Features
I've been working in journalism for just about my entire life. My first job was delivering the bi-weekly Maryland Gazette in Glen Burnie.
I participated in school newspapers from the time I was in middle school through the time I graduated from St. Bonaventure University in 2004.
I took my first job at the now defunct Cushing Daily Citizen in Cushing, Okla. where I served as a reporter and finally the managing editor. From there I went to work at the Joplin Globe in Joplin, Mo. before coming home to Maryland.
In 2006, I moved to Charles Village in Baltimore after being hired at the Baltimore Messenger. I worked at the Messenger until 2009 when I left to become the county government reporter at the Carroll County Times. I returned to covering Baltimore for North Baltimore Patch in November 2010.
Features
After months of crosswalks not being repainted on West 36th Street, Will Bauer took matters into his own hands.
Despite some recent progress in improving the reputation of Baltimore City Public Schools, many residents still wrestle with the decision.
Government and Politics
William Fitzwater retired and moved to Pheasant Ridge Mobile Estates in Mount Airy. Now he is worried he will have to move his trailer if the land is rezoned.
Advocates secured one more vote than the minimum of 71 to pass the legislation voted to approve the bill.
Although Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young has never run a citywide campaign, few viable contenders have emerged to take him on.
Crime
John Wagner, who was convicted of killing Hopkins researcher Stephen Pitcairn, maintained his innocence before sentencing.
Maryland State Police Cpl. Jeff Shipley secures the perimeter of a Hampstead area home after two bodies were found inside on Tuesday.
Three of the men arrested in the sting operation on Thursday were accused of being drug dealers from Waverly.
Aaron Clark, 50, is accused of robbing a woman of her cellphone in Charles Village.
Video
Media Notices and Appearances
Patch.com's Adam Bednar on the seqeuster's local imact
We discuss the arrest of journalist F. James MacArthur in Waverly last weekend. MacArthur blogs for the Baltimore Spectator and covers crime and police issues. As a SWAT team surrounded his home, he broadcast the standoff live over his website and on Twitter. Our guests include: Hassan Giordano, host of the Reporters Roundtable talk show and columnist for the Baltimore Examiner; and Adam Bednar, Editor of the North Baltimore Patch.
How do you best grow Baltimore? That was the question posed by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake yesterday in her State of the City speech. We talk about what was in the speech–and what wasn’t–with Mark Reutter of the Baltimore Brew and Adam Bednar of North Baltimore Patch.
Today, we take look at the results of that primary—which it appears, was a day for the incumbent. City Council President Jack Young was re-elected – in fact, all city council incumbents but one, Belinda Conaway, were re-elected.
...Adam Bednar, North Baltimore Patch’s editor, is doing actual reporting: city government, neighborhood happenings, schools. Judging by writing volume, you might even say Bednar’s overworked.
New Orleans recovery czar Ed Blakely said Thursday that a statement he made about birth control during a speech last week in Baltimore was not meant to impugn Louisiana residents but to explain the critical need for increased classroom capacity in New Orleans public schools.