Jordan began working at the Portland Press Herald in February 2022 covering fisheries and civil litigation. Since starting her journalism career in 2013, she has worked as a staff reporter for Midcoast weeklies The Republican Journal, Camden Herald and Courier Gazette, covering a range of beats, and for The Portland Phoenix, covering education, business and the waterfront. Her articles have also appeared in The Maine Monitor and The Free Press. In 2016, her coverage of Maine State Prison was recognized by The New England First Amendment Coalition. Before writing for newspapers, Jordan worked for the MDI Biological Laboratory engaging students in eelgrass restoration and other projects of the Community Environmental Health Lab, as a marine science educator for Boston Harbor Islands National Park, and on the trail crew at Acadia National Park. She lives in Belfast with her husband, stepdaughters and two cats.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
Besides the Pulitzer, she has received both a National Humanities Medal and National Medal of Arts, an NAACP Image Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation and a National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launch fund with $10 million for displaced Maui residents
The pair were inspired by a similar fund set up by Dolly Parton after wildfires swept through Gatlinburg, Tennessee in December 2016.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect
Legal advocates who sued on behalf of the families and doctors, including the American Civil Liberties Union, called the law and the high court’s decision Thursday ‘cruel.’
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
‘Barbie’ becomes highest-grossing movie of 2023 as ‘Gran Turismo’ zooms to No. 1 at the box office
During its historic theatrical run, “Barbie” has shattered a slew of records, including the highest domestic debut of 2023 and the biggest North American launch of all time for a title directed by a woman.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2023
The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says
The raid on the Record put it and its hometown of about 1,900 residents at the center of a debate about press freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Kansas’ Bill of Rights.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2023
Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area
The outcome represents a significant blow to Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso who advocated for oil drilling, asserting that its revenues are crucial to the country’s economy.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2023
House Republicans subpoena IRS and FBI agents involved in Hunter Biden case
IRS employees have testified to Congress that there was a pattern of ‘slow-walking investigative steps’ and delaying enforcement actions in the Hunter Biden case.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2023
White House science adviser calls for more safeguards against artificial intelligence risks
Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Arati Prabhakar is helping to guide the U.S. approach to safeguarding AI technology.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2023
Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, a young British sensation, makes U.S. opera debut
De Tommaso, who at 28 became an overnight sensation nearly 2 years ago after stepping in for a star who had taken ill, is so in demand that he sometimes has to turn down roles.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
Authorities investigating threats to grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia
Though the grand jury proceedings were secret, the unredacted names of the grand jury members were included in the indictment.
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