The changes include distribution cutbacks designed to reflect the continued shift toward digital readership, as well as 50 full- and part-time layoffs companywide.
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Judy Meyer resigns as Sun Journal executive editor
Meyer, who started as a journalist with the paper in 1990, has become a champion of open government access and the public’s right to know.
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Founder of nonprofit that bought Maine newspapers stepping down as CEO
Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro co-founded the trust in 2021 and has been its CEO since, leading the acquisition of daily and weekly newspapers and websites in Maine previously owned by Reade Brower.
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Maine Trust for Local News forms quick strike reporting team
The three-person team is tasked with identifying strong investigative and narrative stories and getting them to readers quickly.
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Publisher Lisa DeSisto to leave Maine Trust for Local News
DeSisto led the state’s largest news organization for 12 years and through two ownership transitions.
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Maine Trust for Local News announces newsroom leadership changes
Executive Editor Carolyn Fox outlined the changes in a memo to staff this week.
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Maine Trust for Local News wins New England First Amendment, Publick Occurrences awards
NENPA judges said ‘we applaud the newspapers’ persistent efforts to learn and report what happened, what failings may have occurred, and what, if anything, can be done to prevent another tragedy.’
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Maine Trust for Local News wins award for coverage of Lewiston shooting
The Freedom of Information Award from the New England First Amendment Coalition recognizes the group of newspapers for ‘relentlessly’ requesting public information from the government that helped it report on Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.
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New community board will advise Maine Trust for Local News
The new eight-member advisory board brings together Mainers who offer ‘deep dedication and diversity of experience,’ according to the National Trust for Local News, which owns the Maine Trust.
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Questions remain about who funded sale of Maine newspapers to nonprofit
The Maine Trust for Local News said more information will be released this fall about its Maine donors, but said little about an unconfirmed report last week that two prominent left-leaning philanthropists are key contributors.