STAFF:

Celeste Katz Marston News Editor

Celeste Katz Marston

Managing Editor

Celeste@concordbridge.org

Celeste has covered local, state, and national news on the staff of outlets including The Providence Journal, The New York Daily News, Newsweek, and Condé Nast. 
 
She is a longstanding U.S. correspondent for Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio and a contributor to Nieman Reports, a journal of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. 
 
Celeste has freelanced for NBC News, The Boston Globe, Hearst Magazines, and Sirius XM, among others, and is the co-author of a public service book on voting technology. 
 
She is a Concord resident and a graduate of Brown University.

Laurie O'Neill

Contributing Editor

Laurie@concordbridge.org


Laurie was a correspondent for The New York Times for ten years. She has freelanced for The Concord Bridge since shortly after its inception and for the Fenn School, where she served several years as the director of publications.

She was also a secondary and middle school English and writing teacher for many years.

Laurie has been published in magazines including Yankee, DownEast, Connecticut, and Maine Homes, and by the Boston Globe. Her four books on American History for middle school readers, one of which was named a Bank Street College book of the year, were published by the Millbrook Press.

She is an active volunteer in Concord and enjoys reading, gardening, traveling, and spending time in Maine.

Dakota Antelman

Municipal Reporter

Dakota@concordbridge.org

Dakota has covered Massachusetts local news for outlets including The Community Advocate, Patch, and WHDH/7NEWS.
 
He has freelanced for DigBoston, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette, The Hopkinton Independent, and The Fifty Plus Advocate. He also spent time working in public access television for Hudson’s HudTV. 
 
Dakota covered public health policy during the pandemic and has kept audiences informed about development, business, and local politics in numerous communities. 
 
He graduated from Emerson College and enjoys hiking, drumming, and cheering for the Bruins when he isn’t reporting.

Jayson Cooper

Business Development Manager,

Jayson@concordbridge.org

As Business Development Manager, Jayson handles advertising and sponsorship sales. He brings over 25 years of experience in media, advertising, and newspapers, having spent many of those years at Wicked Local, as the VP of Digital Sales, where he was a founding member and played a key role in developing their digital news sites.

In addition to his media background, Jayson is an entrepreneur who has successfully started and sold multiple businesses, demonstrating his dedication to innovation and growth. He is passionate about supporting local businesses and is eager to contribute to our thriving business community.

Betsy Levinson

Editor

Betsy@concordbridge.org

Betsy is a Concord resident and received both her bachelor and masters degrees from Boston University. She has spent a large part of her career covering Concord, serving as an editor for the Concord Journal and Littleton Independent before joining Concord Patch and Concord Contact. She has freelanced for the Boston Globe.

Christine M. Quirk

Deputy Editor

Christine@concordbridge.org

Christine has been a reporter, an educator, a columnist, a fiction writer, and a poet, and is thrilled to be back in a newsroom. 
 
Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Grasslands Review, and numerous other magazines. She is a frequent contributor to The Worcester Guardian and an active member of the Seven Bridge Writer’s Collaborative and Worcester Writers Collective. 
 
Christine lives in West Boylston with her family, where she cheers on the Red Sox between stories.

Erin Tiernan

Enterprise Reporter

Erin@concordbridge.org

Prior to joining The Concord Bridge, Erin covered Massachusetts politics and kept readers informed as the author of the popular MASSterList daily newsletter.
 
Focusing on equity and accountability while reporting from the State House during the pandemic, she kept tabs on rapidly changing dynamics and parsed policy legislation for The Boston Herald.
 
Before that, Erin carved out a development beat at The Patriot Ledger. Her coverage of gentrification and the effects of a worsening housing crisis in greater Boston earned her the title of the New England Newspaper & Press Association 2019 Reporter of the Year, in addition to other awards.
 
She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island, where she got her start interning at local weekly newspapers.

Kim Carpenter

Layout Artist

Kim@concordbridge.org

Kim has been a graphic designer for more than 30 years, starting with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. 
 
She has worked as a corporate designer for several companies, but the best half of her career has been spent in the newspaper business.
 
Kim is happily contributing to The Concord Bridge from her home in east-central Illinois — remote in distance, but not in spirit.
 
When not in front of a computer, Kim enjoys family time with her husband and two sons, painting and drawing, gardening, and tending to an ever-growing flock of chickens.

Maile Hulihan

CEO

Maile@concordbridge.org

Maile Hulihan joined The Concord Bridge as its first CEO in February 2024.  

She is a veteran journalist and publishing executive.

Over a wide-ranging career, Maile has reported and edited for media outlets including The Trenton TimesThe Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek.

She later launched a magazine for the Economist Group and eventually moved to its business side. Maile was also a founding executive of a private equity roll-up and presided over its financial information division.

Maile has served on the board and selection committee of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship at Columbia University, a prestigious education program for mid-career business journalists. She was also a judge for two annual journalism prizes awarded by the Fellowship.

Maile has been a consultant to venture-backed companies in England and is a strategic advisor to Books Go Social, a Dublin-based book marketing firm. 

In addition to her journalism and business careers, Maile is a fiction writer who’s currently working on a trilogy, “Trinity of Bitches,” that explores the world of animal actors and animal communicators. Additionally, she’s a history buff and has studied Shamanic and Reiki healing practices.

Maile enjoys renewing her spirit on nature trails in Concord and swimming at Walden Pond in the summer.  

You can find Maile’s two-part letter to readers here and here.