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In my seven years as a reporter, this is the work I am most proud of; the work I think speaks to who I am as a writer, journalist, and photographer.
Chaos in the University of Maine System
It began in May, when the University of Maine System eliminated nine faculty positions in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Maine at Farmington.
What has followed is coverage of the issue that has spread statewide: concerns about attacks on liberal-arts education, the human impact of eliminating tenured faculty, and a rebellion to change leadership within the entire UMaine System.
I’ve spent a month cultivating sources, digging through documents, collaborating with other reporters, uncovering information, and publishing continued coverage of the UMaine System.
This original reporting with exclusives has run across newspapers in Maine, including the Sun Journal, Portland Press Herald and Kennebec Journal.
An unexpected protest
with a ‘moral of the story’
“UMaine-Farmington students block road to protest town’s fossil-fuel emissions,” Sun Journal, 2021.
Coverage of a protest at the local university, where four students blocked off one of Farmington's busier roads and thoroughfares to protest climate change and the town's fossil fuel emissions. The sit-in ended when police intervened after 15 minutes.
The sit-in raised discussion between participants, bystanders and other local activists about the most impactful ways to protest and instigate change.
An uninformed purchase
”Help! I bought a very large kayak and I have a very small car,” Village Soup, 2020.
First-person reporting, laced with humor and reflection, on the naivety that led to the purchase of a monstrous kayak way above my pay grade.