About
Krishna is an award-winning audience engagement editor at The Baltimore Banner. Since the outlet’s launch in 2022, he’s grown their TikTok to over 60,000 followers and helped grow their Instagram to over 115,000 followers.
His accolades include:
Best News Video | MDDC Press (2024)
Best TikTok Explainer | NYU American Journalism Online (2023)
Award of Excellence | Society for News Design (2023)
Best Social Media News | MDDC Press (2023)
Best Environmental Reporting Finalist | Southern Environmental Law Center (2022)
He holds a master’s degree in ecology and is also a published poet and photographer. He served as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland in 2024 and has given talks at UC Berkeley, Greater Public Media, Lenfest Institute and more.
video HIGHLIGHTS
BABY SHARK SPEAKER
This video, which I published just a couple months after the Banner’s launch, quickly went viral and earned “Best TikTok Explainer” from NYU’s American Journalism Online awards.
KEY BRIDGE SALVAGE WORK
After the tragic collapse of the Key Bridge, I was able to secure a spot on a boat with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Within 24 hours, I created a video where I pulled information from three Banner articles, plus weaved in new information I gathered while on the boat. The final product reached over 1 million people on Instagram.
PORT OF BALTIMORE
This video took three days to produce, and earned an award for “Best News Video” from the MDDC Press in 2024.
FEATURED ARTICLES
catfish and the quarry
I wrote and photographed this 4,000-word magazine piece for Bitter Southerner.
chopping down trees to save the bay?
After concerned citizens reached out to me about a stream restoration project, I wrote this piece for the Baltimore Banner.
baltimore’s tea scene
While a lighter story, this was one of my favorites I’ve done for the Banner.
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Contact
Email: Krishnas124 (at) gmail (dot) com