On the morning of April 12, 2015, at about 8:48 a.m., a 25-year-old Black man named Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. allegedly made eye contact with a police officer at the corner of North and Mount, where he was walking with his friends Brandon Ross and Davonte Roary looking for breakfast from a carryout. Gray and […]| Baltimore Beat
Impact snapshot from a Press Forward grantee newsroom Who: Lisa Snowden, editor-in-chief and co-founder, Baltimore Beat Where: Baltimore, Md. What: Baltimore Beat was started in 2017 after the demise of Baltimore City Paper, a 40-year-old alt-weekly newspaper. It is a Black-led newspaper and online news outlet. The Beat became a nonprofit in 2019, and received a gift of $1 million ... Read More| Press Forward