Ten years ago this week, protests filled the streets in Baltimore. They were the continuation of protests that had ignited even before the April 19th death of Sandtown-Winchester resident Freddie Gray, from injuries inflicted in police custody. Baltimore was in the national focus. Images of peaceful marches, fiery violence, armed national guardsmen, and clashes with police filled news programs across the country. In many ways, that period changed Baltimore forever -- yet in many other ways, the City has not changed.

We talk with Lisa Snowden, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the digital and print-based Baltimore Beat, to explore the effects those events had on journalism for her, and how they uplifted Black creatives and activists in Baltimore.