Maine

Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Portland Press Herald since 2016, with a focus on accountability reporting and breaking news. It is his second beat since being hired at the...

Michael Shepherd is the politics and government editor at the Bangor Daily News, where he also covers state government and political campaigns. In 2012, he won the Bob Drake Young Writer's Award from...

Josh Keefe is a statewide investigative reporter for the Bangor Daily News in Maine. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Longform.org, and Newsweek/IBT, where he was a staff reporter...

Margaret Pearce is a cartographer and enrolled Citizen Band Potawatomi. She grew up on Seneca territory at Ga'shgöhsagöh (Rochester, NY) and now grateful to be a guest on Penobscot territory at...

Erin Rhoda is the editor of investigations and projects at the Bangor Daily News. She also writes for the newspaper, often centering her work on issues of sexual assault, domestic violence, rural...