Small Portland Has Crowded Online Scene

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By: Callum Borchers | NetNewsCheck

John Christie says he doesn’t try to make people angry. He also says he’s retired. But the affable former president of Central Maine Newspapers avoids neither work nor fury.

“We’re going to tell you something new and fresh,” Christie said of his Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. “And we don’t mind if you get mad at us.”

Since January 2010, the center’s digital publication, Pine Tree Watchdog, has produced more than 40 investigative stories on subjects such as Maine’s state pension system and Gov. Paul LePage’s follow-through on campaign promises. In less than two years, Christie’s “retirement” project has forged partnerships with 21 Maine newspapers and a radio station; Thompson Reuters began distributing its articles in May.































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