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Stokely Baksh

Stokely

Stokely Baksh is an audience engagement editor at The Baltimore Banner, where she produces a wide range of multimedia across all social platforms. Before coming to The Banner, she worked at The Baltimore Sun where she headed up their visual journalism blog “The Darkroom” and she was also an adjunct lecturer at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Her work has appeared on ABC World News, Baltimore Sun, PBS’ Need to Know, Mother Jones, and the Wall Street Journal. She is also a co-producer of two independent investigative immigration projects. She lives in Baltimore County with her husband, two kids, and a pony-sized dog.

Latest content by Stokely Baksh

12 awesome staff picks for your holiday list from The Banner
Here are 12 more must-have holiday gifts to add to your list from the staff of The Banner.
Candy Warden brushes leaves and grass off the grave marker for Hilda Maria Gray, one of several people buried alongside pets in the Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park in Elkridge.
Mystery and scandal haunt pet cemetery on coveted Howard County land
A famous old pet cemetery hides in the shadows of Howard County’s new apartments. And someone’s moving the graves.
Katie Humphrey holds up a hand heart to her supporters after completing her 24-mile swim at the Inner Harbor.
Baltimore woman completes historic swim to Inner Harbor
Katie Pumphrey completed a more than 24-mile swim from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to the Harborplace Amphitheater in the Inner Harbor.
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What do Early Voting, Cloud Computing and Tabasco Cat have in common? Hint, it’s related to The Preakness Stakes.
Brian Underhill’s father Robert L. M. Underhill, wrote love letters that were discovered in a wall in a Baltimore home that was being renovated.
Old Baltimore love letters fill in family history for far-flung descendants
A stash of 1920s love letters recently discovered inside the wall of a Baltimore home are filling in the blanks for two families across the country.
(Stokely Baksh/The Baltimore Banner. Original photo from Eleanor Robb Patterson's U.S. passport application.)
Heiress’s legal drama threatened to ruin author of love letters
Love letters hidden for a century within the wall of a Roland Park home unspooled not only a secret romance but hinted at the tragedy and scandal surrounding a wealthy heiress.
Joanna Meade reads aloud love letters from the 1920's in the sun room of her home on February 27, 2024. The letters were found inside of a wall during a renovation.
Secret in the walls: Hidden letters reveal love, lust, scandal in 1920s Baltimore society
A bathroom renovation in Roland Park opened a window to a long-forgotten world. The dusty, tin box held 100-year-old love letters. Who hid them in the wall? And why? That’s where the mystery begins.
Baltimore-themed Valentine's Day card. Design: Stokely Baksh | Photo: Jessica Gallagher
11 Baltimore-themed Valentine’s Day cards for your sweetheart
Share our Maryland-centric Valentine’s Day cards with your local lover, crush or friend who’s just a friend.
Spot the difference: Find 11 changes in this picture
We made 11 changes to this photo — can you find them all?
12 must-have gifts for your holiday list from The Baltimore Banner Staff
From santas delivering Christmas trees to lockbox adventures, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite gift recommendations this holiday season.
(From left: Photos by Stokely Baksh and Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner and Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Cal Sport Media)
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Illustration for The Baltimore Banner's gift guide
Holiday gift ideas for kids
A list of games and toys to make the little people in your life smile a little wider.
A ghoul without a nose and a rotting face wears formal wear behind the title "Tales from the Crypt" which is written in yellow, creepy font.
Meet the Baltimore voice behind the ‘Tales from the Crypt’ Cryptkeeper
Actor and comedian John Kassir explains how he became the voice of the iconic Cryptkeeper from “Tales from the Crypt.”

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