(BALTIMORE – June 24, 2026) – For nearly 25 years, BMORENews has done more than report the news. We have documented a people. As BMORENews approaches its 25th anniversary, we are reminded that institutions are not built overnight. They are built one story, one relationship, one community event, and one act of service at a time. Since 2002, BMORENews has chronicled Black life, Black business, Black politics, Black faith, Black education, and Black culture throughout Baltimore, Maryland, and beyond. What began as a local digital news platform has grown into one of the region’s longest-running independent Black-owned multimedia news organizations, with a reach extending from neighborhood streets to the White House and from Baltimore to Africa. Our mission has always been simple: To tell the stories others overlook. To preserve history as it unfolds. To ensure our community sees itself reflected with dignity, accuracy, and pride. Over the past quarter-century, our work has taken us to the White House more than 70 times, covering multiple presidential administrations and bringing national policy discussions back to our community. Our reporting has extended beyond America’s borders to Jordan, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Arusha, Tanzania, connecting Baltimore to the broader African diaspora through firsthand international reporting. Across Maryland, we have documented communities from Baltimore City to Southern Maryland, from Harford County to the Eastern Shore, telling stories often overlooked by larger media organizations. Our reporting has also taken us to Upstate New York, including Lewiston and Niagara Falls, where we documented the Niagara River crossing—a pathway to freedom used by Harriet Tubman and countless formerly enslaved melanated people escaping into Canada in pursuit of liberty. Along the way, BMORENews earned a reputation for understanding Maryland politics. Over two decades, our election analysis correctly projected the winners of four Maryland gubernatorial races, making BMORENews the only news organization in the state to achieve that record. Our work has also extended beyond journalism into civic engagement and strategic communications. Candidates, elected officials, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and institutions have sought our counsel on messaging, media strategy, and public engagement. Among those campaigns was Johnny Olszewski’s successful race for Baltimore County Executive, a contest ultimately decided by just 17 votes. But our greatest accomplishment has never been political analysis. It has always been people. Over the years, BMORENews has broadcast live from churches, community centers, schools, businesses, neighborhood organizations, and public spaces that are often ignored by mainstream media. We have conducted live broadcasts from a halfway house on Greenmount Avenue, giving voice to men and women rebuilding their lives after incarceration. Through the “Love for L” prison ministry, we worked with incarcerated youth ages 14 to 17 at the Baltimore City Jail, reminding them that their past did not have to define their future. For us, journalism has always been about more than headlines. It has been about hope. Our commitment to community is perhaps best reflected through the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards. For 15 years, the Awards have celebrated entrepreneurship, leadership, perseverance, and excellence in…