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Here’s the challenge for Baltimore media: Cover these sessions with Joel Fitzgerald with the same intensity and resources as you do the Ravens this week. Getting the right person in the job of police commissioner is more important than whether or not the Ravens beat the Chargers Sunday. Really.

By David Zurawik

Jan 2, 2019

Baltimore-area journalists spoke on a panel in Towson on Oct. 16 about journalism and the threats it faces in an era of "fake news."

By Libby Solomon

Oct 17, 2018

There was some some improvement in terms of media platforms trying to be right instead of first, But I also saw an obvious need to rethink some of our assumptions about how we cover these stories of mass shootings.

By David Zurawik

Sep 20, 2018

'Monday Night Football' sideline reporter Lisa Salters lives in Baltimore and will be covering a Monday night game at M&T Bank Stadium for the first time since her debut in 2012.

By Peter Schmuck

Nov 25, 2017

On Tuesday, Detective David Kincaid, a Baltimore police officer who feared for his life shot and killed Curtis Deal, who ran from police and also feared for his

No law enforcement agency coming to our door would scare us as much as seeing investigative reporter Jayne Miller charging up our driveway like a force of

The 58th National Capital Chesapeake Bay Regional Emmy Awards ceremony was held in Baltimore Saturday night.

By David Zurawik

Jun 27, 2016

Baltimore prosecutors are reviewing open cases involving a city police officer amid questions about his credibility, as more than 20 defense lawyers have joined forces in a rare effort to obtain his internal-affairs records.

By Alison Knezevich

Jan 10, 2016

A Baltimore Police officer has been banned from the city courthouses after an incident last month in which he was caught filming a witness and a television reporter in a courthouse hallway.

The start of jury selection in the first Freddie Gray trial will bring a big media presence to town Monday — and major challenges for the journalists trying to cover it.

By David Zurawik

Nov 27, 2015

Discipline for bad cops is neither swift nor certain

A lead prosecutor in the case against six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, once represented the 25-year-old victim, according to court filings.

By Kevin Rector

Jul 30, 2015

Rebutting several defense arguments to remove Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby from the prosecution of six Baltimore police officers in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, Mosby's office accused the officers and their attorneys of distorting facts in the hopes that "vitriol will trump logic."

By Kevin Rector

Jun 19, 2015

ABC News can continue in its see-no-evil, hear-no-evil stance on George Stephanopolous and his undisclosed $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation forever if it wants. But I guarantee you the network is going to pay when it comes to credibility during the 2016 campaign season if it does.

By David Zurawik

May 24, 2015

State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's conduct hasn't been flawless, but suggestions that she must recuse herself from the Freddie Gray case are baseless.

Baltimore prosecutors shed new light on their rationale for some of the charges against the officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, saying in a new court filing that Gray had been illegally detained before officers found a knife in his pocket.

The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office hit back against a recent flurry of court filings by the defense team in the Freddie Gray case, calling their arguments "illogical, unsupported, frivolous, and unprecedented."

WBAL-TV's 'big story' Friday night omitted Miller's role in FOP seeking dismissal of the case and recusal by Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

By David Zurawik

May 10, 2015

The attorneys for the six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the case and asking for the recusal of State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, claiming "overzealous prosecution" and an array of conflicts of interest.

WBAL reporter Jayne Miller said in a radio interview Tuesday that is going to "step back" from covering the Freddie Gray story now that it is headed to court.

By David Zurawik

May 5, 2015

WBAL reporter in relationship with deputy state's attorney in charge of Gray investigation

By David Zurawik

May 1, 2015

Spoiler alert! We asked pairs of prominent Baltimoreans -- relatives, co-workers and friends -- what would make their trees twinkle this holiday season.

Thursday morning, some listeners of the "Norris & Davis Show" on 105.7 The Fan called in to joke about Molly Shattuck being charged with third-degree rape and unlawful sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy.

By David Zurawik

Nov 6, 2014

WBAL, WJZ, CNN strongest in coverage at Columbia mall shooting

Focusing on illegal guns and violent repeat offenders is the right strategy, but the city's execution has been seriously flawed in recent years

Batts: Crime dropped for "every day citizens" in 2013