Nick Song
Emerging Voices FellowNick Song is Maine Public's inaugural Emerging Voices Fellowship Reporter sponsored by support from the Abbagadassett Foundation.
Originally from Southern California, Nick got his start in radio when he served as the programming director for his high school's radio station. He graduated with a degree in Journalism and History from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University -- where he was Co-News Director for WNUR 89.3 FM, the campus station.
He's worked at places like KCRW's All Things Considered, the Chicago Blackhawks, and podcasts like Song Exploder and The West Wing Weekly. In 2019, he received a national Edward R. Murrow award for coverage of the 2018 Camp Fire -- the deadliest wildfire in California history.
Nick is a diehard fan of the Dodgers and loves the NY Giants. He's thrilled to be at Maine Public and to cover a state as stunning as Maine.
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The longtime head lifeguard at York Beach in Maine is vowing to resign at the end of the summer season unless the town of York takes steps to enforce restrictions on alcohol use. The debate in York highlights the discrepancies in how public drinking laws are enforced along the Northeast Seacoast. -
Almost two years in, drug shortages of stimulant medications used to treat ADHD are still challenging for patients in rural states like Maine. -
Emergency personnel responded to a crash involving a single-engine plane at the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport. -
Central Maine Power’s parent company Avangrid is asking Maine regulators to waive a required approval for an acquisition effort by Spain-based Iberdrola. -
The complaint alleges that James Mannion had been receiving medication to treat his opioid use disorder but was denied his repeated requests for the same medication by Armour Correctional Health Care Services once he entered jail.
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The Maine State Ferry Service rose fares for the first time in four years, and they're expecting to do so again next year amidst increased operational costs. -
Maine State Library is close to getting their interlibrary loan service running again after a state appeals board this week ruled in their favor. -
Detectives executed a search of Lobor’s apartment and said they found evidence of drug trafficking. Major Bob Martin said investigators also found firearm components, and a fully automatic rifle. -
Maine hospitals saved over $125 million in uncompensated care costs during the pandemic due to Maine’s expansion of its Medicaid program. -
Maxwell's Farm began operating in the 1970s, but the farmland itself has been in the Maxwell-Bamford family since 1772. Just a few weeks ago, a fruit fly infestation forced the farm to cancel its strawberry picking season for the summer.
