Like many American cities, Baltimore used to be a thriving town for journalism.

There used to be multiple print newspapers, incredible rivalries between reporters,

but so much of that has been lost in the past few decades due to the collapse of local news.

So could there be a rebound? Could a place like Baltimore once again be a two-news paper town?

I mean, probably not with print papers, but at least online.

There is an entrepreneur trying to make that happen and we have lots of questions for him.

So let's cue the music. I'm Brian Stelter and this is our weekly reliable sources podcast.

Our chance to go more in depth talking about how the news is made with media leaders and

newsmakers. Stuart Bainham is my guest this week and he is definitely a newsmaker.

He's a businessman and politician, an entrepreneur based in Maryland who is launching a venture

called the Baltimore banner. It is going to hire dozens of journalists to cover news in and

around Baltimore. In some ways, competing with the Baltimore son, the newspaper that Bainham

tried to take over last year. It's a bit of a convoluted story and I'll let him tell it himself.

As some of you may know, I'm a Maryland native. I grew up in Maryland and I went to school right

up the road from Baltimore. So in some ways, this story is personal for me. I'm really curious to see

what happens to the Baltimore son and whether a competitor can come into the marketplace

and grow subscriptions and grow the audience for news in and around Baltimore.

So let's get to it and find out what the Baltimore banner is and what Bainham's vision is.

Stuart, thank you so much for coming on the podcast with me.

Happy to be here. So tell me where the story begins for you. We know what the Baltimore

banner is now, what it's going to be, but where does this story begin? Your decision to

become a local news entrepreneur. Where's the story start?

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