Andrea Durán

Multimedia Investigative Journalist

United States

I’m an award-winning journalist with experience covering a wide range of topics from water pollution to congressional politics, LGBTQ+ issues to Montgomery County opioid hospitalizations and immigrants’ mental health to local government.

I have a master's in journalism from the University of Maryland and graduated Cum Laude from Towson University majoring in Mass Communications with a track in Journalism and a minor in International Studies. Since graduating, my work has appeared in The Baltimore Banner, The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Matters and more.

I was born in Mexico City and grew up in Maryland. I'm fluent in both Spanish and English, but I am hoping to learn more languages.

Send me an email: [email protected]
Blueski: @andreaduran.bsky.social
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/andreaduranli

Portfolio
Montgomery Community Media
03/18/2025
Federal Layoffs Spark D.C. Housing Market Myths

Hundreds of thousands of federal worker layoffs have sparked false rumors about the D.C. region's housing market. The D.C. region is home to about 20% of the civilian federal workforce... Read More

CNS Maryland
12/04/2024
On the basis of sex? SCOTUS hears arguments on Tennessee trans care ban

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday about the constitutionality of Tennessee's 2023 ban on gender-affirming health care for minors. The landmark case, United States v. Skrmetti, could have widespread implications for other restrictions on transgender health care across the country and for a potential national ban on gender-affirming care.

CNS Maryland
11/06/2024
Maryland goes for Harris: "Girl power" beats out Trump

Reliably Democratic Maryland was called by the Associated Press for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race Tuesday night. The State Board of Elections said the vote tally is ongoing.

CNS Maryland
10/31/2024
Election season heightens stress for Maryland Latino community

Election season heightens stress for Maryland Lati | RSS.com WASHINGTON - The 2024 election is dividing the Latino community, both in terms of which candidate to support and because anti-immigrant rhetoric inherently pits people against each other. And for those navigating the United States as an immigrant, election season can add to the stress of...

CNS Maryland
09/18/2024
Maryland's Cardin to join US delegation at UN

WASHINGTON - Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin will attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Cardin, a Democrat, will travel to New York this weekend as a representative of the United States to the U.N. to meet with world leaders, the senator said in an interview Tuesday with Capital News Service.

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Greek Myth Retellings Surge While Our Classics Departments Suffer

For my final project, I focused on something I've always been passionate about: Greek Mythology. And while I noticed that there were a lot of retellings coming out lately (see: Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles, Jennifer Saint's Atalanta, Natalie Haynes' A Thousand Ships and many more), I also noticed it comes at a time when Classics Departments across the country are suffering from lack of funding, cuts, or slashes altogether. What I learned goes far beyond the retellings themselves and...

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Vimeo
11/03/2023
Good Neighbor Day Berwyn Heights Elementary Pollinator Garden

Good Neighbor Day is a is a collaborative partnership between the University of Maryland, the City of College Park, and The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) to bring together residents towards a common goal that helps the local community. At Berwyn Heights Elementary School, Mayor Jodie Kulpa-Eddy and volunteers helped plant a pollinator garden.

thesentinel.com
10/09/2023
MoCo Residents React to Local LGBTQ+ Protest

GAITHERSBURG - On Sept. 26, conservative group Moms for Liberty joined Canadian activist, "Billboard Chris" Elston, to protest the inability of parents to opt out of LGBTQ+ inclusive material in

NAMEPA
05/11/2021
Getting seafarers vaccinated is the key to solving the crew change crisis - NAMEPA

The lifeblood of global trade is shipping. It is how we get over 90 percent of our goods, medicines, devices, and food. And it is thanks to seafarers that we have these things that we need for our daily routines. The global economy depends on the world's 2 million seafarers who operate the global fleet of merchant ships.

NAMEPA
02/15/2021
Recycling needs work to work - NAMEPA

Climate change presents many challenges and concerns to the public, and many people wonder what steps they can take to be more environmentally conscious and what they can do to help the environment. One of those first steps to being more...

NAMEPA
04/13/2021
The 21st century: Age of Sail - NAMEPA

Imagine this: you are on a ship sailing around the world trading goods from faraway places-the open sea glimmers as the sun skitters across its surface, all the way to the horizon. A powerful gust of wind sweeps through the...

NAMEPA
02/15/2021
How smart tech forces the maritime workforce to adapt - NAMEPA

As new technology brings change to the maritime industry, so does it bring change to the people who keep it running. As ships move toward using smarter technology, and the industry relies more on digital forms of communication, the industry's workforce must keep up with these changes.In March, IBM and Promare announced that the Mayflower...

Baltimorewatchdog
"We have to laugh so we don't cry": The rise of viral mental health memes

By Andrea Duran & Sarah Malik Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writers "Roses are red, the sun is shining, my mental health is rapidly declining." Those words accompany a meme posted on Trent Gosnay's Instagram page, @everthing_sauce, which he describes on the page as "A little dose of everything to make your day less SUCC [an alternative spelling of suck]."

Baltimorewatchdog
Baltimore gets its Pride back in harbor

By Andrea Durán Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer "Use the palm of your hand to cover your ears!" shouts a deckhand aboard the 109 foot-long Tall Ship. BOOM. An explosion bursts off the port side, straight from a replica of a 19th-century cannon.

Baltimorewatchdog
Maryland Governor calls for more tax cuts, education spending, and crackdown on Baltimore violence

By Andrea Duran Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer Gov. Larry Hogan pushed for tax deductions on retirees and college graduates, increased oversight on school systems, and harsher sentences for gun law violators on Wednesday to thunderous applause. Speaking to a joint session of the General Assembly, the Republican governor reminded lawmakers of his years of bipartisan cooperation and commonsense pragmatism.

Baltimorewatchdog
Dance to serve six months in jail

Andrea Durán Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer Shaun Dallas Dance, a former Baltimore County Public School superintendent who recently pleaded guilty to four counts of perjury, was sentenced on Friday to six months in jail.

Baltimorewatchdog
Council considers rental property changes

Andrea Durán Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday considered reinstating a past program for public maps on water, sewage, and transportation and expanding on rental property registration. Councilwoman Cathy Bevins discussed her bill, No. 24-18, which would expand a program that has been trying to limit the number of unregistered rental properties since 2007.

Baltimorewatchdog
Two brothers + one dream = Best Waffles in Maryland

By Andrea Durán Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer Khari and Shawn Parker opened Connie's Chicken and Waffles less than two years ago and already the Food Network named their waffles as the best in Maryland, The Baltimore Sun voted their signature dish as second-best Best Chicken Box and a Southwest Airlines magazine mentioned the business in an article on Baltimore City.

Baltimorewatchdog
03/14/2018
Maryland high schools join national walkout

By Andrea Durán, Ben Laing, Jacob Porter Anthony Petro and Wilbert Villatoro Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writers Hundreds of students across Maryland joined a national 17-minute walk out of class Wednesday to honor each student killed exactly one month ago in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Baltimorewatchdog
Styrofoam ban moves to full City Council for a vote

By Andrea Durán Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer As the Baltimore City Council prepares to vote Monday on a proposed Styrofoam ban for all local food services, residents and business owners are debating whether saving the environment is worth the inconveniences of finding packaging substitutes.