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Jessica Gallagher

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Staff Photographer at the Baltimore Banner ✨ www.jessicagallagherimagery.com

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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
By @sahanajayaraman.bsky.social and @jessicagallagher.bsky.social: Baltimore’s longest-vacant rowhouse has sat empty for 43 years. It didn’t have to. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Baltimore’s longest-vacant rowhouse has sat empty for 43 years. It didn’t have to.
More than 3,000 Baltimore buildings have been vacant for two decades or longer.
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...
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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Want to make sure everyone who has engaged here also sees our companion video: bsky.app/profile/spor...
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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
By @kylegoon.bsky.social: A trans ban came to rugby. Baltimore’s Ferals played on. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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A trans ban came to rugby. Baltimore’s Ferals played on.
In February, USA Rugby banned transgender women from competing with other women at all levels. Something interesting happened: Many teams refused to listen.
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I'm so grateful to my colleagues @lizbowie.bsky.social, Shayla Colon, @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social, @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and @elliew0lfe.bsky.social who have jumped on this story with me. If you have anything you can share, please email Maya.lora@thebanner.com
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
And if you're wondering how and why this happened even though ICE agents have been told by the city and state to avoid schools, and ICE officials themselves have previously promised to do so, read this explainer. Detainments on school grounds are pretty rare: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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Maryland leaders can’t always keep ICE off school grounds
After two parents were detained outside of an East Baltimore elementary/middle school, local leaders are searching for ways to prevent it from happening again.
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We're doing everything we can to piece together what happened. But my incredible colleague @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social captured why the detainment, in full view of students, was so jarring for her and her son, who attends CJR and asked for his passport www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Streeter: ICE detained people outside my child’s school and forever changed him
COLUMN | My son called me panicked as ICE detained people outside his Baltimore City public school. It’s forever changed him — and me, too.
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The next day, ICE finally gave their account of events, saying Jesus Acevedo Sanchez "violently resisted arrest," drove away to avoid ICE and dragged an officer. The couple's lawyer says they were taking their kids to school when ICE hit them with two cars. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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ICE vehicles hit Baltimore father’s car as he took his children to school, attorney says
ICE says Jesus Acevedo Sanchez and his wife, who were detained while dropping off their children at a Baltimore school, face federal charges.
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Last week, ICE agents detained a mother and father during morning drop-off at a temporary learning space for Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School kids in far East Baltimore. The school is over 40% Hispanic and over a third of kids are learning English. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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ICE agents detain parents dropping off kids outside Baltimore school
ICE agents detained two adults on public school property Thursday in a chaotic scene caught on video.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Chris McBride was sentenced to life for murder. Would a Maryland law give him a second chance? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com) (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)
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He was sentenced to life for murder. Would a Maryland law give him a second chance?
The Maryland Second Look Act allows people who’ve served at least 20 years in prison for crimes committed when they were adults younger than 25 to ask a court to reduce their sentence.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
By Céilí Doyle: Smashing junkers, chasing glory at the Upperco Volunteer Fire Company demolition derby. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Upperco Volunteer Fire Company hosts demolition derby in Baltimore County
Upperco’s fire department hosts several motorsport events a year in Baltimore County.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
‘A bulletproof God’: Baltimore pastor delivers Easter sermon days after being shot, carjacked, Céilí Doyle reports. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)(via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Baltimore pastor delivers Easter sermon days after being shot, carjacked
The cleric told his congregants and the public to forgive the young man who shot and robbed him.
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Greg Morton @invisibae.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“He is a bulletproof God" Ceílí Doyle and @jessicagallagher.bsky.social were at service today as Pastor Rashad Singletary delivered an Easter sermon just days after being shot in a carjacking. He spoke to us about forgiveness. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore pastor delivers Easter sermon days after being shot, carjacked
The cleric told his congregants and the public to forgive the young man who shot and robbed him.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
By Jessica Calefati, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social and @jessicagallagher.bsky.social: Everyone has seen Baltimore’s missing boy. So why can’t authorities find him? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Everyone has seen Baltimore’s missing boy. So why can’t authorities find him?
Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.
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Maryland Transit Administration @mta.maryland.gov · 16/01/2026
Pinkshift might be Baltimore’s best-kept secret, but they already know the Metro Subway is, too. Check out their weekend shows at the Ottobar via the local link 21 and 94.
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“Do I have all of the answers right now? No, I don’t. But am I willing to do the work? And are my members willing to do the work? Absolutely. Absolutely.” Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk charts a new course in the Maryland House. 📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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New House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk stresses good governance, civility
Maryland’s new speaker of the House of Delegates faces a budget shortfall and thorny debates about immigration enforcement, affordability and redistricting. She says she’s ready for the challenge.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A Baltimore homebuying dream collides with a ‘heartbreaking’ rental scam. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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A Baltimore homebuying dream collides with a ‘heartbreaking’ rental scam
On Oct. 21, Jalen Absolum, 18, of Philadelphia, closed on a home on Riggs Avenue in Mosher in cash. A family was living in the house and claimed they had a lease.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
By @darreonna.bsky.social: Community gathers to remember Baltimore’s 133 homicide victims in 2025. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Baltimore mayor, community mourn last year’s 133 homicide victims
Hundreds gathered at War Memorial Plaza to mourn those who lost their lives to gun violence in Baltimore City in 2025.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
By @juliemore19.bsky.social: A genetic disease is stealing their toddler. A blood test at birth could have saved her. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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A genetic disease is stealing their toddler. A blood test could have saved her..
In October 2024, Kennedy Krieger Institute doctors diagnosed Carmen Akras with late infantile onset metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD. The a recessive genetic condition destroys the nervous system ...
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Just past the tree-line of a well manicured vet cemetery lies what researchers believe are the unmarked graves of Black children who died in state custody. Lawmakers said they want to restore dignity to those buried there. w/ @jessicagallagher.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Maryland lawmakers seek to honor Black children buried in unmarked graves
“[W]e need to be mindful of never, ever allowing something like this to happen again," said state Sen. Michael Jackson.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
By Céilí Doyle: Gnome Hill: NCR Trail landmark brings joy to northern Baltimore County. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Gnome Hill: An NCR Trail landmark in northern Baltimore County
The man behind the gnomes is Gene Stiffler, a bluegrass fan with a clever streak. He’s turned his White Hall property into a regional landmark for the countless cyclists, hikers and other trail enthus...
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
‘Round 2’: Baltimore again sees multiple people hospitalized after overdoses in Penn North Find the story here ---> www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
By Sapna Bansil: She nearly died on a playground. Now this mass overdose survivor struggles to find help. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)
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West Baltimore mass overdose survivor struggles to find help
A “bad batch” of drugs that swept through West Baltimore sent at least 27 people to the hospital Thursday.
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Dish: This Prime Rib waiter has served legends — and became one himself Story by Christina Tkacik on the @thebaltimorebanner.com
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
For 60 years, they’ve made the memories and friendships last. My latest for The Baltimore Banner. 📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/ba...
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Decades of friendships bound by sticky buns and Baltimore upbringing
A group of 1965 Forest Park High School graduates is happy to dish on the secret to their remarkable, long-lasting connection.
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A turtle swims through waters affected by an oil spill at the inlet near S. Caroline Street and Lancaster Street on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The spill occurred nearby the day before, on Wednesday. Read all updates on the @thebaltimorebanner.com --> tinyurl.com/d99ad5dn
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
At 11, she’s turned heartbreak into hope on the National Spelling Bee stage Read the story by @kris10griffith.bsky.social on the @thebaltimorebanner.com ---> tinyurl.com/2rj9mrb5
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At 11, she’s turned heartbreak into hope on the National Spelling Bee stage
This week, Amelia “Bindi” Ray will take the national stage as the youngest Maryland competitor in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Julie Scharper @juliemore19.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Preakness, schmeakness. Tonight is also Gunz of Steel, an arm-wrestling competition for women and non-binary people featuring a deranged lunch lady, a gym-obsessed rat and a flying crocheted placenta. 📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/life...
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At Gunz of Steel, arm wrestlers flex muscles and mayhem
A dozen costumed participants, many joined by a costumed manager, will lock arms across Stellmon’s custom-built arm wrestling table for four rounds of competition at Gunz of Steel.
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Preakness Day! Find all your coverage on the @thebaltimorebanner.com ! Live Blog --> tinyurl.com/4p7wrk82
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Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Groundbreaking audit of Md. police-custody deaths has major implications: -It "validates concerns" of biased death investigations -Dozens of deaths will be reexamined -Nail in the coffin for "excited delirium" -It all started with the George Floyd trial www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...
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What you need to know about Maryland’s audit of police-custody deaths
The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Over 200 firefighters battling 6-alarm West Baltimore warehouse blaze Story by @darreonna.bsky.social and @thetaralynch.bsky.social on @thebaltimorebanner.com ---> tinyurl.com/45vpkbj8Story
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Mayor Brandon Scott laughs before speaking at a press conference announcing the Housing Options and Opportunity Act at City Hall, in Baltimore, Monday, May 12, 2025. Read @halliemiller.bsky.social and @emilyopilo.bsky.social story here —> www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/ho...
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Alissa Zhu @alissazhu.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It was a two-year effort spanning multiple newsrooms with brilliant co-reporters @jessicagallagher.bsky.social, Nick Thieme, @mercohn.bsky.social, @justinfenton.bsky.social and @adampwillis.bsky.social. What an incredible and surreal honor. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 13/05/2025
The Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
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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.
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Kimi Yoshino @kyoshino.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I went on NPR's All Things Considered to talk about @thebaltimorebanner.com @alissazhu.bsky.social @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and Nick Thieme's Pulitzer Prize and the state of local news. Take a listen! www.npr.org/2025/05/06/n...
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Only three years old, online publication Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer
Three reporters from the Baltimore Banner - a relatively new publication -- won a Pulitzer for their reporting on the overdose crisis in Baltimore done in conjunction with the New York Times.
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Jose Carlos Fajardo @fuzyjoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Hey @jessicagallagher.bsky.social Congratulations on this much deserved award! So happy for you and your colleagues. I would love to see the photos from the project.
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Zuri Berry @zuriberry.com · 05/05/2025
What a day! Congrats to @alissazhu.bsky.social @jessicagallagher.bsky.social @kyoshino.bsky.social, Nick and everyone else at The Banner! This is HUGE! www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
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Rona Kobell @rkobell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
There are many hard days in journalism. But most days at @thebaltimorebanner.com are very good days. And today is the best day - three of our colleagues won a #Pulitzer! Congratulations to @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and @alissazhu.bsky.social! www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
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Greg Morton @invisibae.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
One of my proudest days of my career. I am so lucky to work in a newsroom with some of the best journalists in the world. Congrats to @alissazhu.bsky.social, @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and the entire team for such incredible reporting. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Hundreds of protesters hit Baltimore’s streets for May Day marches: ‘This is just amazing’ Story here ---> tinyurl.com/hwu4jsnj
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Kimi Yoshino @kyoshino.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congratulations to @alissazhu.bsky.social @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and Nick Thieme! Very proud of this work, which judges called “an example of very powerful journalism.” They also praised the sharing of our “one-of-a-kind dataset” with nine other media outlets.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A queer artist’s nude protest of Trump went viral. It turned their life upside-down, Wesley Case reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)(📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)
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A queer artist's nude protest of Trump went viral. It turned their life upside-down.
After creating a nude protest video against the Trump administration, Tavish Forsyth of Baltimore lost their jobs at Johns Hopkins and the Kennedy Center. They regret nothing.
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Wallace House Center for Journalists @umwallacehouse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
📣 Meet the 2025 Livingston Awards Finalists for Local Reporting! 📣 These outstanding young journalists are shining a light on critical local issues—and shaping the future of news. 👏 Congratulations to all these finalists! Read their work: loom.ly/LAVASEQ #livingstonawards #uofm
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
By @invisibae.bsky.social, @kris10griffith.bsky.social and @tramonlucas.bsky.social: For aspiring wrestling pros, the road to WWE runs through Maryland. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com) (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)
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For aspiring wrestling pros, the road to WWE runs through Maryland
Before they can perform at WWE’s WrestleMania or AEW’s All In, aspiring pro wrestlers must learn their craft at MCW, a Harford County wrestling school.
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Jessica Gallagher @jessicagallagher.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
For aspiring wrestling pros, the road to WWE runs through Maryland Story by @invisibae.bsky.social @kris10griffith.bsky.social and @tramonlucas.bsky.social on the @thebaltimorebanner.com !
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Kimi Yoshino @kyoshino.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Super proud of the @thebaltimorebanner.com newsroom for winning an IRE award for our Key Bridge collapse coverage. At the time, we didn't even have a live blog, but we did have great journalists who know this community and what the bridge meant to it.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump’s federal worker cuts are destabilizing the nation’s 2 richest Black counties, @invisibae.bsky.social and Sapna Bansil report. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com) (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)
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Trump’s federal worker cuts are destabilizing the nation’s 2 richest Black counties
Businesses across Charles County and neighboring Prince George’s County brace for the impact of Trump's federal cuts.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“He watches ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ reruns every day. His beloved Frederick County is his very own Mayberry.” Riveting read about the one and only Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, by @leeosanderlin.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
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A red stalwart in blue Maryland: Are these Chuck Jenkins’ last days?
As an elected Republican in a rapidly changing place that gets more liberal with each election, Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins is something of an endangered species.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
By @leeosanderlin.bsky.social. A red stalwart in blue Maryland: Are these the last days for Chuck Jenkins? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com) (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)
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A red stalwart in blue Maryland: Are these Chuck Jenkins’ last days?
As an elected Republican in a rapidly changing place that gets more liberal with each election, Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins is something of an endangered species.
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