The Maine Monitor
Health care & general assignment reporter
Augusta, ME | April 2023 - Present
Reporting enterprise and investigative stories on health care topics, with a focus on substance use disorder, mental health, access to care and gun violence; expertise in reporting on addiction issues with deep Rolodex of sources across the state
Only reporter in Maine doing consistent, in-depth accountability reporting on local, county and state spending of $230M+ in opioid settlement funds; NICAR24 speaker on settlement spending panel moderated by KFF Health News
Breaking news and follow-up coverage of Oct. 2023 mass shootings in Lewiston, with a focus on law enforcement response to mental health crises; radio spots on Maine Public, WERU Community Radio and Marketplace Morning Report
Regular appearances on News Center Maine and WERU Community Radio’s Around Town and The Maine Monitor Radio Hour
Stories republished in Maine’s daily, weekly and digital news outlets, The Boston Globe, The Associated Press and more
Lewiston Sun Journal
Health care & enterprise reporter
Lewiston, ME | April 2021 - April 2023
Reported on health care access issues in rural areas, fractures in Maine’s mental health system, substance use disorder and growing violence against health care workers
Reported extensively on COVID-19, regularly breaking stories on impacts to local hospital systems, access to vaccines and testing, and latest data trends
Published multi-part series, “Legacy of Pain,” following a six-month data-driven investigation on the intersection of the opioid and child welfare crises; gained unprecedented access to Maine’s Prescription Monitoring Program data
Lakes Region Weekly/The Forecaster
Staff Reporter
Portland, ME | March 2020 - May 2021
Reported on nine towns and five school districts in greater Portland area as sole staff writer, producing 5-6 stories, including photos, every week
Regular coverage of municipal and school business, including elections and budgets, in addition to reporting on local impact of COVID-19 and the opioid crisis, Black Lives Matter protests, broadband access, medical marijuana policies and other (often contentious) local issues
Broke story of how one town’s administrators tried to scratch a selectman’s racist comments during a public meeting from the official record, sparking a recall campaign and the selectman’s resignation
Fellowships & Grants
New England First Amendment Coalition
Gloria L. Negri First Amendment Institute | 2025
One of 25 reporters selected to attend the annual multi-day, intensive training program on freedom of information law and investigative reporting techniques.
Reporting on Addiction
Microgrant Awardee | 2024 & 2025
To support reporting on challenges women with children face in recovery from substance use disorder: “A place for women in recovery, and their kids,” The Maine Monitor (2024)
To support reporting on local opioid settlement spending (2025)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
The Health Coverage Fellowship | 2024
One of 13 reporters nationwide selected to attend the annual nine-day intensive training program. Now hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Center for Health Journalism at USC
Data Fellowship | 2021
Intensive training and mentorship for six-month data-driven investigation into the impacts of Maine’s opioid crisis on families and children: “Legacy of Pain,” Lewiston Sun Journal
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Eric B. Sager Scholarship | 2022
To attend NICAR 2022 in Atlanta.
Awards
Maine Press Association
Better Newspaper Contest
Coverage of Minority Community Issues (Daily/Weekend) — First Place: “‘Historically left out,’ a Wabanaki organization forges its own approach to addiction treatment,” The Maine Monitor (2025)
Health Story (Daily/Weekend) — Third Place: “Independent pharmacies are closing. Pharmacy benefit managers may be to blame,” The Maine Monitor (2025)
Courts Story (Daily/Weekend) — First Place (with Emmett Gartner): “Maine law enforcement officers often lack direction for how to conduct welfare checks,” The Maine Monitor (2024)
News Story (Daily/Weekend) — Third Place (with Emmett Gartner and Samantha Hogan): “Maine vast rural expanse complicates the search for Lewiston shooting suspect,” The Maine Monitor (2024)
Health Story (Daily/Weekend) — First Place (with Andree Kehn): “Legacy of Pain,” Lewiston Sun Journal (2023)
Investigative Report (Daily/Weekend) — Second Place (with Andree Kehn): “Legacy of Pain,” Lewiston Sun Journal (2023)
Bob Drake Young Writer Award — Winner: For reporting at Lakes Region Weekly (2021)
National Newspaper Association Foundation
Better Newspaper Contest
Localized National Story (Non-Daily, Circulation 15K+) — First Place: “Bucking national trends, a third of Maine towns still count ballots by hand,” The Maine Monitor (2025)
Opioid Crisis Coverage (Non-Daily, Circulation 15K+) — Second Place: The opioid crisis in Maine, The Maine Monitor (2025)
Health Story (Non-Daily, Circulation 15K+) — Third Place: “A tenth of Maine pharmacies have closed in the past decade,” The Maine Monitor (2025)
Local Government Reporting (Non-Daily, Circulation 15K+) — Third Place: “Lewiston struggles to answer housing demands,” The Maine Monitor (2024)
Maine Public Health Association
Annual Awards
Public Health Journalism Award — Winner: For significant contribution to public health in Maine (2023)
New England Newspaper & Press Association
New ENgland Better Newspaper Competition
Publick Occurrences Award — Winner: “Legacy of Pain,” Lewiston Sun Journal (2022)
Investigative/Enterprise Reporting (Daily) — First Place (with Andree Kehn): “Legacy of Pain,” Lewiston Sun Journal (2022)
Health Reporting (Daily) — Second Place (with Andree Kehn): “Legacy of Pain,” Lewiston Sun Journal (2022)
Science/Technology Reporting (Daily) — First Place (with Steve Collins and Alex Lear): “No internet: The high cost of connecting Maine,” Lewiston Sun Journal (2021)
Education
Wellesley College
Bachelor of Arts, International relations-History | May 2018
Barnett Miller Prize for Distinction in International Relations — Winner: Senior honors thesis, “The Struggle Over the State: The History of Sunni and Shi‘i Arab Identities in Iraq, 1861-2014” (2018)
Madelein K. Albright Institute for Global Affairs Fellow (2018)
Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ‘59 Internship for International Journalism — KCRW Berlin (2018)
Middlebury Schools Abroad, Intensive Arabic language studies — Muhammad V University in Rabat, Morocco (2016)
Skills
Data & Technical
Excel (advanced)
Python (beginner)
R (beginner)
Flourish
Datawrapper
Adobe Creative Suite
Language
Modern Standard Arabic (intermediate)
Affiliations
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Association of Health Care Journalists