Steve Earley

Overseeing the newsroom's audience engagement and data/interactives teams, Steve uses technology to engage and grow The Sun's audience and to support and advance its journalism. An avid foodie and runner, the Columbia native graduated from Elon University's inaugural Interactive Media master's class in 2010.

A trove of demographic and housing data for U.S. communities is to be released Thursday in the third batch of numbers from the 2020 census.

By Lilly Price and Steve Earley

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May 24, 2023

New batch of 2020 census data to detail demographics, living situations in Maryland, U.S. communities

New data from the Baltimore County Police Department shows crime in downtown Towson went up slightly last year after decreasing during the first two years of the pandemic.

By Cassidy Jensen and Steve Earley

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April 01, 2023

Crime in downtown Towson rebounded last year after pandemic decline, police data shows

Four of Maryland’s five most populous jurisdictions – including Baltimore City and Baltimore County – lost population over the past year, according to annual estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.

By Lilly Price and Steve Earley

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March 30, 2023

Baltimore City and County, other big Maryland jurisdictions lost residents from 2021 to 2022, U.S. census report says

Maryland has licensed around 100 medical cannabis dispensaries, almost half of them in the Baltimore area. Look up their locations and website addresses on an interactive map.

By Steve Earley

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February 27, 2023

Map: Where are Maryland’s medical marijuana dispensaries?

Baltimore's first snowfall this season, if one comes, will be one of the area's five latest first snowfalls on record.

By Christine Condon and Steve Earley

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January 23, 2023

Will it ever snow? Baltimore has rarely waited this long.

A Baltimore Sun analysis of hospital data found 1 in 8 gun violence victims was a child, a grim picture of gun culture made far worse by the coronavirus pandemic.

By Meredith Cohn, Jessica Anderson and Steve Earley

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November 17, 2022

1 in 8 victims of gun violence taken to Baltimore-area hospitals is a child, a grim picture made worse by the coronavirus pandemic

The ballpark that changed ballparks has a radically changed left field wall. Compare and count the differences between Camden Yards' old configuration and the new one for the 2022 season.

By Steve Earley

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April 11, 2022

Before and after: See the transformation of Camden Yards’ left field wall

Here’s a look at some of the COVID statistics from 2021, and what they show about the second year of the pandemic in Maryland.

By Alex Mann, Christine Condon and Steve Earley

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January 13, 2022

2021 COVID metrics: What the data shows us about the pandemic in Maryland last year

Increased participation in the workforce has helped drive up the age of new mothers. But moms remain far likelier than dads to stay home. Limited access to paid leave and affordable child care further complicates the work-family balance.

By Steve Earley

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October 20, 2021

By the numbers: Women to Watch spotlight on mothers and the workplace

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released the first numbers from the once-every-10-years count of Americans. The data helps determine representation in Congress and big shares of federal funding.

By Alison Knezevich and Steve Earley

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May 04, 2021