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Wellness 2.0: Online Communities In the Face of Chronic Illness

Katharine Schildt Tuesday, June 07, 2011
New Media has always been only as important as its users make it. Certainly there's marginal value in a Twitter post about a great new restaurant or a Facebook pic of a birthday party. Such things, however, do little to add lasting value. In Baltimore and elsewhere there are people facing serious health troubles and finding in blogs, Facebook, and other online outlets a chance to build communities that wouldn't have been possible a decade ago. Here, Bmore Media's Katharine Schildt tracks down some of their stories.

Video Feature: Baltimore's Manufacturing Heritage Is Alive at G. Krug & Son

Bmore Media Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Baltimore is what it is today in large part because of its deep industrial heritage. Conventional wisdom holds that much of this heritage is lost. Truth to a point, but it isn't the whole story. Witness G. Krug & Son, a stalwart Baltimore manufacturer with roots dating back to the nineteenth century and a solid grasp on what it'll take to keep thriving in a new economy.

Photo Essay: Camden Yards

Bmore Media Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Hailed by ESPN as "the original retro park and still the one all others are measured against," Baltimore's Camden Yards is one of the city's greatest cultural and civic treasures. Join us as we take a fresh look at the home of the O's.

Bmore Media is Off For the Holiday

Neal Shaffer Tuesday, May 31, 2011
No fresh stories this week as Bmore Media takes a short holiday break, but please feel free to dig around in our archives.

The Benefits of Bootstrapping: Kwame Kuadey Talks GiftCardRescue

Jason Policastro Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Even when he was still in business school, Kwame Kuadey knew that a slow climb up the corporate ladder wasn't for him. He knew that some day, when the right opportunity presented itself, he'd go off on his own. Today his startup, GiftCardRescue, has seven employees in Ellicott City and is poised to continue growing. And Kuadey did it all without a dollar of venture capital.

Audio Feature: The Voices of Northeast Market

Sam Hopkins Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Back in April we brought you the story of what's happening on the East Monument "Main Street," one of Baltimore's less heralded commercial strips. Today, in partnership with WYPR's The Signal, we present a companion piece: an audio feature that allows you to hear directly from some of the folks featured in the original article as they discuss their life and business.

Boxing, Books Combine to Create Opportunity in West Baltimore

Paul Sturm Tuesday, May 17, 2011
"I'm not here to create champions in boxing; I'm here to create champions in life." These are the words of Marvin McDowell, Maryland Boxing Hall of Fame member and founder of the UMAR Boxing and Youth Development Center. Where, through a combination of education, coaching, and mentoring, he's giving kids hope.

Startup Scene: Meet Mike Brenner, Baltimore Entrepreneur

Staci Wolfson Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The tech scene in Baltimore has been on quite a run over the past few years (in case you missed it). One of many reasons why is the emergence of a highly motivated crop of young entrepreneurs. Meet Mike Brenner, one such Baltimorean. While you may not know his name, chances are you know at least one of his many projects. Bmore Media sat down with him to learn more.

Teaching Accountability at House of Ruth's Abuser Intervention Program

Dan Collins Tuesday, May 10, 2011
For more than three decades the House of Ruth has served as a safe haven and resource for domestic violence victims in Baltimore. So, what are batterers doing there? Learning the skills they need to change their behavior for good thanks to new approaches at the center's Abuser Intervention Program. Bmore's Dan Collins went behind the scenes to learn more.

Operatic Entrepreneurship Rises From the Ashes in Baltimore

Renee Libby Beck Tuesday, May 10, 2011
"We're not your grandmother's opera company, but we sure sound like it." So declare the folks behind Baltimore Concert Opera -- a grassroots, entrepreneurial, modern attempt at making opera relevant in today's crowded entertainment landscape. Is it working? We tracked down founder Brendan Cooke to find out.

Publisher's Note: Bmore Partners With Mundo Latino

Sam Hopkins Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Bmore Media is excited to announce that we've partnered up with the recently launched Spanish language newspaper Mundo Latino.

Purpose Driven: A Q&A With Whole Foods CEO Walter Robb

Jeff Meyers Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Whole Foods CEO Walter Robb is an unabashed entrepreneur, a true believer that business is the ultimate engine for change. He also believes that corporations must have a deeper purpose than just profit. Jeff Meyers of Bmore sister publication Concentrate Media chats with Robb about the way those seemingly disconnected impulses come together and why the next generation of business leaders should embrace them.

Portrait, Artist: Baltimore's Erin Fitzpatrick

Staci Wolfson Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Between reality TV and social networking, between the Royal Wedding and the Jersey Shore, people watching is all the rage. If that trend seems like perhaps it's not always a good thing that's because it isn't. But it doesn't have to be that way. Meet Baltimore artist Erin Fitzpatrick, who uses the age-old form of portraiture to turn people watching into an art form -- literally and figuratively.

Letter From the Editor: May, 2011

Neal Shaffer Tuesday, May 03, 2011
May's Letter From the Editor addresses opportunity. With the Great Recession seemingly coming to an end, America seems poised to bounce back -- as we always have in the past. Will we do so with an eye on building something better? Or will we repeat the mistakes of the past? That's up to us to decide.

Video: Gaming at UMBC

Bmore Media Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The video game industry may not be Maryland's equivalent of film in Los Angeles or country music in Nashville, but it is a force. Companies such as Zynga, Firaxis, Big Huge Games, and Day 1 Studios are all based here and are responsible for some of the industry's most interesting titles. We're also lucky to have a robust gaming program at UMBC, where students on the creative and technical ends of the game creation process learn side-by-side how to conceptualize and create the games of tomorrow.
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