Steve Collins

Columnist

Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.

Op-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins

Don’t be surprised if Susan Collins rolls to victory next year | Steve Collins

by Steve Collins June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

In order to look forward, it can help to look back.

Op-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins

In Maine, Juneteenth shares history with Emancipation Day | Steve Collins

by Steve Collins June 17, 2025June 18, 2025

We’re still figuring out how best to honor liberation from a dark past.

Op-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins

Need inspiration? Follow in Frances Perkins’ footsteps. | Steve Collins

by Steve Collins June 13, 2025June 14, 2025

Right on time, Maine’s newest national monument celebrates the work of one heroic American woman — and the beautiful home and grounds that supported it.