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This is the most deeply personal story I’ve been a part of in six years of doing press work. @Elizabbarber beautifully captures the human tensions that can come with working to help animals. I hope you'll give it a read and pass it along. Tears. 1/4 harpers.org/archive/2022/1…

"He sort of neglects women in his work. I’m sure this has been pointed out to him." Joy Williams on Cormac McCarthy in the new Harper's Magazine harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

Is anyone still here? If so, I have an announcement - something new for me - this piece in Harper's Magazine that looks at the use of public lands for renewable energy development and questions whether we should. harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

I wrote about Charles Portis, Arkansas, and quitting my job for the new Harper's Magazine harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

I wrote the cover story for the latest Harper's Magazine, about the shifting emphasis of climate change journalists from apocalyptic scenarios to assurances that things might work out okay, after all. Funny thing is, the science is no less dire than it ever was. harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

Delighted to be joining The Maine Monitor this week as its new deputy editor! And to be returning to New England and local news after 8 years Harper's Magazine. I'm at [email protected]—please write with story ideas/tips for surviving my first Maine winter ❄️

I'm reporting on pharmacy deserts in Maine and want to hear from people who don't have a local pharmacy. (If you have to drive 15+ min to get to one, that's you!) Fill out this survey or email me @ [email protected] themainemonitor.org/help-us-report…

Just a friendly reminder, Maine's news organizations are free to run stories from The Maine Monitor. The Portland Press Herald has two of our stories on the top of its homepage today, including this one by me. Steal our stuff! pressherald.com/2024/05/02/lac…

Local govts in Maine are not required to report how they spend opioid settlement funds. But Emily K. Bader did the work of asking them all and uncovering the info for the public. Via The Maine Monitor themainemonitor.org/opioid-settlem…

The third part of my series for The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found the Maine health department rarely inspected care facilities after 115 cases in which residents “unsafely wandered” away. themainemonitor.org/wandering-resi…

NEW: Maine’s Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities propublica.org/article/maine-… by partner Rose Lundy The Maine Monitor

ICYMI, for the The Maine Monitor I wrote about a case in which DHHS never provided the mother of a severely disabled child the nursing support she was legally entitled to. Instead, it moved to terminate her parental rights because she couldn't care for the child.

Few realize the range of Brookfield Renewable’s influence in Maine — from the state’s largest dam to its oldest wind farm to one of its only battery storage systems. @Murray_journo has the story for us this morning: buff.ly/3Vpoeqj

“Women who have children that are in addiction, even though they want to get better, they don’t want to leave their kids behind. That stops a lot of people out there from wanting to get help.” Read Emily K. Bader on Safe Harbor The Maine Monitor themainemonitor.org/safe-harbor-re…

Today, Samantha Hogan received the Livingston Award for Local Reporting for her Maine Monitor investigation into Maine’s probate court system. The investigation “is a shining example of local journalism at its finest,” said @KaraSwisher. @umwallacehouse themainemonitor.org/samantha-hogan…

For the The Maine Monitor, I caught up with the state's first public defender's office. The Capitol Region PD office isn't just providing legal counsel, it's making waves and "challenging pieces of a criminal investigation that haven’t been challenged before."

Lots of great stuff in this The Maine Monitor piece by Josh Keefe but I'm stuck on the fact that one court asked him to send a FAX to get a ZOOM LINK 🙃 themainemonitor.org/judges-decide-…

“We are never receiving enough money to even scratch the surface of the problem.” Read Emily K. Bader on tribal opioid settlement $ & how one Wabanaki group is approaching addiction treatment The Maine Monitor (pix by Katherine Emery) buff.ly/3LoMeUG

In Mount Desert, the median house price doubled to 900k in just 5 years. For The Maine Monitor Josh Keefe dove into one attempt to build workforce housing & the ways 7 wealthy summer residents are fighting to stop the project— a project that’s 6 units total themainemonitor.org/mdi-workforce-…