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Expanding membership and funding professional development in 2026
Finally! Today is over 50 60 degrees and winter is releasing us. Despite growing up no more than three miles from where I live today in the midcoast, I’m still shocked at how long our winters grind on for (even though they’re shorter today than they used to be). With the relief of spring, at…
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Open call: MINC accepting new member applications
BANGOR, MAINE — October 24, 2025 — The Maine Independent News Collaborative (MINC) announced today that it is issuing an open call for applications from independent publishers in Maine to join MINC’s collaborate-over-compete grassroots effort to sustain and grow independent local journalism in Maine. How to apply: Fill out the application form here. Deadline: Applications…
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MINC awards $78,000 in grants to boost critical infrastructure efforts at Maine independent newsrooms
BANGOR, MAINE — February 13, 2025 — The Maine Independent News Collaborative (MINC) congratulates five newsrooms awarded 12-month project grants to facilitate newsroom projects designed to grow digital capacity and revenue resiliency. This is the second round of grants that MINC has awarded in an effort to strengthen independent local journalism in Maine. This funding…
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MINC welcomes Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting as a strategic partner
HALLOWELL AND BANGOR, MAINE — January 13, 2025 — The Maine Independent News Collaborative is delighted to announce that the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, the nonprofit publisher of The Maine Monitor, is now a strategic partner of MINC and will work collaboratively with MINC and its partner news organizations. MCPIR will bring its…
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MINC accepting applications for infrastructure project grants from member newsrooms
BANGOR, MAINE — NOVEMBER 1, 2024 — The Maine Independent News Collaborative (MINC) issued a call for applications from MINC member newsrooms for Infrastructure Fund project grants. Project grants of up to $25,000 will help independent Maine publishers grow digital capacity and revenue resiliency through improvements to core infrastructure that supports the organizations’ journalism, such…
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MINC awards planning grants to support five Maine newsrooms
BANGOR, MAINE — MAY 8, 2024 — The Maine Independent News Collaborative (MINC) is excited to announce $25,000 in Infrastructure Fund planning grants to five independent Maine newsrooms, which will lay the groundwork for future project investments in 2024 and 2025. MINC formed in Summer 2023 as a grassroots effort to sustain and grow independent local…
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MINC introduces initial grant opportunities to support local publishers
BANGOR, MAINE — APRIL 9, 2024 — The Maine Independent News Collaborative (MINC) announced today that it has opened an initial round of grant applications in support of a grassroots effort to sustain and grow independent local journalism in Maine. These initial planning grants are intended to support independent Maine publishers in their efforts to…
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