Jordan Andrews

Press Herald

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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Published
July 5, 2023

Israeli troops begin leaving Jenin camp, hours after Palestinian attacker wounds 8 in Tel Aviv

The large-scale raid by Israel comes amid a more than yearlong spike in violence that has created a challenge for Netanyahu’s far-right government.
Published
July 5, 2023

China restricts exports of high-tech metals in a slap at Washington ahead of Yellen’s visit

China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over high-tech trade ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing this week.
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July 5, 2023

Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie over map showing China’s territorial claim

The map shows China’s ‘nine-dash line,’ which extends Beijing’s territorial claims far into waters that fall within areas claimed by Vietnam and other countries.
Published
July 5, 2023

Kremlin open to potential prisoner swap involving detained U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich

The 31-year-old Bowdoin College graduate was arrested while on a reporting trip to Russia.
Published
July 2, 2023

10 states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves

State officials say that the EPA’s standards aren’t good enough and that the agency’s testing and certification program is so ineffective that it has failed to ensure even those standards.
Published
June 30, 2023

Western heat wave ahead of July 4th fireworks raises wildfire concerns and prompts changes in Utah

Wildfire risk is high this holiday weekend, with forecasts of triple-digit temperatures in some areas.
Published
June 30, 2023

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030

The case marks the first time a Brazilian president has been suspended for election violations rather than a criminal offense.
Published
June 30, 2023

Apple is now the first public company to be valued at $3 trillion

The company’s stock dropped below $2 trillion earlier this year but came close to the $3 trillion threshold earlier this month when it unveiled its virtual reality headset Vision Pro.
Published
June 29, 2023

Stocks rise and bond yields jump after the latest signs of a resilient economy

Yields jumped in the bond market after data showed the U.S. economy grew at a 2% annual rate in the first three months of the year, much stronger than the 1.3% rate earlier estimated.
Published
June 29, 2023

Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat

Speech of all kinds is generally protected by the free speech clause in the Constitution’s First Amendment but so-called ‘true threats’ are an exception.