Alissa Zhu
Reporter at The Baltimore Banner
Reporter @BaltimoreBanner. tips: alissa.zhu(at)https://t.co/K88xbjNdQ9. past: @nytimes local investigations fellowship, @clarionledger, @springfieldnl
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5 days ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Alissa Zhu
In the alleys of Carrollton Ridge in Southwest Baltimore, two men carefully stepped around signs of hard life on the streets:a firepit, a soiled mattress and discarded clothing. They stopped to pick up used syringes and greet people huddled near the abandoned rowhomes nearby. “What’s up, Champ? The van’s out there,” said Bakari Atiba, director of community engagement with Charm City Care Connection, an East Baltimore-based nonprofit that serves people who use illegaldrugs.
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1 week ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Alissa Zhu
A new law in Maryland will require state health officials to report what they are doing to prevent deaths and relapses among patients receiving care at drug addiction treatment programs. Under the law effective July 1, signed by Gov. Wes Moore last week, the Maryland Department of Health must detail in two annual reports how the state agency isimproving oversight and regulation of the treatment field.
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3 weeks ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Alissa Zhu
After 37 years of leading Baltimore’s Abell Foundation, president Bob Embry will retire, confirmed the foundation’s spokesman Andy Green. The foundation contributes about $16 million each year to health, economic and educational projects and initiatives across the city and Embry has been one of Baltimore’s most influential figures spanning back decades.
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1 month ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Alissa Zhu |Emily Opilo
In the past year, the initial winnings from Baltimore’s legal fight against opioid manufacturers and distributors — more than $180 million so far — have started to flow into city coffers, while leaders have drafted plans and assembled boards in the name of community engagement and transparency.
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1 month ago |
hub.jhu.edu | Alissa Zhu
Alissa Zhu, a Baltimore Banner investigative journalist who earned a master's degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2023, won a Pulitzer Prize earlier this week for her in-depth reporting on Baltimore's fatal overdose crisis.
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RT @adampwillis: When Maryland lawmakers approved the Greenspace Equity Program two years ago, they wanted to support parks in poor and pol…
red Nesbitt, a therapist who works with people who use drugs, thought the city's opioid restitution fund could help community orgs hire staff, buy Narcan and distribute food. But seeing the proposed budget brought a sinking feeling to Nesbitt’s stomach. https://t.co/avJQcaIlzc
A small but significant detail from the story: the mayor's proposed budget also includes $$ to the health department for creating a new division of overdose prevention and hiring 25 new positions👀
Baltimore won millions to fight overdoses, but community groups may get just a fraction in @BaltimoreBanner via @AlissaZhu @emilyopilo https://t.co/CEQJanfS7f