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Ellsworth American seeks news reporter
The award-winning Ellsworth American has an opening for a motivated, conscientious person to aggressively cover news, write features and take photos.
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Lincoln County News names successor to longtime editor
Sherwood Olin, who joined The Lincoln County News as a reporter in 1999, will succeed Judith Finn as the weekly paper's editor after Finn retires on April 30.
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ShopGirl columnist leaves Bangor Daily News
Kristen Andresen, a feature writer, columnist and reporter for the Bangor Daily News, said she would leave the newspaper in March to join the University Relations staff at the University of Maine.
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Top ad person of 2005 succeeds Cote at Times
After 11 years with the St. John Valley Times, Advertising Manager Denise Cote left the newspaper in late February to take a new position with a different organization.
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Former editor to lead revamped MaineToday
Dan Dinsmore became director for Blethen Maine Newspapers’ restructured MaineToday division on March 3.
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New city editor to join Sentinel in May
George Myers Jr. has been named city editor at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville.
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Lewiston writer headed to L.A. for fellowship
The Sun Journal announced in December that its reporter Dan Hartill has received an 11-day fellowship from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communications and the National Endowment of the Arts.
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Portland paper has new features editor, D.C. reporter
Rod Harmon joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in December as features editor.
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Sun Journal names Crockett design editor
Christine Crockett is the new design editor for the Lewiston Sun Journal. She replaces visual managing editor Nick Masuda, who is now senior designer at the Orlando Sentinel in Florida.
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Head of MaineToday to leave job in April
Joe Michaud, who has led MaineToday since the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram started the online company in 1995, has announced that he will leave the company at the end of April to become a consultant.
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Lincoln County News seeking editor
The Lincoln County News of Damariscotta is seeking a seasoned community journalist to lead its news department.
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Central Maine papers name new sports editor
The Kennebec Journal of Augusta and the Morning Sentinel of Waterville named Scott Martin their executive sports editor in September.
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Penobscot Bay Press has new schools reporter
Colin Powell joined the reporting staff of Penobscot Bay Press in September, assigned to the education beat for the company’s three weekly papers in Hancock County.
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Central Maine papers form team to focus on the Web
Central Maine Newspapers announced in July that they would form a CMN Online Team to help the papers maintain and increase readership and ad revenue by producing and improving their Web sites and creating new digital products.
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KJ and Sentinel have new copy desk member
Thomas "Mike" Corcoran has joined the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel as a full-time copy editor.
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Times Record staffers take new editing posts
Christopher Cousins, who returned to The Times Record after completing a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University, is the paper’s new city editor.
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Camden Herald names new assistant editor
The Camden Herald has appointed Kim Lincoln as assistant editor, following the resignation of Steve Rzasa, who took a job as editor of a paper in Wyoming.
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Portland paper announces job changes, losses
The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram made several key appointments in its news department in July and August, and announced eight layoffs on Aug. 17.
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Andrew Birden promoted to ME at St. John Valley Times
Andrew Birden has been named managing editor of the St. John Valley Times in Madawaska.
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Washington reporter leaves Portland papers
Bart Jansen has resigned as Washington, D.C., correspondent for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram to take a job with Congressional Quarterly.
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