A distinguished editor and a former public broadcasting executive have joined the board of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting (MCPIR) as the Hallowell-based organization nears its second anniversary. Matthew V. Storin, the former editor of the Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun-Times, the New York Daily News and Maine Times, recently retired to Camden. He said, “I’mMore
From last Wednesday night to 2 AM Friday, it was nothing but return on investments, discount rates, defined benefits and unfunded actuarial liabilities. It was everything you ever wanted to know about public pensions — and then some. I spent those days as a fellow at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conferenceMore
On Nov. 10, the board of directors of The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting approved the following ethics policy for the Center: The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting provides high-quality investigative journalism to its client newspapers and media outlets. As a non-profit corporation, the Center lacks the traditional wall between news and revenuesMore
While our last story was published about five weeks ago, the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting has not been idle, except for that humid stretch when we regretted selling the air conditioner at a yard sale and our inner watchdog laid down in front of the nearest fan. Here’s the latest from our HallowellMore
In the fall of 1967, I dropped into my college newspaper’s office and asked for a tryout to be a reporter. The staff seemed older, busier and worldlier than the 18-year-old sophomore who stood before them. The assignment they gave me was probably the one no one else wanted — coverage of the annual livestockMore
Everything you see here is new as of today, Jan. 7, 2010. A new organization for a new year — presenting its first story. The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is perhaps not as grand as its name — just yet. Right now, it’s just one full-time “employee” — me — and an advisoryMore
In recent years, most newspaper and broadcast news outlets in Maine have reduced newsroom staffs through layoffs, early retirements and attrition. One of first victims is in-depth journalism — stories which often take one or more reporters “off the street” for weeks or even months. Serious coverage of the electoral and legislative process has alsoMore
