Portland Press Herald in Maine hires Benninghoff to cover city hall

Grace Benninghoff will join The Portland Press Herald in Maine to cover city hall. She wrote on Twitter:

“Excited to explore a new corner of the northeast and tell stories for a great publication.”

Benninghoff has been with Texas Monthly since the beginning of the year, where she works as a reproductive health contributing writer. She was a contributor at NPR and host of “All Things Considered” at Vermont Public Radio.

She also reported for VTDigger.

Benninghoff has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Be sure to congratulate Benninghoff via Twitter.