Shayla Colon

Shayla Colon is an express reporter for The Banner. She comes to Baltimore from New York, where she worked on a series about violence prevention for The New York Times’ Headway team and covered New York City for the Metro desk. Before that, Shayla covered private markets for the Financial Times, with a focus on real estate and sustainability. She also reported on local government and communities in Connecticut and upstate New York for Hearst newspapers. Catch her around town sporting a Yankees cap, a nod to her hometown team.