The Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund is seeking applications from Maine students. The new deadline for applications is April 1. The Gannett Scholarship provides renewable support for students majoring in journalism or a field reasonably related, including print, broadcast or electronic media. The fund helps pay tuition to attend an undergraduate, graduate, trade or […]
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Conservative activist James O'Keefe posts recordings from CNN
NEW YORK — Conservative activist James O’Keefe has released what he says are 119 hours of raw audio secretly recorded inside CNN’s Atlanta headquarters in 2009. The audio was recorded by what O’Keefe’s website, Project Veritas, describes as an anonymous source identified only as “Miss X.” O’Keefe says the tapes show that CNN did not […]
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Donald Trump vs. the media: Trump, New York Times to meet after cancellation
Trump, New York Times meeting back on Updated 9:50 a.m.: President-elect Donald Trump may be visiting with the New York Times after all. Spokesman Hope Hicks told reporters gathered in Trump Tower on Tuesday morning that Trump was “going to the New York Times” later in the day. The meeting is to consist of a […]
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News media has trust issues; Can you believe it?
WASHINGTON — Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans’ skepticism about what they read on social media. Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about equal to Congress and well below […]
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Paul LePage won’t deliver a State of State speech
UPDATE: Gov. Paul LePage released a statement Tuesday saying he will not be giving a State of the State speech this year. “This year I will not deliver my State of the State speech to the Legislature. Instead, I’ll follow the historical precedent of sending a written message to the Legislature,” he wrote in a […]
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Pilot uninjured in Fryeburg ultralight crash
FRYEBURG — A pilot was uninjured, but the ultralight aircraft he was flying was damaged when it crashed in a wooded area off Porter Road around 6 p.m. Saturday. Police identified the pilot as a 56-year-old Media, Pa. man. He was flying his Aerolite 103 single-seat ultralight aircraft out of Leavitt Airport in Albany, N.H., when the […]
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Portland Sea Dogs: Getting used to the cold, each other
PORTLAND — The long-standing appeal of clutching an April ticket to a Portland Sea Dogs game in your frostbitten fingers is the knowledge that you are bound to observe a blue-chip prospect on the fast track to Boston. In fact, you’d better catch them while they’re hot and before the weather gets warm. Jacoby Ellsbury (2007) […]
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Street Talk: Hard Times for the First Amendment
“The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people… The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.” – Hugo Black, American politician and jurist. As First Amendment quotes go, this one is a beauty. The amendment itself is beauty, but […]
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Recent fights results in MVHS increasing suspension policy to 10 days
RUMFORD — The number of days a student may be suspended for fighting has been doubled to 10 at Mountain Valley High School. Principal Matt Gilbert said the change is the result of four fights on school grounds during the middle of the month. They involved boys and girls from all grades. He said eight […]
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Great Falls Forum to feature the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
LEWISTON — This month’s second session of the Great Falls Forum will take place on Friday, Oct. 17, and will feature John Christie and Naomi Schalit from the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. The topic of the session will be “The Role of Investigative Reporting in Maine’s Democracy.” The lecture will take place from […]