Banner Press Room

The Banner was named the MDDC’s News Organization of the Year for 2023 and swept the press association’s top awards.

Banner staffers were recognized for column writing, beat coverage, explanatory stories and photography.

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 selected 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders honorees, who will be recognized at an event in May.

Cohn, a journalist-turned-media executive who was president of The Atlantic and now leads The Economist, will head the local news organization.

The Baltimore Banner is requesting nominations to choose emerging leaders of the Baltimore community.

Dozens of newsmakers spanning the public, private and nonprofit sectors came together Tuesday for iMPACT Maryland, The Baltimore Banner’s new event for thought leaders to swap insights and discuss innovative ideas for the state’s future.

Thought leaders and newsmakers gathered at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore for The Baltimore Banner’s inaugural iMPACT Maryland thought-leadership conference.

The Baltimore Banner is bringing together state and local leaders for a daylong discussion of vital issues facing Maryland on Oct. 10 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.

To celebrate The Baltimore Banner’s one-year anniversary, Editor-in-Chief Kimi Yoshino pens a letter to our readers.

Imtiaz Patel, the chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner, will step down on July 7 to take a senior leadership position with Gannett.

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 Banner won five best of show awards in public service and arts and entertainment reporting categories, among others.

The Baltimore Banner selected 12 community leaders to be recognized at its inaugural Emerging Leaders event in May.

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.

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.

The Baltimore Banner launches today and we’re excited about what that means for local journalism.

When local news isn’t strong and credible, bad things happen in local communities. That concern was the genesis of what turned into The Baltimore Banner.

We’re busy hiring reporters and editors and making plans for our official launch later this spring. Here are a few of the things we’re planning.