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Meet the 2025 Banner summer intern class
Please join us in welcoming these young journalists to our newsroom.
The Banner’s 2025 summer intern class.
The Baltimore Banner wins more than 50 MDDC Press Association awards
The Banner receives News Organization of the Year (Division A) and 18 Best in Show, 14 first-place and 25 second-place awards.
The Baltimore Banner was named News Organization of the Year (Division A) for the second year in a row by the MDDC Press Association.
The Baltimore Banner honors third class of Emerging Leaders
Each honoree was selected from a pool of community nominations by a committee of local leaders.
The Baltimore Banner honored its third class of Emerging Leaders on Wednesday, May 14,  at The Center Club in Baltimore. Banner chief executive officer Bob Cohn, bottom center, joined the honorees.
The Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The Banner’s multi-year investigative series on Baltimore’s opioid crisis wins the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
Journalists Jessica Gallagher and Alissa Zhu celebrate in The Baltimore Banner’s newsroom after being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the overdose crisis in Baltimore, along with former Banner data journalist Nick Thieme.
The Banner wins Polk Award for coverage of Baltimore’s overdose crisis
Baltimore Banner reporters Alissa Zhu, Jessica Gallagher and Nick Thieme have won the organization’s first George Polk Award for their local investigative work.
Three journalists from The Baltimore Banner have won the organization’s first George Polk Award.

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The Baltimore Banner announces its 2025 Emerging Leaders honorees
The Baltimore Banner selected 15 community leaders as its 2025 Emerging Leaders honorees, who will be recognized at an event in May.
The Baltimore Banner, The New York Times and Big Local News collaborate with newsrooms across the country to expose the opioid crisis
The collaborations with newsrooms across the country are a result of The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship’s initial reporting about the staggering depth of Baltimore’s opioid crisis.
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The Baltimore Banner launches reader comments
Starting Dec. 4, Banner subscribers can comment on select stories.
The Baltimore Banner is launching comments on its website.
#GivingNewsDay: Double your impact by making a fully matched donation to The Banner this holiday season
The hashtag #GIVINGNEWSDAY appears in white letters on a deep blue background. The v in the word "giving" appears as an orange heart, rendered from two separate pieces that are woven together.
Lyric Baltimore’s 8th annual Dream Big Contest open for student submissions
Students in grades 5-12 in Baltimore and Baltimore County are encouraged to submit artwork to the Lyric Baltimore’s Dream Big Contest.
Students can begin submitting their entries for The Lyric's Dream Big Contest on Dec. 1.

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The Baltimore Banner welcomes Hunter Schloss as Senior Vice President of Growth
Hunter Schloss will serve as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Growth, where he will drive subscription acquisition strategies, enhance reader engagement and optimize retention.
Hunter Schloss has been named Senior Vice President of Growth at The Baltimore Banner.
Nominate The Banner’s 2025 Emerging Leaders
The Baltimore Banner is requesting nominations to choose emerging leaders of the Baltimore community.
The Baltimore Banner honored 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders.
The Baltimore Banner welcomes Clay Fisher to its board of directors 
Clay Fisher will help steer the growth of The Baltimore Banner in its mission to deliver essential and compelling journalism that informs and strengthens communities across Maryland.
Clay Fisher has joined the board of directors of the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner.
On Democracy Day, a reminder that newsrooms like ours have a role to play
On Democracy Day, there is no more important time to ensure people have access to trustworthy news to help them make informed decisions.
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Liz Bowie to receive Excellence in Journalism Award from Disability Rights Maryland
The award recognizes journalists whose reporting brings awareness to systemic challenges, influences public understanding, and sparks meaningful change.
Education reporter Liz Bowie will receive the Excellence in Journalism Award from Disability Rights Maryland on Sept. 26, 2024, at the organization's Breaking Barriers Awards Gala.

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Liz Bowie to receive Excellence in Journalism Award from Disability Rights Maryland
The award recognizes journalists whose reporting brings awareness to systemic challenges, influences public understanding, and sparks meaningful change.
Education reporter Liz Bowie will receive the Excellence in Journalism Award from Disability Rights Maryland on Sept. 26, 2024, at the organization's Breaking Barriers Awards Gala.
The Baltimore Banner announces second annual iMPACT MARYLAND thought leadership conference
The Baltimore Banner today announced iMPACT MARYLAND will once again gather the region’s most visionary leaders to interact in meaningful ways with the community’s most engaged thinkers.
Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein is interviewed during a panel hosted by The Economic Club in the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2024.
The Baltimore Banner featured on ‘PBS NewsHour’
The “PBS NewsHour” segment covered The Banner’s groundbreaking Baltimore opioid crisis series.
The Baltimore Banner Sign is affixed to the Power Plant Building in downtown Baltimore.
The Baltimore Banner launches online obituaries
The Baltimore Banner today announced the launch of online obituaries by offering an innovative approach to the publication of death notices.
The Baltimore Banner honors second class of Emerging Leaders
The second class of The Banner’s Emerging Leaders were honored at The Center Club on Wednesday night.
The Baltimore Banner honored 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders ceremony.
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