Meg Robbins

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Meg Robbins is a former managing editor at The Maine Monitor.

She was previously a reporter at the Morning Sentinel newspaper, where she covered local government, schools, spot news and enterprise stories in the greater Waterville area.

She also spent a year directing and producing a documentary about the decolonization of stand-up comedy in South Africa, which has played at the American Museum of Natural History's Margaret Mead Film Festival and other venues across the world. Meg is a graduate of Bowdoin College.

A composite image featuring Susan Collins, Sarah Gideon, Jared Golden and Dale Crafts.

How record sums of money have shaped Maine’s 2020 elections

The Maine Monitor investigated campaign finance trends in this year’s state and federal races. Here are our top findings.

BySusan Cover Darren Fishell Meg Robbins

October 25, 2020

Maine enters recession in wake of virus

The coronavirus has caused an “unprecedented” economic downturn in Maine. Spikes in unemployment claims have broken the formulas economists use to predict what may come next. The Maine Monitor spoke with four Maine economists and one finance professor about vulnerabilities in the state economy and how it will get back on track.

BySamantha Hogan Meg Robbins

May 13, 2020

Maia Dendinger poses for a photo outside a building.

Former English instructor surprised by political calling

As the first candidate running as a member of the Maine Socialist Party, Maia Dendinger believes Mainers are being limited by the current two-party system.

ByMeg Robbins

October 25, 2018

Environmentalist looks to clean up Maine’s referendum process

A self-identifying moderate Republican, Cathy Nichols said she was motivated to run for the Maine state Senate to be a “voice of our silent majority.”

ByMeg Robbins

October 25, 2018

From Ohio chicken farm to running for the Maine Senate

Fed up with a lack of action or accountability in Augusta, Bev Uhlenhake decided to run for Maine state Senate.

ByMeg Robbins

October 25, 2018