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I walked out of the @baltimoresun.bsky.social newsroom 28 years ago. But you never really walk out of a newsroom. #SunSportsReunion H/T #MollyDunham #StanRappaport

I once got to interview Robert Redford and nearly died of hyperventilation. At one point my notes just trailed off 〰️〰️〰️

Meet The Banner Montgomery newsroom For the past two months, we have been putting together a team of journalists who can cover the issues that matter most to residents.

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YouTube video by Nathaniel Scott Stevens American Soccer Abroad - Promo

Soccer is a global sport. Its center of gravity is arguably the UK and the Premier League.

Join the Povich Center in January 2026 as we explore the expanding role of Americans in the sport in the UK and around the world in the run up to World Cup ‘26.

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Real policy impact. A @thebaltimorebanner.com must-read.

Baltimore's fledgling answer to the decline of independent American journalism -- the online non-profit daily known as the Baltimore Banner -- has just been awarded its first Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the city's overdose crisis. Subscribe now. Great cities have great metro dailies.

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.

Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis

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.

We just won a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of the overdose crisis. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

2025 Poynter Journalism Prizes Winners and Finalists - Poynter In 2024, the Poynter Institute will award The Poynter Journalism Prizes, honoring the best in American journalism. These awards previously were run by the News Leaders Association, which voted to tran...

The Banner team also won The Frank A. Blethen Award for Local Accountability Reporting in the 2025 Poynter Journalism Prizes for its project diving into Baltimore’s Overdose Crisis www.poynter.org/prizes/

Congratulations to reporters Alissa Zhu, Jessica Gallagher, Nick Thieme of @thebaltimorebanner.com and @nytimes.com for winning the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting.

A retrial of Sarah Palin's case against 'New York Times' begins Monday Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has the rare opportunity to retry her defamation case against The New York Times even though she lost it — twice in a 24-hour-period — in early 2022.

As another NYC institution once said, it's déjà vu all over again for The New York Times and former Gov. Sarah Palin.

My piece on the retrial of her defamation suit against the NYT

www.npr.org/2025/04/13/n...

Matt fixed a necklace I’d gotten in Italy years ago and managed to break. It always reminds me of the lovely way the jewelry artist said, ‘my atelier.’

Judge orders White House to allow AP access to news events U.S. Judge Trevor N. McFadden rules the White House cannot deny the Associated Press access to news events because the wire service continues to use "Gulf of Mexico" rather than "Gulf of America".

A federal judge ruled that the Trump White House must admit the AP's journalists to news events - ruling its exclusion was "unlawful."

Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.

My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...

My interest in March Madness has entered the transfer portal

It would seem as though this is a federal expenditure that both reporters and budget reviewers might want to scrutinize

These far-right media figures are getting center stage under Trump The Trump administration has welcomed far-right media figures in the White House briefing room and elsewhere, even as it restricts access for established news outlets.

Far-right media gets center stage at White House even as Trump holds established media at bay

My story with @Tomdreisbach.Bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/02/20/g...

Not just football

Trump allies smear Baltimore-based Global Refuge's history of humanitarian work Allies of President Donald Trump, including Mike Flynn and Elon Musk, have publicly smeared Baltimore-based Global Refuge and other humanitarian aid organizations.

Once upon a time: 'Every child knew this food was coming from some caring Americans, people who believed that helping those in need was just part of being an American.' baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/trum... by @danrodricks.bsky.social

Super Bowl LIX: Maryland upbringing set stage for Thomas Booker’s NFL success NEW ORLEANS – Growing up, Thomas Booker listened to NPR instead of music on the radio. He and his parents discussed geopolitical issues and the stock market at the dinner table. And he had the body…

Now I have a player to root for. Nicely done by Sam Jane, Povich Center’s reporter at the #Superbowl
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Update: Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene asks NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS chief Paula Kerger to testify at hearing on public broadcasting, "including its systematically biased content."

Cites Uri Berliner essay in Free Press, Hunter Biden coverage for NPR and PBS segment on Musk salute

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Maher in note to staff: "NPR welcomes opportunities to discuss the critical role of public media in delivering impartial, fact-based news and reporting to the American people."

Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.

FCC chief Brendan Carr launches inquiry into NPR and PBS stations with an eye to help allies on Capitol hill unravel federal funding for public broadcasting

My story for NPR:

www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

Will Lewis's first year at 'Washington Post': Cancellations, red ink and an exodus Subscribers and star journalists have fled the Post in its first year under CEO and Publisher Will Lewis. Now staff have signed a petition asking owner Jeff Bezos to intervene.

In Will Lewis's first year at 'Washington Post,' readers and staffers flee

My story for NPR:

www.npr.org/2025/01/15/n...

Dan Rodricks: In Baltimore, a dream job and a wonderful life. Thank you. | STAFF COMMENTARY My sincere thanks go to the hundreds of readers who commented on the column or called to report a problem, or scolded me, or set me straight about some aspect of life here in the Greater Patapsco D…

Legendary Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks - he's written it since 1979, starting at the Evening Sun - is leaving the paper. His farewell column: www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/10/r...

YouTube video by Capital News Service From Africa: Pathways to the NBA

#PovichCenter documentary on the journey of Africa’s elite teen basketball players just passed 10K views. Congrats to the filmmakers #JennaBloom #AlexaWootten

Jimmy Carter’s legacy in Baltimore: hundreds of houses in Sandtown Jimmy Carter’s legacy in Baltimore: hundreds of houses in Sandtown. ‘He came ‘down to help us low-income people’

The houses Jimmy built: On Gilmor St in Baltimore and Pleasant St in Annapolis, the former president’s death hits particularly close to home www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/29/j...

Another beautifully told Baltimore story by Jean Marbella

From Africa: Pathways to the NBA Through the eyes of NBA Academy Africa’s players and staff, “From Africa: Pathways to the NBA” details stories of work on the court and in the classroom.

Excited to share this. It’s been months in the works. Congrats to the filmmakers & thank you #NBAAcademyAfrica @povichcenter.bsky.social @merrillcollege.bsky.social

There will be about 200 murders in Baltimore this year. Almost none will make the front page of the @baltimoresun.bsky.social. But today a murder 600 miles away did. That's because it fits into the political agenda of David Smith and Sinclair Broadcasting. Pitiful.