Tag: John Christie

WERU News Report 5/9/12

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Program Topic: John Christie and Naomi Schalit, Senior Reporters for the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, and regular guests on the WERU News Report, join us to talk about their 2 most recent investigative reports.

Segment 1: “University System a haven for former top state staffers” (http://pinetreewatchdog.org/2012/05/03/university-system-a-haven-for-former-top-state-staffers/ )

Segment 2: “Official’s use of US and GOP funds to buy a camper was kept under wraps” (http://pinetreewatchdog.org/2012/05/09/officials-use-of-us-and-gop-funds-to-buy-a-camper-was-kept-under-wraps/ ) NOTE: The official in question is Phil Roy, who is currently the chief financial officer for Hancock County)

Guests: John Christie and Naomi Schalit, Senior Reporters for the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

Call In Program: no

WERU News Report 2/29/12

Issue: Alternative Local News
Host/Producer & Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Production Assistance: Matt Murphy

Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topics:
Segment 1: The Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary’s Public Hearing and Work Session on legislation that would exempt the Governor’s working papers from Freedom of Information requests, LD 1805 “An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning a Public Records Exception for Proposed Legislation, Reports and Working Papers of the Governor”
Segment 2: John Christie & Naomi Schalit of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting have recently published the results of their investigation into Pine Tree Development Zones in Maine. (www.pinetreewatchdog.org) John Christie joins us to tell us what they found.

Key Discussion Points:
Testimony from the public hearing on the Governor’s working papers, held last week
Outcome of today’s work session on the issue.
Pine Tree Development Zones

Guest:
John Christie, Senior Reporter for the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
Also recorded testimony from public hearing

Call In Program: no

Voices 9/14/10

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

An interview with John Christie, publisher and senior reporter for the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a non-partisan and nonprofit journalism organization based in Hallowell. The mission of The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is to “ful?ll the responsibility of a free press in the American democracy by providing independent reporting to Maine citizens about their government and elections” and they aim to “fill the gap between the diminished in-depth reporting from the existing Maine media and the need of the state?s citizens to be fully informed about the actions of its government and public servants.” Their work appears in various media outlets across the state, as well as their own website, pinetreewatchdog.org

WERU is working with The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, to bring their stories to our listeners, in a partnership that we kicked off last month with Naomi Schalit’s report on Wind Power Legislation in Maine.
John Christie joins us on Voices today to talk about his in-depth report called: PENSIONS: THE NEXT BUDGET CRISIS which looks at the looming threat to Maine’s economy that is posed by decades of an underfunded– and over politicized– state pension system.

FMI: www.pinetreewatchdog.org