Category: Journalism

Originally from New York City, I started my career in journalism as an intern at New York Magazine and a freelance editor. I then shipped off to Anchorage, Alaska, where, I worked as a copy editor and then news editor at the Anchorage Daily News, covering everything from the Iditarod to the oil industry crash to the occasional earthquake or volcanic eruption. After working as a digital editor at the Portland Press Herald in Portland, Maine, I returned to the ADN as a news editor until the spring of 2018. You can view my full journalism portfolio at muckrack.com/egan-millard.

Journalism

Transportation justice testimony featured in Boston news outlets

Since leaving journalism, I’ve been an active advocate for various social causes, including transportation justice. If you’re unfamiliar with this term, it refers to the fact that governments make driving (which is inherently dangerous to our health and our environment, but favored by wealthier people) cheaper and more accessible, at the expense of public transportation, whose users tend to be lower-income. In the Boston area, … Continue reading Transportation justice testimony featured in Boston news outlets

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Portland can fine you for not clearing your sidewalk. So why are the city-owned ones so icy?

This Portland Press Herald story exposed the Portland city government’s practice of requiring property owners to clear the sidewalks adjacent to their properties while not clearing the ones adjacent to its own properties, leaving them dangerously slippery. It includes an interactive map showing the city properties that residents had complained about. Read the full story here. Continue reading Portland can fine you for not clearing your sidewalk. So why are the city-owned ones so icy?

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Mortality and hot chocolate on tap at Death Cafe

The name suggests some kind of macabre theatrical event, but the Anchorage Death Cafe is anything but morbid. It’s the latest chapter of the global Death Cafe movement, in which ordinary people organize free, informal meetings to “eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death.” This feature story appeared in the Anchorage Daily News on Nov. 8, 2013. Read the full story here. Continue reading Mortality and hot chocolate on tap at Death Cafe

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