Soon-to-Launch Baltimore Banner Lures Three Reporters from Sun Newsroom

The Baltimore Banner, a news site being brought to life by a wealthy Maryland businessman, announced on Wednesday that it has lured three prominent reporters from its future rival, The Baltimore Sun.

Crime and courts reporter Justin Fenton, education reporter Liz Bowie, and enterprise reporter Tim Prudente will all be joining the media start-up.

The Banner also announced that Andrea K. McDaniels will serve as managing editor, and that Lawrence Burney, founder of a local music and culture site, True Laurels, has been hired to shepherd arts and cultural coverage. McDaniels spent more than two decades at the Sun, most recently as a member of the paper’s editorial board. She accepted a buyout offer in June.

The hires were announced by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a Baltimore-based nonprofit whose website says it is “focused on delivering high-quality local journalism to the Baltimore metro area.”

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