For subscribers of the Portland Press Herald: I’ll be talking with colleague Katherine Lee about the real pirates of the Caribbean, what it was like to write and research… Read more »
Article Topic: Media
Talking UNION with Heartland Politics
Had an enjoyable conversation last week with Monmouth College political scientist Robin Johnson about the story told in Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood for… Read more »
Sinclair directs local TV stations across the country, including Maine’s WGME, to promote Trump campaign merch
Sinclair Broadcasting, the conservative Maryland-based company that’s the largest owner of local television stations in the country, this month directed its stations to publish “news articles” promoting Trump campaign merchandise…. Read more »
Maine TV anchors among those recording Sinclair’s “fake stories” promo
Over the weekend, a montage went viral that featured dozens of local television anchors at Sinclair Broadcasting stations across the country reciting the same promo about their concern over “fake… Read more »
Rescheduled: talking Journalism in the Trump Age, Dec. 19 Scarborough, Maine
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, I’ll be speaking on “Journalism in the Age of Trump” at the Scarborough Public Library here in Maine. It’s rescheduled from last week, when frozen rain… Read more »
Speaking on Journalism in the Trump Age, Scarborough, Dec. 12
Next Tuesday I’ll be speaking on “Journalism in the Age of Trump” at the Scarborough Public Library here in Maine. The event is presented by the Camden Conference, which kicks… Read more »
Sinclair, “must run” commentary, and Maine’s WGME
In this week’s Maine Sunday Telegram, I write about the nation’s largest owner of local television stations, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, and the “must run” pro-Trump editorials it requires Maine’s WGME-13 to… Read more »
Talking media in the Trump Age, Colby College, April 25
On Tuesday, April 25, I’ll be joining Ali Watkins of BuzzFeed News and CNN’s Steve Collinson at Colby College to talk about the press in the Trump age, with special reference… Read more »
Talking media in the age of Trump at Colby College, Mar. 14
On Tuesday, March 14, I’ll be joining Maggie Haberman of the New York Times and CNN’s Steve Collinson at Colby College to talk about the press in the Trump age,… Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of six books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. He is a contributing editor at POLITICO and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.