Steve Collins – Page 29 – Lewiston Sun Journal

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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

Signs of hope arise a month after Lewiston mass shooting

by Steve Collins November 24, 2023November 27, 2023

A man who saved children in a bowling league, shot seven times in his legs, walked back into the alley this week a hero.

Lewiston-Auburn

Amran Osman: Change that can save lives

by Steve Collins November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

Meet our 2023 Mainers to Be Thankful For: She created Generational Noor, a safe space for immigrant families and young people to talk about difficult societal issues.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News

Lewiston native who saved 1963 UPI news teletype recalls aftermath of Kennedy shooting

by Steve Collins November 21, 2023November 22, 2023

Richard Fortier held onto a partial UPI teletype from a local radio station, which details the minutes immediately following the news that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.