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The Baltimore Banner honored 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders.
Nominate The Banner’s 2025 Emerging Leaders
The Baltimore Banner is requesting nominations to choose emerging leaders of the Baltimore community.
Clay Fisher has joined the board of directors of the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner.
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.
Lmerging Leaders
Banner inviting nominations for Baltimore’s Emerging Leaders
The Baltimore Banner is inviting nominations to choose Emerging Leaders of the Baltimore community. The Banner will launch its inaugural Emerging Leaders event in May.
Kimi Yoshino holds a microphone in her hand as she speaks to an audience. She is the only person in the photo and is sitting in a metal chair in front of a black curtain.
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.
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.
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.

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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 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.
The Baltimore Banner Sign is affixed to the Power Plant Building in downtown Baltimore.
The Baltimore Banner featured on ‘PBS NewsHour’
The “PBS NewsHour” segment covered The Banner’s groundbreaking Baltimore opioid crisis series.
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 honored 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders ceremony.
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.
6/8/22—Exterior of The Baltimore Banner office sign with the hanging banners.
The Baltimore Banner wins News Organization of the Year, other top honors
The Banner was named the MDDC’s News Organization of the Year for 2023 and swept the press association’s top awards.

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Baltimore Orioles manager Brandon Hyde drinks from the Homer Hose during the team’s celebration in the clubhouse following their playoff-clinching win against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, September 17, 2023. The Orioles earned a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
Banner wins six awards from Associated Press Sports Editors
Banner staffers were recognized for column writing, beat coverage, explanatory stories and photography.
6/8/22—Exterior of The Baltimore Banner office sign with the hanging banners.
Judge orders state to turn over autopsy records in Banner lawsuit
A judge ordered The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to turn over complete autopsy reports to The Baltimore Banner on Monday after a yearlong lawsuit. The state could still appeal.
The Baltimore Banner announces its 2024 Emerging Leaders honorees
The Baltimore Banner selected 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders honorees, who will be recognized at an event in May.
Bob Cohn, president of The Economist, has been named the new chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner.
Veteran media executive Bob Cohn named CEO of The Baltimore Banner
Cohn, a journalist-turned-media executive who was president of The Atlantic and now leads The Economist, will head the local news organization.
The 2023 class of Emerging Leaders pose with their awards.
Banner inviting nominations for Baltimore’s 2024 Emerging Leaders
The Baltimore Banner is requesting nominations to choose emerging leaders of the Baltimore community.

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Honorees gather at The Baltimore Banner's Emerging Leaders Dinner in Baltimore.
The Baltimore Banner honors 12 Emerging Leaders at inaugural event
The inaugural event was created to shine a light on the next generation of community leaders under the age of 40 who are making an impact on Baltimore and beyond.
The Baltimore Banner Sign is affixed to the Power Plant Building in downtown Baltimore.
The Baltimore Banner wins five top prizes, 48 total awards in regional reporting contest
The Banner won five best of show awards in public service and arts and entertainment reporting categories, among others.
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The Baltimore Banner reveals list of inaugural Emerging Leaders honorees
The Baltimore Banner selected 12 community leaders to be recognized at its inaugural Emerging Leaders event in May.
CEO and Publisher Imtiaz Patel
A note from our publisher and CEO Imtiaz Patel
One of our earliest decisions at The Baltimore Banner was to structure ourselves as a nonprofit, focused on delivering quality, trustworthy news that serves our mission. And unlike a hedge fund, we won’t be in it for the money, focused on profits.
6/8/22—Exterior of The Baltimore Banner office sign with the hanging banners.
Our mission: What The Baltimore Banner journalists want to do for you
We worked with each of our journalists to think deeply about how their work affects people, and to craft individual mission statements that describe the specific impacts their work aims to have.
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