Alex Seitz-Wald
@aseitzwald.bsky.social
Small town newspaper editor in Midcoast Maine, former national political reporter for NBC News. Dad, Bearded-American, collector of hobbies.
I picked a hell of a year to move to Maine to retire from national politics.
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I picked a hell of a year to move to Maine to retire from national politics.
BREAKING: Rep. Jared Golden announces he won't seek reelection: "I don’t fear losing. What has become apparent to me is that I now dread the prospect of winning."
www.midcoastvillager.com/voices/opini...
www.midcoastvillager.com/voices/opini...
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Jared Golden announces he won't seek reelection: "I don’t fear losing. What has become apparent to me is that I now dread the prospect of winning."
www.midcoastvillager.com/voices/opini...
www.midcoastvillager.com/voices/opini...
BREAKING: Former Maine college student wins New York City mayoral race.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
BREAKING: Former Maine college student wins New York City mayoral race.
Took my daughter to vote with me before school, which was convenient because the whole town votes in her school’s gym.
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Took my daughter to vote with me before school, which was convenient because the whole town votes in her school’s gym.
This is better than fine.
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is better than fine.
I've long been a fan of @michellegoldberg.bsky.social but especially appreciate her candidness about the evolution of her thinking on Graham Platner after coming to Maine and seeing what's happening on the ground. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Opinion | I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished. What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I've long been a fan of @michellegoldberg.bsky.social but especially appreciate her candidness about the evolution of her thinking on Graham Platner after coming to Maine and seeing what's happening on the ground. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
A Bowdoin grad is about to maybe become the next mayor of New York, but you wouldn't know it from the college itself, which has made no mention of Zohran Mamdani's campaign on its website, frustrating some alumni.
As one quipped, the NYT wrote about Mamdani’s ties to Bowdoin before Bowdoin did.
As one quipped, the NYT wrote about Mamdani’s ties to Bowdoin before Bowdoin did.
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A Bowdoin grad is about to maybe become the next mayor of New York, but you wouldn't know it from the college itself, which has made no mention of Zohran Mamdani's campaign on its website, frustrating some alumni.
As one quipped, the NYT wrote about Mamdani’s ties to Bowdoin before Bowdoin did.
As one quipped, the NYT wrote about Mamdani’s ties to Bowdoin before Bowdoin did.
NEW: Graham Platner Soldiers On
From my vantage on the ground here in Maine, rumors of Platner's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I've seen many campaigns implode in my 15 years covering national politics — none looked like this. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...
From my vantage on the ground here in Maine, rumors of Platner's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I've seen many campaigns implode in my 15 years covering national politics — none looked like this. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...
Graham Platner Soldiers On
Large crowds in the Midcoast suggest that rumors of the oyster farmer's political demise are exaggerated.
www.midcoastvillager.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NEW: Graham Platner Soldiers On
From my vantage on the ground here in Maine, rumors of Platner's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I've seen many campaigns implode in my 15 years covering national politics — none looked like this. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...
From my vantage on the ground here in Maine, rumors of Platner's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I've seen many campaigns implode in my 15 years covering national politics — none looked like this. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...
Despite everything, this room is absolutely packed for Graham Platner in Damariscotta.
October 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Despite everything, this room is absolutely packed for Graham Platner in Damariscotta.
Good added context about the @midcoastvillager.bsky.social here that didn't make it into the NYT. We're building on a rich history of small-town news innovation here -- and have plenty of Village Soup momentoes around the office.
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good added context about the @midcoastvillager.bsky.social here that didn't make it into the NYT. We're building on a rich history of small-town news innovation here -- and have plenty of Village Soup momentoes around the office.
Reposted by Alex Seitz-Wald
New at Media Nation: The New York Times discovers Maine’s Midcoast Villager. Here’s the rest of the story. dankennedy.net/2025/10/27/t...
The New York Times discovers Maine’s Midcoast Villager. Here’s the rest of the story.
The Midcoast Villager, an innovative weekly newspaper based in Camden, Maine, got The New York Times treatment last week. But though the Times lavished attention on the high-profile journalists who…
dankennedy.net
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New at Media Nation: The New York Times discovers Maine’s Midcoast Villager. Here’s the rest of the story. dankennedy.net/2025/10/27/t...
Me peepin’ leaves right now
October 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Me peepin’ leaves right now
This ME-Sen poll and this account are fake. No such poll on Emerson Polling's website or X feed. And take a close look at the account's handle: @PoliticPollss when the real one it's impersonating is @Politics_Polls.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This ME-Sen poll and this account are fake. No such poll on Emerson Polling's website or X feed. And take a close look at the account's handle: @PoliticPollss when the real one it's impersonating is @Politics_Polls.
Nothing but respect for MY ballroom! 🇺🇸 🫡
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nothing but respect for MY ballroom! 🇺🇸 🫡
Unluckily or luckily for him, depending on how it goes, Platner’s event tonight happens to be in Ogunquit, which is just about the most accessible part of Maine to the outside world, between Boston and Portland, allowing for maximum media turnout compared to almost anywhere else.
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Unluckily or luckily for him, depending on how it goes, Platner’s event tonight happens to be in Ogunquit, which is just about the most accessible part of Maine to the outside world, between Boston and Portland, allowing for maximum media turnout compared to almost anywhere else.
Here's a counter-narrative datapoint: A 70-something reader in Rockland just emailed to cancel her subscription because we covered the Graham Platner controversy: "I no longer want to receive this newspaper... I'm disgusted."
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Here's a counter-narrative datapoint: A 70-something reader in Rockland just emailed to cancel her subscription because we covered the Graham Platner controversy: "I no longer want to receive this newspaper... I'm disgusted."
Reposted by Alex Seitz-Wald
Liked this Times feature on what @aseitzwald.bsky.social and co are up to in Maine? Be sure to listen to Alex on the latest Inside Elections — all about Maine politics! youtu.be/Lmfg9W3XoDQ?...
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Liked this Times feature on what @aseitzwald.bsky.social and co are up to in Maine? Be sure to listen to Alex on the latest Inside Elections — all about Maine politics! youtu.be/Lmfg9W3XoDQ?...
NEWS: Former ME-2 Dem Rep. Mike Michaud snubs Jared Golden, endorses his primary challenger. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...
Mike Michaud Snubs Jared Golden, Endorses Primary Challenger
The endorsement will make it harder for Golden and his allies to ignore Matt Dunlap's challenge in the Democratic primary.
www.midcoastvillager.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
NEWS: Former ME-2 Dem Rep. Mike Michaud snubs Jared Golden, endorses his primary challenger. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...
Reposted by Alex Seitz-Wald
I love what Alex and co. are doing in Maine and I really hope it becomes sustainable, and -- unlikely as it may seem -- maybe even replicable elsewhere.
Some huge news for the @midcoastvillager:
1) We just won best weekly newspaper in the state from the Maine Press Association!
2) The NYT just ran a big feature on us and why we've managed to attract national talent!
3) We just set up the ability to accept tax-deductible donations!
1) We just won best weekly newspaper in the state from the Maine Press Association!
2) The NYT just ran a big feature on us and why we've managed to attract national talent!
3) We just set up the ability to accept tax-deductible donations!
Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I love what Alex and co. are doing in Maine and I really hope it becomes sustainable, and -- unlikely as it may seem -- maybe even replicable elsewhere.
Reposted by Alex Seitz-Wald
Great story on the Midcoast Villager, @aseitzwald.bsky.social-and-team's super cool effort to revive local journalism in Maine: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/s...
Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Great story on the Midcoast Villager, @aseitzwald.bsky.social-and-team's super cool effort to revive local journalism in Maine: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/s...
Some huge news for the @midcoastvillager:
1) We just won best weekly newspaper in the state from the Maine Press Association!
2) The NYT just ran a big feature on us and why we've managed to attract national talent!
3) We just set up the ability to accept tax-deductible donations!
1) We just won best weekly newspaper in the state from the Maine Press Association!
2) The NYT just ran a big feature on us and why we've managed to attract national talent!
3) We just set up the ability to accept tax-deductible donations!
Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Some huge news for the @midcoastvillager:
1) We just won best weekly newspaper in the state from the Maine Press Association!
2) The NYT just ran a big feature on us and why we've managed to attract national talent!
3) We just set up the ability to accept tax-deductible donations!
1) We just won best weekly newspaper in the state from the Maine Press Association!
2) The NYT just ran a big feature on us and why we've managed to attract national talent!
3) We just set up the ability to accept tax-deductible donations!
This is big. She’s a longtime lobsterman and Maine fishing industry advocate, Maine as it gets, not some DC hired gun.
“I cannot overlook the volume and nature of his past comments, many of which were made as an adult, not as a young man.”
“I cannot overlook the volume and nature of his past comments, many of which were made as an adult, not as a young man.”
October 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is big. She’s a longtime lobsterman and Maine fishing industry advocate, Maine as it gets, not some DC hired gun.
“I cannot overlook the volume and nature of his past comments, many of which were made as an adult, not as a young man.”
“I cannot overlook the volume and nature of his past comments, many of which were made as an adult, not as a young man.”
The UAW just endorsed Graham Platner, the day after Gov. Janet Mills jumped into the race for Maine Senate.
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The UAW just endorsed Graham Platner, the day after Gov. Janet Mills jumped into the race for Maine Senate.
Graham Platner, asked about Janet Mill's age by @jenpsaki.msnbc.com: "It's not about how old you are, it's about how old your ideas are."
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Graham Platner, asked about Janet Mill's age by @jenpsaki.msnbc.com: "It's not about how old you are, it's about how old your ideas are."
Reposted by Alex Seitz-Wald
Maine journalist (and former NBC News reporter)
@aseitzwald.bsky.social and I had a 538-style conversation about the electoral strengths and weaknesses of Platner, Collins and Mills in what is shaping up to be the most interesting Senate race in the country. newrepublic.com/article/2017...
@aseitzwald.bsky.social and I had a 538-style conversation about the electoral strengths and weaknesses of Platner, Collins and Mills in what is shaping up to be the most interesting Senate race in the country. newrepublic.com/article/2017...
Transcript: Maine’s Mills-Platner Senate Race Is A Huge Dem Battle
Governor Janet Mills U.S. Senate run against Graham Platner will pit the Democrats’ establishment wing against the insurgent bloc, says Maine journalist Alex Seitz-Wald.
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Maine journalist (and former NBC News reporter)
@aseitzwald.bsky.social and I had a 538-style conversation about the electoral strengths and weaknesses of Platner, Collins and Mills in what is shaping up to be the most interesting Senate race in the country. newrepublic.com/article/2017...
@aseitzwald.bsky.social and I had a 538-style conversation about the electoral strengths and weaknesses of Platner, Collins and Mills in what is shaping up to be the most interesting Senate race in the country. newrepublic.com/article/2017...