporter – cost of living, infrastructure and utilities
Penelope Overton
Reporter – environment, farming, fisheries and forest products
Morgan Womack
Reporter – breaking news (mornings), public safety and weather
OPINION
POLITICS
FOOD & CULTURE
Ray Routhier
Reporter – pop culture, Maine celebrities and influencers
COMMUNITIES
Jessica Lowell
Managing editor – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
Nick McCrea
Managing editor – Times Record, Midcoast and southern Maine news
Stacy Blanchet
Deputy managing editor – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
Quentin Blais
Reporter – Rangeley, northern Franklin County, Rangeley Now newsletter
Sophie Burchell
Reporter – Cumberland, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth and Falmouth, Northern Forecaster newsletter
Nicole Carter
Reporter – Norway, Paris, Oxford, Hebron, Buckfield, West Paris, Otisfield, Waterford and Harrison, Oxford Hills Now newsletter
Kendra Caruso
Reporter – Auburn, Lisbon and Sabattus, Auburn Now newsletter
Salomé Cloteaux
Reporter – Scarborough and Westbrook, Westbrook-Gorham Now newsletter
Abigail Driscoll
Reporter – Sanford, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells, Kennebunk-Wells Now newsletter
Emily Duggan
Reporter – Lewiston-Auburn schools and regional education
Keith Edwards
Reporter – Gardiner, Winthrop, West Gardiner, Monmouth, Richmond, Litchfield
Bruce Farrin
Reporter – Rumford, Mexico, Dixfield, Peru, Roxbury, Byron, Andover and Canton, River Valley Now newsletter
Jake Freudberg
Reporter – Skowhegan, Madison, Norridgewock, Fairfield, Pittsfield and Newport, Skowhegan Now newsletter
Ethan Horton
Reporter – Augusta, Hallowell, Manchester, Sidney, Chelsea, Kennebec Beat newsletter
Mark LaFlamme
Reporter – courts/crime (Androscoggin & Oxford counties) and Immigration – Sun Journal
Katie Langley
Reporter – Brunswick and Topsham, Midcoast Now newsletter
Rose Lincoln
Reporter – Bethel, Greenwood, Woodstock, Hanover, Newry, Upton, Milton, Albany Township, Newry and Sunday River Mountain, Bethel Now newsletter
Donna M. Perry
Reporter – Turner, Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin County commissioners; courts and public safety – Sun Journal
Abigail Pritchard
Reporter – Waterville, Winslow, Oakland, Belgrade and Vassalboro
Rebecca Richard
Reporter – Farmington, Wilton, Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls, Franklin Now newsletter
Sydney Richelieu
Reporter – Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach, Biddeford-Saco Now newsletter
Dana Richie
Reporter – South Portland and Cape Elizabeth, Cape-SoPo-Scarborough Now newsletter
Rory Sweeting
Reporter – Windham, Raymond, Gray and Naples, Lakes Region Now newsletter
SPORTS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Photographer – southern Maine and Press Herald
DIGITAL
Claire Tighe
Deputy managing editor – digital strategy and transformation
PRODUCTION & DESIGN
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