Elizabeth Suman is a freelance journalist who recently declined a high-paying job collecting 2010 data for the United States Census Bureau in order to come to Baltimore and write for The Brew, where she covers crime, housing, culture, and various Baltimore oddities. Suman recently finished providing biographical materials and preliminary interviews for Vanity Fair's features on Bernard Madoff, Clark Rockefeller, David Letterman, and Tiger Woods. She also conducted research for "Wildflower," a recent Random House release about the life and murder of wildlife conservationist Joan Root. When in New York City, Suman is a freelance reporter for The Daily Beast, where she covers film and television premieres. Until recently, she wrote regularly for Nerdabout, Discovery Channel's blog about art and technology in New York City. At The Brew, Suman works hard to cover angles traditional outlets don't always catch, such as the anti-violence efforts of the Waverly neighborhood in response to recent murders. Suman grew up in Seattle and graduated Summa Cum Laude in writing and urban studies from NYU in 2006. Last year, she completed the Columbia Publishing Course at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
September 3, 2010
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Cellist bikes his music to Baltimore
On September 8th, One Less Car is hosting cyclist/cellist extraordinaire Ben Sollee for the Baltimore leg of his 2010 Ditch the Van Tour, a cross-country endeavor in which Sollee straps his cello onto the back of his bicycle and tours city-to-city without leaving a carbon footprint. “I love touring by bicycle!” Sollee writes on his [...]
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The case for tearing down elevated highways, like the JFX
Columnist Neal Peirce argues that demolishing old elevated highways, like Baltimore’s Jones Falls Expressway, would heal communities destroyed by these remnants of the post-World-War II building boom. He notes that one place where this idea s being pushed lately is New Orleans, where there’s a move afoot to tear down 2.2 miles of the elevated [...]
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September 2, 2010
Jury selection begins in Harris murder trial
Highlights from Investigative Voice’s coverage of pretrial deliberations, as three men go on trial for the 2008 killing of Baltimore City Councilmember Kenneth H. Harris. “You look at my face when you’re talking to me!” Circuit Court Judge David Ross said yesterday to Assistant State’s Attorney Cynthia M. Banks, who was reading from a notepad [...]
DOT counting Baltimore bike traffic automatically on Fallsway
Here’s another opportunity for Baltimore bicyclists to assert themselves: city transportation officials are installing an automatic bike counter on the Fallsway. This comes from a bulletin from the city Department of Transportation, which tells cyclists to “just look for the diamond-shaped groove and ride over it. “If we have the traffic numbers and public support,” [...]
September 1, 2010
Le Mans added to Labor Day Grand Prix
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has announced that the famous Georgia-based Le Mans racing series will participate in the Baltimore Grand Prix racing events this weekend.
