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Jessica Gallagher
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Staff Photographer at the Baltimore Banner ✨


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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.
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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“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.

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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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January 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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A Baltimore homebuying dream collides with a ‘heartbreaking’ rental scam. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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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January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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By @darreonna.bsky.social: Community gathers to remember Baltimore’s 133 homicide victims in 2025. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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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January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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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)
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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December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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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.
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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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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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By Céilí Doyle: Gnome Hill: NCR Trail landmark brings joy to northern Baltimore County. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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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September 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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‘Round 2’: Baltimore again sees multiple people hospitalized after overdoses in Penn North

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July 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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By Sapna Bansil: She nearly died on a playground. Now this mass overdose survivor struggles to find help. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)
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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July 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The Dish: This Prime Rib waiter has served legends — and became one himself

Story by Christina Tkacik on the @thebaltimorebanner.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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For 60 years, they’ve made the memories and friendships last.

My latest for The Baltimore Banner.

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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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June 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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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.

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June 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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At 11, she’s turned heartbreak into hope on the National Spelling Bee stage

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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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May 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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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...
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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May 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Preakness Day!

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May 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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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
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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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May 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Over 200 firefighters battling 6-alarm West Baltimore warehouse blaze

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May 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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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.

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May 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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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...
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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May 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
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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May 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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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...
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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May 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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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.
May 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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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...
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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May 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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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!

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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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May 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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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.

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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.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM