Steve Collins

Columnist

Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

A ‘bleak outlook’ for Bates as college tries to cope with COVID-19

by Steve Collins May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

Worried about ‘an existential threat’ to Bates, its staff and junior faculty want more say in how the college plans for the pandemic.

Lakes Region Weekly, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

A bipartisan plea to reopen Poland, New Gloucester and other rural towns

by Steve Collins May 19, 2020May 20, 2020

Democoratic state Sen. Ned Claxton and Republican state Rep. Amy Arata teamed up Tuesday to make the case for the state to lessen COVID-19 restrictions in more places.

Business, Maine

Rick Savage among those suing Janet Mills in a new federal court case

by Steve Collins May 19, 2020May 19, 2020

Bethel brew pub owner joined a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday that argues Mills is violating Mainers’ rights as she tries to clamp down on COVID-19.

Maine

Tucker Carlson creating studio in Bryant Pond

by Steve Collins May 18, 2020April 6, 2023

WOODSTOCK — It appears “the northernmost bureau of Fox News,” just down the road from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s vacation home, is almost ready to go on the air from inside the old town garage. Carlson, who purchased the building in Bryant Pond village last fall for $30,000, told the town he plans to […]