Antero Pietila
JOURNALIST | AUTHOR | SPEAKER
Photo by Bonnie Schupp
BIO
Antero Pietila spent thirty-five years as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun, most of it covering the city's neighborhoods, politics, and government. A native of Finland, he became a student of racial change during his first visit to the United States in 1964. He lives in Baltimore.
PRESS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
January 2017
Presidential Distinguished Speaker Series
Morgan State University
February 2016
Lecture
Salisbury University
April 2016
'Redlining Baltimore' event write-up
Johns Hopkins University
December 2015
Discrimination & Baltimore Rail Funds
The Guardian
May 2015
A Tax on Blackness
Slate Magazine
April 2015
Books to Better Understand the Baltimore Riots
Bustle
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