Michael J. Dowd

Metro and Standards Editor

• 207.990.8238
• mdowd@bangordailynews.com

Michael J. Dowd is editor-in-chief of the Bangor Daily News. Dowd, a 30-year veteran of the BDN, was named the newspaper’s head editor in January 2010, replacing retiring executive editor Mark Woodward as the overseer and manager of the day-to-day operations of the newsroom for both print and online publications. Dowd leads an editorial department of 67 people including reporters, photographers, editors and support personnel who work at the main office in Bangor and in the newspaper’s eight bureaus located throughout central, northern and eastern Maine. A Bangor native, Dowd began his career at the BDN as a sportswriter and has worked as a sports columnist, state desk co-editor, city editor, night news editor and managing editor. Dowd is a member of the Maine Committee on Media and Courts and is second vice president of the Maine Press Association. He works closely with Todd Benoit, director of news and new media.