The Maine Monitor Radio Hour

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Maine Monitor Editor Kate Cough is joined by Monitor Housing Reporter Caitlin Andrews, Education Reporter Kristian Moravec and Report for America Corps Member Dan O’Connor, who covers rural government for The Monitor in partnership with the Bangor Daily News. We talk about their recent reporting on a fund that would help towns convert empty schools into housing, a new approach to teaching reading and a police department that is using AI to draft reports.

Guests:
Caitlin Andrews, Kristian Moravec, and Dan O’Connor.

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: This episode covers how tariffs have affected Maine’s loggers and sawmills, the debate over whether federal immigration agents can wear masks or otherwise conceal their identities and how that compares to rules for local police, and more.

Guests:
Sean Scott, religion, society and politics reporter for The Maine Monitor and Report for America corps member.
Emmett Gartner, environmental reporter for The Maine Monitor.

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/loggers-tariff-impact/
themainemonitor.org/sawmill-tariffs-boom-or-dust/
themainemonitor.org/forest-pests-diseases-outlook/
themainemonitor.org/immigration-agents-identification-concerns/
themainemonitor.org/faith-leaders-discuss-helping-mainers/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Sean Scott, who covers religion for The Monitor, Kristian Moravec, who covers education, Public Health Reporter Rose Lundy and Government Accountability Reporter Josh Keefe discuss their recent coverage of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge in Maine.

Guests:
Sean Scott, Kristian Moravec, Rose Lundy, Josh Keefe

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/ice-in-maine/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: We discuss Monitor Local, a new reporting initiative from the The Maine Monitor focused on what’s happening in towns across Western and Downeast Maine — how the idea came to be and what its coverage has looked like so far.

Guests:
Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Executive Director of The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting — [email protected]
Judith Meyer, Editor of Monitor Local — [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/monitor-local/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Maine Monitor reporter Rose Lundy speaks about her recent reporting on how more older Mainers appear to be using harder drugs, how groups across Maine are trying to combat men’s loneliness, and other health care challenges older adults are facing.

Guests:
Rose Lundy, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/more-of-maines-oldest-struggle-drugs/
themainemonitor.org/fighting-mens-loneliness/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: We hear from Report for America corps member Daniel O’Connor about his reporting on the budget crisis in Washington County and the Maine school districts that have voted to change policies around transgender students.

Guests:
Daniel O’Connor, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/washington-county-11m-bond-rejected/
themainemonitor.org/groups-pushing-schools-change-transgender-policies/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: A Maine State Police trooper pinned a handcuffed man to the ground and repeatedly punched him in the face during an arrest. The episode raises questions about the agency’s use of force policy and its process for reviewing complaints. Reporters Josh Keefe and Callie Ferguson take listeners behind the scenes of their recent investigation.

Guests:
Josh Keefe, [email protected]
Callie Ferguson, [email protected]

FMI: themainemonitor.org/stop-punching-him/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: In this episode of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, we hear from The Monitor’s two summer interns, Stacey Zhang and Yasmeen Khan, on their experiences trying to make a career in the field of journalism and how their Gen Z colleagues are consuming the news.

Guests:
Stacey Zhang – themainemonitor.org/author/stacey-zhang/
Yasmeen Khan – themainemonitor.org/author/yasmeen_khan/