Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro co-founded the trust in 2021 and has been its CEO since, leading the acquisition of daily and weekly newspapers and websites in Maine previously owned by Reade Brower.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine Trust for Local News forms quick strike reporting team
The three-person team is tasked with identifying strong investigative and narrative stories and getting them to readers quickly.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Publisher Lisa DeSisto to leave Maine Trust for Local News
DeSisto led the state’s largest news organization for 12 years and through two ownership transitions.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine Trust for Local News announces newsroom leadership changes
Executive Editor Carolyn Fox outlined the changes in a memo to staff this week.
Posted inBusiness, The Franklin Journal
Best greater Franklin County businesses chosen in first Readers’ Choice event
More than 7,800 readers voted for winners in 42 categories in the first Maine Trust for Local News Readers’ Choice program.
Posted inBusiness
Maine Trust for Local News wins New England First Amendment, Publick Occurrences awards
NENPA judges said “we applaud the newspapers’ persistent efforts to learn and report what happened, what failings may have occurred, and what, if anything, can be done to prevent another tragedy.”
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine Trust for Local News wins award for coverage of Lewiston shooting
The Freedom of Information Award from the New England First Amendment Coalition recognizes the group of newspapers for ‘relentlessly’ requesting public information from the government that helped it report on Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
New community board announced to advise Maine Trust for Local News
Owner of Sun Journal and other papers gathering input from community leaders across Maine.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Lewiston-Auburn
LA Metro Chamber Small Business Relief Fund requests surpass $1.6 million
Chamber officials say they expect to distribute more than $500,000 in grants.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
A letter from the CEO: Celebrating a remarkable 6 months as the Maine Trust for Local News
As we look to the future, our commitment to local Maine journalism is unwavering.