Dan McCue
Dan McCue is the Editor of The Well News. In nearly three decades in journalism, he has been the managing editor for a chain of 18 weekly newspapers, the Southeast regional editor for the Courthouse News Service, and was county government and environmental reporter at the Stuart News in Stuart, Florida.
Dan began his career in media as an editorial staff assistant at The New Yorker magazine. Since then, and in addition to the work mentioned above, his work has been published in a number of other publications including Renewable Energy Magazine, the Charleston Regional Business Journal, Newsday, the Riverdale Press, Hartford Courant, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Miami Herald, World Trade Magazine, The Music Paper, Spin and Guitar for the Practicing Musician.
Over the course of Dan’s career, he’s written about federal, state and local government, economic development, international trade, NASA and the aerospace industry, the environment and climate change, particularly the health and well-being of Florida’s Everglades and estuary system, energy, the entertainment industry, and even thoroughbred horse racing.
He also hosted his own public affairs cable television program, “Insight Nassau,” was a regular panelist on News 12 Long Island’s “Reporter’s Roundtable” program and made frequent guest appearances on WGBB radio on Long Island, speaking on government, politics and business.
In June 2022, he was recognized by the Washington, D.C., Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as a finalist in the beat reporting category of its Dateline Awards for journalism excellence for his coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dan brought home two 2023 Dateline Awards for Online Breaking News and Feature Reporting from the Washington, D.C., Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
In 2024, Dan was the winner of the 2024 Dateline Award for Online Business reporting.
Dan is a member of the Poynter alumni network, his having completed a master class in covering climate change science and policy in a polarized world.
Dan can be reached at [email protected] and @DanMcCue
Recent Work
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared intent to escalate his administration’s funding fight with Harvard University on Tuesday, suggesting the... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared intent to escalate his administration’s funding fight with Harvard University on Tuesday, suggesting the Ivy League school lose its tax exempt status. Harvard, the United States’ richest school with an endowment of $53 billion, is just one of a number... Read More
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate bill, the Co-Location Energy Act, would streamline permitting for future wind and solar energy projects... Read More
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate bill, the Co-Location Energy Act, would streamline permitting for future wind and solar energy projects by allowing them to be co-located on federal land with existing oil and gas leases. “Our clean energy future is here. We need to meet it,”... Read More
WASHINGTON — El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that a Maryland man deported... Read More
WASHINGTON — El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that a Maryland man deported to his country by the Trump administration will not be returned to the United States, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s call for the White House to... Read More
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have regularly failed to engage in “meaningful” consultation with tribes, fisheries and other stakeholders as they... Read More
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have regularly failed to engage in “meaningful” consultation with tribes, fisheries and other stakeholders as they consider whether to give the go-ahead to proposed offshore wind projects, a new report from the Government Accountability Office says. The agency’s review was requested by... Read More
LOS ANGELES — Dark, ashy sediment that has been appearing on Los Angeles-area beaches does not appear to contain chemicals related... Read More
LOS ANGELES — Dark, ashy sediment that has been appearing on Los Angeles-area beaches does not appear to contain chemicals related to wildfires at levels that are dangerous to human health, state health officials said on Friday. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said it... Read More
WASHINGTON — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the first woman to ever hold that post, announced Friday that she will not... Read More
WASHINGTON — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the first woman to ever hold that post, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection to a third term, a stunner likely to lead to a crowded primary field in the Republican-friendly state. In a video posted to social... Read More
WASHINGTON — YouTube personality “Doctor Mike” Varshavski, whose bête noire is health misinformation on social media and in the pod-o-sphere,... Read More
WASHINGTON — YouTube personality “Doctor Mike” Varshavski, whose bête noire is health misinformation on social media and in the pod-o-sphere, will speak at the National Press Club on Friday, May 30. The Headliners event will begin with dinner in the club’s ballroom at 8 p.m. and... Read More
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers heading home Thursday after a busy and eventful week in Washington, D.C., reported that the wing of... Read More
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers heading home Thursday after a busy and eventful week in Washington, D.C., reported that the wing of the passenger jet they were set to fly on was clipped by that of another plane as they waited on the runway of Reagan National Airport.... Read More
WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sgamma, a long-time oil and gas lobbyist who was President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau... Read More
WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sgamma, a long-time oil and gas lobbyist who was President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management, abruptly withdrew her nomination on Thursday, the day of her planned confirmation hearing. Sgamma’s decision was announced by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chair... Read More
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used a morning keynote address before a group of state lawmakers... Read More
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein for high-level talks at the State Department... Read More
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein for high-level talks at the State Department on Friday, a clear sign the Trump administration is forging strategic dialogues in the face of shifting dynamics in the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s lawyers appear to have booby-trapped their own chances this week of defeating New York City’s... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s lawyers appear to have booby-trapped their own chances this week of defeating New York City’s congestion pricing program that charges motorists for driving downtown. They inadvertently filed a memo with the court overseeing a lawsuit... Read More
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as... Read More
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal... Read More
Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in... Read More
Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s twice as many cases as this... Read More
