Stokely Baksh
audience engagement editor
Stokely Baksh is an audience engagement editor at The Baltimore Banner, where she produces multimedia content across all social platforms. Before coming to The Banner, she worked at The Baltimore Sun, where she headed up the visual journalism blog The Darkroom, and she was an adjunct lecturer at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Her work has appeared on “ABC World News” and PBS’ “Need to Know,” and in The Baltimore Sun, 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.
The latest from Stokely
What are Maryland voters worried about? Here’s what they told us.
Maryland’s in-person, early voting began across the state Thursday — and a politician who isn’t on the ballot motivated many to head to the polls.
The Andy Harris video that went viral — and what followed
Politics reporter Brenda Wintrode on that Andy Harris viral video and what happened in the days after the 1st Congressional District debate.
Postdebate media gaggle: Rep. Andy Harris’ full exchange with The Banner, CNS reporter
Inside Andy Harris’ debate crashout.
Rep. Andy Harris lashes out at reporters after debate
Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter she was breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him after his Oct. 13 debate.
3 takeaways from the Maryland governor debate
3 takeaways from the Maryland governor debate from panelist and Banner politics reporter Pamela Wood
Trump White House bars Moore from speaking at Baltimore County event
The White House excluded Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at Tradepoint Atlantic on Tuesday.
Thousands rock out at Power to the People festival
Thousands rocked out at the Power to the People festival with a star-studded lineup.
A Maryland mother’s deportation to Vietnam forces an agonizing choice
It's been eight months since Melissa Tran was deported to Vietnam and forced from the life she had built over decades in Maryland.
Why does it take months to get a trash can?
“Can someone tell me why it takes 1/3 OF A YEAR to get a replacement recycling bin?” one Baltimore resident lamented on Reddit in February.
Because Baltimore.
Who is Dr. Shadyfellow?
Olafur Nelson, also known as Dr. Shadyfellow, performs 19th-century battlefield medicine during the Defenders’ Day living history demonstrations in Fort Howard.
Hundreds climb stairs at M&T Bank Stadium to honor those killed on 9/11
About 500 people came together at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday for the annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb.
Roman Space Telescope launches into space
The bus-sized telescope that was built in Maryland will seek out planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos.
Here are 8 new foods to try at the Maryland State Fair
The Maryland State Fair is back and we checked out 8 new foods that are part of the fair's annual food competition. Read the full review.
Special session: Maryland lawmakers will lay groundwork for redistricting
State lawmakers are slated to return to Annapolis this week for a special session on a constitutional change that could help reshape congressional districts.
Video shows chaotic seconds before MTA bus slams into Pikesville building
Video shows an MTA bus moments before it slammed into a building during a multivehicle crash on Reisterstown Road in Pikesville.
More than 30 injured, one critically, after MTA bus crash in Pikesville
Baltimore Co. fire crews responded to the scene of a major accident in Pikesville after a bus crashed into a building Wednesday.
I went for a driverless ride in San Francisco
Driverless vehicles are coming. It’s inevitable, writes columnist Rick Hutzell.
Sail250 at sunset
Drone video and photos from Sail250 taken on June 28, 2026.
These musical chairs hit the right note
For nearly a year, Dan Ortiz Leizman has been outfitting ubiquitous plastic chairs known as Monoblocs with harp strings, tuning pegs, mics and pedals.
