March 29, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Maine Times names Rooks as new editor

PORTLAND — Veteran journalist Douglas Rooks has been picked as the new editor of the weekly Maine Times, Publisher Seth Sprague announced Wednesday.

Rooks, 41, has been editorial page editor at the daily Kennebec Journal in Augusta for the past 10 years. He previously was editor of the weekly Granite State News in Wolfeboro, N.H.

“An ideal new leader for Maine Times,” Sprague said in a prepared statement. “He brings a passion for Maine and for journalistic excellence that will serve us well as we continue to cover the issues that mean the most to the people of Maine.”

Rooks succeeds interim editor Joseph McGonigle.


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