Say hello to our newest hires! 👋 In July we welcomed Maria Boyd as our new Director of Human Resources, Cooper Sullivan joined The Times Record as their newest Sports Reporter, Michelle McCafferty came on as our newest Sales Assistant, and Daniel Kool was welcomed as The Portland Press Herald's newest Night Reporter. Welcome to the #MaineTrust team! Find #JobOpportunities with the Maine Trust for Local News HERE: https://lnkd.in/ebxHyd5e
Maine Trust for Local News
Newspaper Publishing
South Portland, Maine 638 followers
We have Maine covered, reaching 14 counties and 263 towns.
About us
The Maine Trust for Local News is the state’s largest network of independent news and media outlets, which together form an essential part of daily life in Maine. With 158 journalists on staff, we serve audiences through our 5 daily newspapers and 17 hyper-local weekly newspapers, in print and online. We cover what matters to Maine, putting a spotlight on issues of vital importance to our people, community and state. The Maine Trust for Local News is a subsidiary of the National Trust for Local News, a non-profit committed to conserving and operating vibrant, sustainable local news enterprises across the country.
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https://www.metln.org/
External link for Maine Trust for Local News
- Industry
- Newspaper Publishing
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- South Portland, Maine
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2023
- Specialties
- Journalism, Advertising, and Publishing
Locations
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Primary
295 Gannett Dr
South Portland, Maine 04106, US
Employees at Maine Trust for Local News
Updates
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🎬 Lights, camera, action! 🎥 Last week our Morning Sentinel team was joined by Jonathan Slade, a McDaniel College professor and acclaimed documentary filmmaker. Jonathan interviewed our very own Lisa DeSisto as part of his upcoming documentary, "Small Town Press: How to Save the American Newspaper." 📰 We're proud to be a part of this important project that sheds light on the vital role of #localjournalism in our communities.
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The Maine Trust for Local News celebrated our one-year anniversary yesterday across our offices! We thank our incredible team for their contributions throughout the past year and look forward to the future of #sustaininglocalnews!
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Our CEO Lisa DeSisto joined Maine media colleagues Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Jo Easton, Chris Crockett, and Nat Barrows of Penobscot Bay Press to talk about the importance of local news. The packed house of devoted newspapers readers leaned in for this lively and hopeful discussion at the Blue Hill Public Library last night. The panel was moderated by Pamela Maffei McCarthy. Thank you to Ellen Booraem of Word. Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival for making this evening happen! photo credit: Stephen Greenberg.
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Our friends Claire Benjamin DiMattina, Olivia Hoeft, Jane Woodall, Joseph Derouin, and Sarah Dudley from Google visited us at the Portland office today! Maine Trust team members Lisa DeSisto and Judy Meyer were excellent tour guides, showing off the office and printing press, and enjoyed talking to the team about the importance of #localnews and how Google is helping to support our mission.
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I'm looking forward to sharing the Maine Trust for Local News vision to sustain local journalism on this panel with other Maine media leaders. Thank you to the Blue Hill Library for inviting us and teeing up this important discussion. A summer evening in Blue Hill. Who can say no to that? https://lnkd.in/g2hGarri
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It doesn’t get any more Maine than this. Maine Trust for Local News staffers dress as Stephen King characters and march in the Yarmouth Clam Festival parade. #redrum
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Summer is in full swing and so are our gardens! Check out what the Maine Trust for Local News team members' #greenthumbs have grown this season. 👩🌾 🍅 🥕 🌱 🌿
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Thank you, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, for inviting the Maine Trust's CEO and Publisher, Lisa DeSisto to present the Catalyst Award to Adilah Muhammad at the Imagine Portland Awards. What an exciting event and a great opportunity to recognize all of the incredible work being done by the business community of Greater Portland!
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