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Op-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins

Voters, not legislators’ secret ballots, should decide who leads Maine | Steve Collins

by Steve Collins April 15, 2025May 20, 2025

This insider process isn’t fit for purpose. Let’s change it.

Op-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins

Maine women ought to be included in State House art | Steve Collins

by Steve Collins April 8, 2025May 20, 2025

Jerri Whitman’s painted portraits should prompt those in charge of the halls in Augusta to get with the times.

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Op-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins

Steve Collins: Just who the heck is this new columnist?

by Steve Collins April 3, 2025April 4, 2025

Before I begin, I’d like to tell readers a little something about myself.

Steve Collins is opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.

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