Talked with Storybench about the reporting process behind our visual investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti. Storybench's behind-the-scenes series is a resource I've used for years, and I'm honored my team's work is now a part of it. Read it here: www.storybench.org/how-an-open-...

@jackgillum.bsky.social @brennasmith.bsky.social Emma Scott and Belle Cushing If you're not following them you should. If you haven't subscribed this is one is worth it

WSJ: Far-Right Groups Buzz With Violent Talk on How to Respond to ‘No Kings’ Protest By @brennasmith.bsky.social and @cammcw.bsky.social Gift link!

Happy spring! You can have a smaller bouquet of pre-tariff flowers...or you can have a pricier, post-tariff bouquet. Read @briaovers.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com on the 💰🌷 situation. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/article/flow...

Today is my first day as a visual investigations reporter for @wsj.com! Super excited for this next adventure. Send all tips, OSINT tools, and general nerdiness to brenna.smith[at]wsj[dot]com.

Mike Singer (of Key Bridge collapse footage infamy) on why people track the Dali: “A lot of people don’t want it to come back. I don’t want it to come back.” @brennasmith.bsky.social with the capstone of our anniversary coverage @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

This Homeland Security quote about the need for the National Fire Academy is 👀 “We are only authorizing travel for mission critical programs. This isn’t one.” www.thebaltimorebanner.com/western-mary...

Had a ton of fun working on this with @brennasmith.bsky.social 🐝

As the federal funding cuts rip through our country, in Maryland, it could take out our tiniest, most indispensable workers: bees. Read my & Kaitlin Newman's latest: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cl...

"A sudden shuttering would put at risk nearly 300,000 bees in the collection that hadn’t yet been properly preserved. Their little bodies left to rot in an empty lab building. Gnawed by mice, scattered by insects. Decades of research, gone." www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cl...

The NFL has begun its investigation into allegations that Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior. With @brennasmith.bsky.social, Julie Scharper and Jonas Shaffer: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...

Six massage therapists say that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate behavior at four high-end spas and wellness centers. He was banned from two spas. via the Baltimore Banner www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...

Ravens kicker Justin Tucker's behavior was so egregious, two massage therapists say they ended his sessions early. Two spas say they banned him. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...

Ravens kicker Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate behavior at 4 high-end spas and wellness centers in the Bmore area, according to 6 massage [email protected] @juliemore19.bsky.social @brennasmith.bsky.social @justinfenton.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/raven...

By @justinfenton.bsky.social, @brennasmith.bsky.social and @juliemore19.bsky.social: Ravens' Justin Tucker accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by six massage therapists. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi... Howard County's three state senators are urging Gov. Wes Moore to appoint immigration attorney Alicia Altamirano, public policy expert Michele Douglas and state labor official Daniel Newberger to fill the open seats on the Howard Community College board.

I am always here for the careful reporting that @brennasmith.bsky.social brings to Baltimore:

ICYMI: "Up to 30% of the state’s wildfire-fighting force earns as little as $26.90 for a 24-hour shift. That’s because they’re prisoners in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation." By the great @keribla.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ira Glass on his Baltimore and magician roots: “If you’re from Baltimore, you just don’t get too big for your britches. That’s built into you.” Lovely story by @brennasmith.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

For policy and practical reasons, Baltimore's myriad services often fail to reach sex workers. Here is the story of one woman who is trying on her own to help them. @brennasmith.bsky.social + @jessicagallagher.bsky.social for @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

Enlightening and depressing reporting in @thebaltimorebanner.com this morning, by @brennasmith.bsky.social on the underworld of sex work in Baltimore, where a local advocate named Kristina Page is taking it upon herself to connect women with services. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

'This American Life' host Ira Glass cut his teeth as a boy magician in Baltimore. Great piece by @brennasmith.bsky.social, and these Glass family photos are A+

A trait that investigative reporter Gary Cohn was known for? Relentless optimism. “You would think after decades looking into death and despair, and people doing things for the wrong reasons, you would start to believe that’s how things work. He was not like that.” www.inquirer.com/obituaries/g...

A shy rescue dog named Scrim has been on the run after jumping from a second floor window. It was his second escape and the jump was caught on surveillance camera. People have been posting sightings of the dog running around various neighborhoods of New Orleans ever since.

One chopped off part of a newborn’s finger, and choked two nurses in a rage. Another drained the wrong side of a patient’s chest, and lied about it on the chart. These are the unemployed doctors who get jobs in state prisons. A look at NY, with @reuvenblau.bsky.social for @thecity.bsky.social

I am proud to have helped with this important story, published in conjunction with the New York Times. Please spend some time with it and support this kind of local journalism you only get from the Banner: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/pu...

Short 🧵: Earlier this year, I was haunted when I heard the story of a young mother who died in an apartment with her infant child, who in turn died as a result of not being fed. I wanted to know more about the circumstances.

Here’s a portion of our report with @noticiastelemundo.bsky.social about a young woman from Venezuela who was murdered in Dallas and then used for research as her mother desperately sought to have her body returned home. Full story and video here: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

New, from @bloomberg.com The Egg: A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity This investigation of the human egg trade (and egg theft) takes you from India➡️Argentina➡️Greece➡️Taiwan➡️US.... Superb work from a team of extraordinary reporters. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

🧵 If you can spare a couple of hours, please read this groundbreaking, yearlong global investigation by my @bloomberg.com colleagues into the money, opportunity & exploitation into the booming fertility industry. I guarantee once you start reading you won't be able to stop 🎁 tinyurl.com/fbvykfxa

A NY mom lost custody of her toddler & newborn for 5 months after testing positive for fentanyl the hospital had given her in her epidural. In Oklahoma, a newborn was placed in foster care for 11 days after the mom tested positive for meth. The culprit? a heartburn drug the hospital had given her.

More on Susy here: www.adweek.com/tvnewser/nbc...

A note about this story: The reporting was started by my friend, Susan Carroll, before her sudden death this spring. The trove of public records that are the basis for the article were sitting in her email; we found them after she died, then worked to finish her story. Read it for her, please.

NEW from @thebaltimorebanner.com: Luigi Mangione's life online. via @brennasmith.bsky.social @elliew0lfe.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

Just weeks before the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, suspect Luigi Mangione was reported missing to authorities in San Francisco by his mother www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...

The Mangiones are prominent in Baltimore — and are particularly known for their philanthropy and work in the healthcare sector. Via @justinfenton.bsky.social @brennasmith.bsky.social Follow @thebaltimorebanner.com for much more.

The Mangiones are prominent in Baltimore — and are particularly known for their philanthropy and work in the healthcare sector. Via @justinfenton.bsky.social @brennasmith.bsky.social Follow @thebaltimorebanner.com for much more.

Unraveling the significance of the "The Mangione family of Baltimore County:” multi-million-dollar real estate developers, country clubs, radio stations, star athletes... via @justinfenton.bsky.social + @brennasmith.bsky.social of @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...

With the UHC CEO shooting and subsequent discussion of wealth inequality, there's been a few reductive arguments about what mainstream media covers and who it serves. I won't argue that media outlets are anywhere near perfect, but this story shows how good reporting can interrogate power.

As always, read @Tim_Prudente: Maryland collector ‘hit the mother lode’ of Egyptian art. Then the FBI called. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/anne-arundel...

A Maryland man launched a message in a bottle off the coast of Brazil 16 years ago. Last week, it washed ashore an Australian beach over 10,000 miles away. The odds? 1 in 1,000. Read more on how the 🍾 survived this nearly impossible journey. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

actual lol www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...

⚠️STOP SCROLLING! ⚠️ Gobble up this tale of a turkey love-triangle. 🦃

If you read one story this Thanksgiving, let it be @brennasmith.bsky.social’s story of a turkey love triangle.

A true Thanksgiving Day drama. Gobble it up yall.

In Howard County, Thelma and Louise weren't outlaws—they were turkeys. And their love triangle with a tom named Sergeant? Pure drama 🦃 www.thebaltimorebanner.com/howard-count...

New: Recordings from private autism conferences show Trump HHS pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vilifying & conspiracy theorizing about agencies he's set to lead. Videos show RFK Jr comparing CDC vaccine programs to "Nazi death camps" & calling for researchers to be jailed. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Months after members of Howard Community College's Board of Trustees abruptly resigned, county state senators want to increase the board from seven to nine members. With @brennasmith.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...