Samantha Hogan

133 posts

Samantha Hogan focuses on government accountability projects for The Maine Monitor. She joined the newsroom as its first full-time reporter in 2019 with Report for America. Samantha was named the 2021 Maine’s Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association, and spent 2020 reporting on Maine’s court system through the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Her reporting on county jails recording and listening to attorney-client phone calls won the Silver Gavel award from the American Bar Association and was also a semi-finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2023. Samantha previously worked for The Frederick News-Post and interned twice for The Washington Post.

Tiffany Bond poses for a photo with autumn trees in the background.

Tiffany Bond and the 2020 spending race

In a Senate race that will break state campaign finance records, Maine Independent Tiffany Bond plans to run without raising a dime.

BySamantha Hogan

October 31, 2019

A screenshot of a video interview between Washington Post editor Alan Sipress and Pine Tree Watch education reporter Samantha Hogan

An interview with Washington Post editor Alan Sipress

In an interview with Pine Tree Watch, Washington Post Middle East Editor Alan Sipress discusses ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, how he keeps his correspondents safe and the Post's response to Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

BySamantha Hogan

September 19, 2019

Commission approves Maine’s 10th, final charter school

The Maine Charter School Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize a charter for The Ecology Learning Center in Waldo County. The school will open in 2020.

BySamantha Hogan

September 10, 2019

Patience Goulette poses for a photo while standing amid a field of crops.

Are Maine’s charter schools failing to thrive?

Maine charter school leaders see progress. Maine Democrats see lackluster graduation rates and ugly absenteeism numbers, which may cue up a tough legislative battle in 2020.

BySamantha Hogan

August 22, 2019

The innovators club: Charter schools embrace spirit of innovation

Maine charter schools continue to embrace a spirit of innovation and distinct teaching philosophies despite growing scrutiny over test results and attendance data.

BySamantha Hogan

August 22, 2019

Stuck in the stack: Asylum seeker’s life in limbo amid wait for approval

Like many other Maine asylum seekers, Bereket Bairu has spent the last three years stuck in an immigration system that seems to have forgotten him.

BySamantha Hogan

July 25, 2019

Dr. Nirav Shah seen during an interview.

Litany of controversial decisions follows new CDC chief to Maine

Dr. Nirav Shah was heavily scrutinized for his handling of a deadly four-year public health crisis in Illinois. He starts as Maine's new CDC boss on Monday.

BySamantha Hogan

June 7, 2019