The Maine Monitor will be out in the community on several occasions in the coming months! Please join us for any of the below events or reach out to help us arrange a visit to your community!
We welcome opportunities to talk with readers and communities across Maine and enjoy participating in conversations about our work and issues in Maine.
Wednesday, November 20: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm will participate in a Camden Conference panel discussion titled “Democracy Diminished: Is Local News Dying?” at 6:30 p.m. in Falmouth. Register to attend.
Tuesday, December 3: Maine Monitor deputy editor Stephanie McFeeters and government accountability reporter Josh Keefe will moderate panel discussions at the Maine Public Defense Symposium. Register to attend.
Saturday, December 14: Chat with members of The Maine Monitor at the Bangor Authors’ Book Fair and Literary Festival from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Learn more about the festival.
Past Events
Tuesday, January 16: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke about the state of news in Maine at the Bangor Mechanics Association’s annual meeting.
Wednesday, February 14: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm and Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough spoke about The Monitor and reporting on women and children at a Women’s Giving Tree meeting.
Saturday, February 24: Maine Monitor deputy editor Stephanie McFeeters moderated a discussion with Alex Gibney at the Points North Cabin Fever Film Fest.
Tuesday, February 27: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke about the work of The Monitor at the Tuesday Morning Scone Club.
Tuesday, March 5: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke about the state of news in Maine at a Bangor Rotary Club meeting.
Wednesday, March 20: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke about the state of news in Maine at a Belfast Rotary Club meeting.
Wednesday, March 27: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough hosted a panel on Maine’s saltwater marshes in a collaboration between The Maine Monitor and Wells Reserve.
Saturday, April 6: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough spoke about the importance of local news to a functioning democracy at a League of Women Voters event.
Wednesday, April 10: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke at the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce Women’s Luncheon Series.
Thursday, May 9: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough moderated a panel on climate migration at the ClimateWork Maine Summit.
Friday, May 17: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough moderated a panel on lithium at the Climate Convergence event.
Thursday, June 20: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough participated in a panel on nonprofit news at the Curtis Memorial Library.
Wednesday, June 26: Maine Monitor public health reporter Rose Lundy spoke about reporting on aging at the Skidompha Library.
Tuesday, July 9: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke on a panel about careers in nonprofit journalism during an Educate Maine event for college students.
Wednesday, July 31: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm introduced a panel at the College of Atlantic Summer Institute in Bar Harbor.
Wednesday, July 31: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm was a panelist for a discussion on saving local news at the Word Festival, hosted by the Blue Hill Public Library.
Wednesday, August 7: Join us for Maine Monitor Night at Fogtown Brewing in Ellsworth. Chat with Maine Monitor staff about our work and news in Maine in a relaxed environment.
Sunday, August 11: Maine Monitor environmental reporter Emmett Gartner, editor Kate Cough and executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm for a discussion on Maine’s news deserts at the Islesboro Community Center.
Wednesday, August 28: The Maine Monitor hosted a panel about environmental journalism with Kate Cough, Annie Ropeik and Emmett Gartner at the Martin Point Community Center.
Tuesday, September 17: Join Kate Cough, Annie Ropeik and Emmett Gartner from The Maine Monitor for a panel on environmental journalism at the Belfast Public Library.
Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22: Find our booth at the Common Ground Fair. Talk with our editors and reporters — we’ll be eager to hear your story ideas! On Friday, September 20 at 5 p.m. our executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm will host a discussion about nonprofit news in Maine in the SPA Speakers Tent.
Monday, September 23: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough spoke at the Mitchell Center about Maine’s environmental and energy challenges.
Tuesday, October 8: The Maine Monitor and Waterville Creates hosted a showing of the film Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink and a Q&A with filmmaker Rick Goldsmith at the Maine Film Center in Waterville.
Wednesday, October 9: The Maine Monitor, Bangor Daily News, and Ellsworth American hosted a showing of the film Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink and a Q&A with filmmaker Rick Goldsmith at The Grand in Ellsworth.
Thursday, October 10: The Maine Monitor and Portland Press Herald hosted a showing of the film Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink and a Q&A with filmmaker Rick Goldsmith at the University of New England in Biddeford.
Saturday, October 19: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough moderated the keynote panel discussion, about reporting on the Lewiston mass shooting, at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference.
Monday, October 21: Maine Monitor editor Kate Cough moderated separate keynote discussions with Dr. Basil Gooden, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development, and Hannah Pingree, the Director of Governor Mills’ Office of Policy Innovation and the Future. The discussions will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. during the 2024 GrowSmart Maine summit at the Waterville Opera House.
Tuesday, October 22: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke on the case for local news in our nation’s democracy, and why nonprofit news is the future of local news, at the Belfast Public Library, in partnership with Belfast Senior College, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, November 1: Maine Monitor environmental reporter Emmett Gartner and Maine Monitor contributing Washington County reporter Joyce Kryszak moderated panels during the University of Maine’s Rural Issues Symposium.
Thursday, November 7: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke on a panel at the Boston University Local News Conference about fundraising for local news.
Friday, November 8: MCPIR executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm spoke on a panel at the Maine Public Relations Council’s annual conference about adaptation in journalism.