I’ll be joining the @BaltimoreBanner next week as a reporter. I’m looking forward to joining an independent outlet that’s been hiring journalists who are accomplished but also adaptable enough to embrace new ways to engage with the communities and beats they cover. I’ll be based in my home county (Montgomery), where The Banner has been making inroads as it builds its brand in the capital region, while its parent nonprofit has expanded its reach by acquiring the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It’s been an interesting,: slightly unnerving—but ultimately really gratifying— period since I resigned from The Baltimore Sun in June over concerns about the paper’s journalism. I’ll never forget the support I received from journalists and readers. My resignation post on X tapped into anxiety over losing independent reporting and voices across the country that many of us once took for granted. We know better now. I start at The Banner on Nov. 2. More here: jeffbarker8.substack.com/p/s…