The Maine Monitor occasionally partners with other news organizations to report stories. When a story is the product of such collaboration, we will note this alongside the story.
This page serves as a log of those collaborative pieces we publish and more about the news organization we collaborated with, including the editorial standards they adhere to. By collaborating with other news organizations, we trust these news organizations to uphold similar standards that we adhere to.
Bangor Daily News
The Bangor Daily News “advocates with all its might for the best interests of Maine through strong journalism that serves its readers,” according to its mission statement. Learn more about the BDN and its editorial standards.
A death of choice (February 19, 2023)
Penobscot County spent $2M to tear down an asbestos-filled building. The lot is still empty. (February 9, 2025)
Boston Globe
The Boston Globe “serves as a community convener, uniquely positioned to bring ideas, people, and stories together to inspire, educate, and entertain,” according to its mission statement. Learn more about The Boston Globe and its editorial standards.
A proposal to build the ‘world’s tallest flagpole’ looms over a small community in Maine (March 19, 2023)
Investigative Reporting Workshop
The Investigative Reporting Workshop is an innovative, journalistic training hospital and editorially independent, nonprofit newsroom based at American University in Washington, D.C. Learn more about the Investigative Reporting Workshop.
Nursing homes face ongoing staff shortages — a problem that predates the pandemic (July 25, 2021)
Child care providers across the state cited for numerous safety violations (October 13, 2024)
Dig into Maine counties’ stimulus spending with this ARPA project database (February 9, 2025)
The number of mental health providers licensed in Maine is up 60 percent since 2019. It still isn’t enough. (February 16, 2025)
Maine Public
Maine Public, according to its mission statement, connects the people of Maine and our region to each other and to the world through the open exchange of information, ideas, and cultural content. Learn more about Maine Public and its code of ethics.
Development and rising seas threaten Maine’s salt marshes, a key carbon sink (September 13, 2024)
Portland Press Herald
The Portland Press Herald helps readers understand their communities, their state and their world, according to its website. Learn more about the Portland Press Herald and its editorial standards.
Sinking in Saltwater: Maine’s coastal marshes at risk as sea levels rise (July 28, 2024)
In Wells, a ghost forest rises (August 11, 2024)
In Hancock, a years-long restoration project brings hope to a sinking marsh (August 25, 2024)
In Addison, a question over what is natural (September 1, 2024)
ProPublica
ProPublica is an nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism “with moral force,” according to its mission statement. Learn more about ProPublica and its code of ethics.
A low bar for public defense (October 6, 2020)
She was afraid of her lawyer. Then the text messages started. (October 8, 2020)
Maine hires lawyers with criminal records to defend poor residents. The governor wants reform. (October 14, 2020)
Officials propose doubling budget for agency charged with defending the poor (October 25, 2020)
Following multiple investigations, director of Maine’s public defense agency resigns (November 4, 2020)
Maine governor won’t fund defense reforms without accountability (November 11, 2020)
Lawyers who were ineligible to handle serious criminal charges were given thousands of these cases anyway (February 23, 2021)
Defense lawyers say system crumbling under huge backlog, inadequate funding for indigent defendants (June 6, 2021)
As residential care homes expand in Maine, seniors don’t always get the care they need (May 21, 2023)
Maine rarely sanctions residential care facilities even after severe abuse or neglect incidents (November 12, 2023)
Maine’s health department rarely investigates when residents wander away from their care facilities (May 26, 2024)
Quoddy Tides
The Quoddy Tides is the most easterly newspaper published in the U.S., serving the communities of eastern Washington County, Maine and Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Learn more about the Quoddy Tides.
Washington County public safety building set to open in April (February 9, 2025)
Rural News Network
The Rural News Network, a project of the Institute for Nonprofit News, is a consortium of 80 independent, nonprofit news organizations that, together, surface the most pressing issues confronting America’s rural communities. Learn more about the membership standards news organizations that are members of INN and RNN, including The Maine Monitor, must adhere to.
Maine nursing homes lead nation in meeting the Biden administration’s proposed staffing standards, but challenges loom (December 10, 2023)
Bucking national trends, a third of Maine towns still count ballots by hand (October 24, 2024)
Who donated to Jared Golden and Austin Theriault? (November 4, 2024)
Saco Bay News
The Saco Bay News is a digital news source covering the Southern Maine communities of Saco, Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford. Learn more about the Saco Bay News.
York County will use ARPA-funded dredge machine to fight coastal erosion (February 9, 2025)
Sanford Springvale News
The Sanford Springvale News is a hyperlocal news organization providing news and information for the communities of Sanford and Springvale, Maine. Learn more about the Sanford Springvale News.
Farmington, Sanford lead state in solar development (September 8, 2024)
TIME
TIME’s mission is to provide trusted guidance about the ideas and people who shape and improve the world. Learn more about TIME’s editorial standards.
A remarkable discovery in Maine’s wilderness sparks a debate over the risks and rewards of mining (July 17, 2023)