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Lorie Baker

Lorie Baker is a trauma-informed investigative journalist and contributing writer. She reports from the frontlines of conflict, custody courts, and institutional coverups — always with one hand on the archives and the other on the pulse of the silenced. She is accredited through the U.S. State Dept. and the White House Correspondents’ Assoc.

Lorie Baker's Latest Articles

This northwest Hamilton County city is 18 minutes from everywhere

Nobody planned for North College Hill to start coming back together. But somebody had to say something about the leaves.

“Print Voices from Kenya: Social and Cultural Reflections” brings Kenyan art, film and culture to Cincinnati

SOS ART and Kennedy Heights Art Center partner on the fifth edition of a biennial series featuring an international art exhibition and Kenyan Movie Festival that encourage cross-cultural understanding and dialogue.

Long before the spotlight, these Cincinnati neighborhoods built their institutions

From community councils to development corporations and nonprofits, neighborhood leaders created the organizations that continue to drive local progress today.

SOS ART has spent decades proving art can save our souls

This year’s exhibition explores climate grief, political fracture, isolation, belonging, war, reconciliation, and what it means to see one another as fully human.

Price Hill rises on its own terms

The focus goes beyond development—it’s about making sure the people who carried the neighborhood through hard years share in what comes next.

No Kings, no party lines: A different crowd takes shape in the Queen City

Speakers addressed the fragility of democracy and authoritarianism. Civic organizations recruited people for voter registration, mutual aid, nonviolent disruption, strikes, boycotts and other coordinated-action efforts.

From constitutional amendment to access  

A conversation with journalist Amanda Becker and PPSWO ACT’s Nan Whaley about the forces influencing reproductive rights today.

At the Taft Museum of Art, a 40-year legacy meets a living artist

The inspiration for the Duncanson program is literally painted on the walls inside.

Trans Empowerment Network is building infrastructure where formal systems often fall short

Trans mutual aid is not a substitute for public services, nor is it charity. It is a practice rooted in shared responsibility, relationships and trust.

A labor shortage is hitting Cincinnati. These nonprofit groups are responding with inclusion.

Three organizations demonstrate the lesson that employment that lasts does not begin at the moment of hire. It begins earlier with time, structure and intention.

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