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.
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-elect Joe Biden announced the members of his new coronavirus task force Monday morning, putting the contentious 2020... Read More
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden announced the members of his new coronavirus task force Monday morning, putting the contentious 2020 presidential campaign behind him and moving definitively on to the transition. Biden said repeatedly during the campaign that "crushing" the pandemic once and for all would... Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he's been lobbied for months about who would fill Kamala Harris'... Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he's been lobbied for months about who would fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat should she be elected vice president, and he admitted it hasn't been fun. "It's not something I'd wish on my worst enemy," he told... Read More
WASHINGTON— Former Vice President Joe Biden had the presidency within his reach Friday evening, as he continued to hold onto... Read More
WASHINGTON— Former Vice President Joe Biden had the presidency within his reach Friday evening, as he continued to hold onto narrow but apparently solid leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Revised vote counts trickled in throughout the day, but... Read More
WASHINGTON - Employers added 638,000 jobs in the month of October, pushing the national unemployment rate down to 6.9%, the... Read More
WASHINGTON - Employers added 638,000 jobs in the month of October, pushing the national unemployment rate down to 6.9%, the Labor Department reported Friday. But Congressional Democrats noted the pace of renewed hiring isn't nearly enough to quickly get the millions of Americans thrown out of... Read More
LANSING, Mich. -- The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in Michigan claiming its election observers have not been granted... Read More
LANSING, Mich. -- The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in Michigan claiming its election observers have not been granted "meaningful" access to the counting process. As of about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump by about 1%... Read More
HARRISBURG, Pa. - As the nation anxiously awaited the outcome of the 2020 presidential election Wednesday, Pennsylvania Secretary of State... Read More
HARRISBURG, Pa. - As the nation anxiously awaited the outcome of the 2020 presidential election Wednesday, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar advised the general public and a phalanx of reporters gathered before her to be patient. “We are exactly where we said we would be,”... Read More
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Voters last night approved an amendment to the state constitution that will create a bipartisan redistricting... Read More
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Voters last night approved an amendment to the state constitution that will create a bipartisan redistricting commission, putting an end, once and for all, to years of court battles over partisan gerrymandering. With 98% of election precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning,... Read More
WASHINGTON - Federal officials monitoring voting and threats to the 2020 election said they've seen no major problems, but they... Read More
WASHINGTON - Federal officials monitoring voting and threats to the 2020 election said they've seen no major problems, but they continue to urge the public to be both watchful and patient as they head to the polls. All told, the U.S. Justice Department has deployed personnel... Read More
WASHINGTON - Though President Donald Trump doesn't technically have the power to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, he suggested during one... Read More
WASHINGTON - Though President Donald Trump doesn't technically have the power to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, he suggested during one his final campaign appearances Monday that supporters won't have long to wait for the ouster of the nation's top infectious disease expert. Trump has been continually... Read More
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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s lead attorney once again depicted the prosecution’s star witness as a chronic liar... Read More
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s lead attorney once again depicted the prosecution’s star witness as a chronic liar during the criminal trial that continued Monday in New York. In response to questions about whether he mishandled money, former... Read More
MILES CITY, Mont. — Though coal mining will continue for the foreseeable future at two Montana mines, those leases will... Read More
MILES CITY, Mont. — Though coal mining will continue for the foreseeable future at two Montana mines, those leases will not be renewed under a plan published by the Bureau of Land Management. Last week the agency issued a supplemental... Read More
RICHLAND, Colo. — Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found a way to significantly speed up biofuel and biochemical... Read More
RICHLAND, Colo. — Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found a way to significantly speed up biofuel and biochemical production. The breakthrough, published in the journal Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, involves microorganisms, such as fungi, which are used in... Read More
DENVER — The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s annual Industrial Growth Forum, a sell-out for the second year, welcomed hundreds of... Read More
DENVER — The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s annual Industrial Growth Forum, a sell-out for the second year, welcomed hundreds of hopeful entrepreneurs and potential backers to the Hyatt Regency hotel at the Colorado Convention Center. In all, nearly 900 people... Read More
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders account for over half of all hepatitis B patients in the United States. The harmful... Read More
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders account for over half of all hepatitis B patients in the United States. The harmful infection causes liver inflammation and, in severe cases, organ failure and death. Asian Americans also account for over a third of tuberculosis... Read More
WASHINGTON — David Schechter is a master at making the biggest story of our time tangible and relatable to everyone... Read More
WASHINGTON — David Schechter is a master at making the biggest story of our time tangible and relatable to everyone from the youngest viewer to the most hardened of mature skeptics. And perhaps never has it been more evident than... Read More
