In the face of a warming planet, coastal communities in Maine must keep trying to adapt, or risk losing the softshell clam fishery forever. For my latest #ClimateDriven story, watch how a group of volunteers in Gouldsboro are doing just that ⬇️ bit.ly/3YlSnX8

Gov. Janet Mills and Democratic legislative leaders on Tuesday previewed a slate of bills expanding and protecting abortion access in Maine, including one that would allow the procedure late in a pregnancy if recommended by a doctor. bit.ly/3GLe4aZ

Can’t wait to have you on the team!

Just FYI, the same group that is financing the “He Gets Us” Jesus ads is also helping finance the lawsuit seeking to ban abortion medication nationwide

A new exhibit at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor is about immigration and identity. "It's always important to start with the fact that, right, Black identities are diverse and multiplicitous," says one organizer. bit.ly/3K31p6s w/Report for America

The @NYTimes has long had a reputation as a leader in the world of media, but the example they are setting for coverage of transgender people is downright shameful. 🧵(1/15)

The Times’ inaccurate coverage has been cited in legal documents used to justify discrimination and targeting of trans people. This is chilling, and it should give every reader and every leader of the New York Times pause. (4/15)

This is completely insane. I’m sorry “Google it”?!

What's next for our #ClimateDriven series? Kennebec County & Lincoln County, ME! Take a sneak peek with these photos & check out the drop next week at mainepublic.org/climatedriven Photos: @BocoVideoPro, @Murray_journo & Esta Pratt-Kielley

I hope you’ll consider reading her story, which I reported out over 3 years during my time at Bangor Daily News and The Maine Monitor. There are beautiful photos by Troy Bennett and a lesson, I think, in how we approach end of life care themainemonitor.org/a-death-of-cho….

Maine Public Some Mainers want their "green" ethos to continue after death. Esta Pratt-Kielley reports on Maine's first "conservation cemetery," part of the growing green burial trend: mainepublic.org/climate/2023-0… #ClimateDriven

BDN reporter Callie Ferguson will spend up to a year producing stories focused on Maine’s juvenile justice system with the New York Times’ Local Investigations Fellowship program. bangordailynews.com/2023/03/09/mai…

A big congrats to my dear friend @calliecferguson who is one of the seven inaugural local investigative fellows at the The New York Times. So well deserved and I can't wait to read your work that comes out of this! nytco.com/press/introduc…

We're #hiring! The role of #Bangor Correspondent, which reports on the northern and #Downeast portions of the state, just opened up on our news team. We're also seeking to fill our Emerging Voices #Journalism Fellowship. See all our open positions: mainepublic.org/careers

Tune into Maine Public radio, television and online at 10:45 a.m. for special live coverage of the Wabanaki Nations’ State of the Tribes address. For the first time in two decades, the chiefs of the tribes will speak before a special joint session of the Legislature.

Maine Public is suspending activity on Twitter, joining NPR, PBS and many public media stations across the country. mainepublic.org/2023-04-13/mai…