A graduate of the University of New Brunswick, Mike Dean was hired by the Gloucester Daily Times under editor Meredith Fine in early 2000. During his eight-year tenure, the GDT photography department experienced some of its most significant changes since the PC was incorporated into the newsroom over a decade before. Dean was instrumental in bringing digital photography to the GDT and the whole Essex County Newspaper organization in 2002. Dean was chief photographer of the Gloucester Daily Times from 2000 to 2008. 

Gloucester, MA 2003. Children watch a race.

Gloucester, MA 2003. Icebreaking.

Gloucester, MA 2003. Mist rising over St. Peter's Fiesta.

Gloucester, MA 2003. A wheelchair user races in a roadrace.

Gloucester, MA 2003. Sailboat reflections. 

Gloucester, MA 2004. Untangling.

Manchester, MA 2004. Two men are married in Crowell Chapel in Manchester on May 16, 2004.

Gloucester, MA 2004. Street hockey.

Gloucester, MA 2005. Tech session.