The Baltimore Banner, a rapidly growing multi-platform news operation, covering a broad range of topics, and serving hundreds of thousands of readers, was recently featured on PBS NewsHour. The PBS NewsHour segment covered The Banner’s groundbreaking Baltimore opioid crisis series
In May, The Banner released its first stories in an investigative series with The New York Times uncovering Baltimore’s opioid crisis. The series is part of The New York Times’ Local Investigations Fellowship, which gives journalists the opportunity to produce signature investigative work focused on the state or region they’re reporting from. Banner Reporter Alissa Zhu was selected as a fellow for the inaugural 2023-2024 class.
The PBS NewsHour segment focuses on how The Banner’s investigation unfolded, the city’s response so far and why older black men have been hit especially hard. The PBS NewsHour team interviewed Donna Bruce, a Baltimore mother who lost her son to an overdose, Mona Setherly, a nurse at MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway and Banner reporters Alissa Zhu and Nick Thieme.
“We’re grateful that the NewsHour is highlighting our team’s reporting on the devastating opioid epidemic in Baltimore,” said Baltimore Banner CEO Bob Cohn. “The segment brings more visibility to this critical story, and to the efforts being made to address the crisis affecting our city and its residents.”
To watch the PBS NewsHour segment, visit https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-baltimore-is-seeing-more-drug-overdose-deaths-than-any-other-american-city.
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