Baltimore Beat: Conversations on a growing, changing city

Sanya Kamidi is editor-in-chief at Baltimore Beat. She previously worked as managing editor and news editor. She also worked on audience and community engagement and neighborhood stories at The Baltimore Sun.

Bry Reed is a Baltimore-born and bred artist passionate about cultivating her local artistic community. She’s a Rubys Artist Grant awardee, a board member for Writers in Baltimore Schools, and a Fellowship Advisor with New Generations Scholars Youth Archival Fellowship. Her work has appeared in The Baltimore Beat and The Washington Post, and she co-edited the essay collection Surviving The Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies with Raven Hudson and Shuli Branson for PM Press. Additionally, she enjoys engaging with other artists, community members, and thinkers in public forums. She has been featured on panels in collaboration with CityLit Project, Greedy Reads, Red Emma’s, The Clifton House, and other local art organizations.