On July 24, Paul Coates, Leslie King Hammond, Afro Charities, and many supporters gathered for one special reason: to celebrate the power of storytelling.
The crowd at our inaugural Legacy Gala was intergenerational and diverse. They came from different parts of the city and different parts of the world. But they were all there to honor this city’s rich journalism legacy.
“We know that stories are what make us human. We know that people live and die by the stories told about them,” I told the crowd.
Supporting local journalism isn’t charity. It’s civic duty. A city runs on people who know what’s happening in their own backyard, who can hold power accountable, who can show up to a council meeting or a ballot box with real information. That’s what your support builds.
Your support pays reporters to chase the story that matters. It buys them the time to get it right. It sends our photographers to every corner of the city to capture the big and little moments. It tells sources someone will show up and stay with the story until it’s told.
Baltimore’s story is worth telling right. Help us keep telling it.
-Lisa Snowden, publisher and CEO
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