RIP Mandy. You were a great one. ideastream.org/community/2023…

Great to see editorial leadership from Gideon Lichfield 🇺🇦🌻 on how Wired will or won’t use generative AI: wired.com/story/how-wire… — will be interesting to compare as other newsrooms establish guidelines. h/t Mowafak Allaham

Exciting news! News Product Alliance was featured as "One to Watch" in the News Industry by FutureTodayInstitute's annual Tech Trends Report. Each year Amy Webb 🤷🏻‍♀️ presents the report at SXSW with a comprehensive analysis of the most important technology trends that will shape the future.

(To be clear, this title does not refer to any boss in particular!)

My soon-to-be employer is hiring a product manager. (This is a hybrid position with some in-office work required -- at a lovely Baltimore Inner Harbor location!) Reach out if you have questions. boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimoreba…

Could not be prouder to launch the *first* News Product Management Certification with News Product Alliance and our fantastic partners Newmark J-School and News Catalyst 🙌

Great #NPASummit session today with @mutalenkonde and lots of smart News Product Alliance people on the promise and peril of AI in news. (Good resources and thoughts in session doc here: docs.google.com/document/d/1BU… ) If you want to dive deeper, don't miss this on Friday:

I'm in a The Baltimore Banner meeting talking about how to tell the story of our community impact, a conversation that fills me with optimism. More people should know what this team has accomplished in less than a year of daily publishing: thebaltimorebanner.com/our-impact/ Pass it on!

More on impact reporting from Kevin Loker at American Press Institute, who references the outstanding work of my former colleague Anjanette Delgado of the Detroit Free Press.

🎉 Happy 1st birthday to @baltimorebanner! In celebration, we have no paywall all day today (Wednesday) and Thursday. This is a great time to catch up on what we’ve been up to over the past year. I’ll thread some of my favorites below. thebaltimorebanner.com/?utm_source=so…

In which Ryan Little and Nick Thieme cap off a year of data reporting in Baltimore by laying out all the ways they found quality of life and other outcomes in the city are largely determined by what neighborhood you live in. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

📷 Have a look at this The Baltimore Banner year-in-review gallery and tell me this photo team isn't among the best in the country. thebaltimorebanner.com/photo-essay/ba… Happy birthday! 🎂1️⃣🎉

5 years on: "You cannot silence a free press. We survived. We endure." ♥️

When you go into your beloved city’s downtown library to do some research and see your book on their display “Baltimore for Newcomers.” Thanks ⁦Pratt Library⁩ ⁦The Baltimore Banner⁩ readers 📚🙏

I love what we're building The Baltimore Banner, but we can't do it without your help. For the next 72 hours, your donation will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $10k. We need thriving local news! thebaltimorebanner.com/give/

Now seems like a good time to remind people to subscribe and/or donate to The Baltimore Banner. We’ve built a talented staff that brings you comprehensive, trustworthy news. Here's a sampling from the past week or so highlighting what you can expect from us: thebaltimorebanner.com/subscribe/

The awful news of layoffs in media continues. If you’re interested in joining a great team at The Baltimore Banner, we have some openings. And hell if you want to work here and do something you don’t see listed, I’d encourage you to make that pitch too! boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimoreba…