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Katrina Ventura

Katrina

Katrina Ventura is a data intern at the Baltimore Banner and holds a Master of Science in Data Journalism from Columbia University, where she specialized in data visualization and interactive storytelling. She has also served as a senior news producer at CNN Philippines and led the news team at PumaPodcast, producing shows on law, elections, and online disinformation.

Latest content by Katrina Ventura

Maryland precinct map: How did your neighborhood vote for president?
State officials say they don’t have a statewide map of Maryland precincts. The Banner compiled as many maps from counties as we could and approximated the others.
Just 7% of Maryland students who take it pass the eighth grade math MCAP.
Most 8th graders can’t pass Maryland’s math test. Can you?
Can you find the area of a cylinder? Solve a system of equations? Eighth graders in Maryland are supposed to know how to do all of that and more.
A multicolored popsicle ranks summers based on how hot they were. This year was the second hottest summer, second only to 2010.
Don’t let the cool end to the season fool you. Summer 2024 was a scorcher.
2024 was the second-hottest summer since 1995, according to a Banner analysis of temperatures at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.

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