T.J. Ortenzi

T.J. worked at The Washington Post for nearly 12 years in various newsroom roles before joining The Banner. He tweeted breaking news for The Post, led their Facebook Live programming, anchored a major newsletter and assigned stories on the General Assignment desk. Prior to his time at The Post, T.J. was a homepage editor for HuffPost, The Seattle Times and NOLA.com. He lives in Towson, but his family has roots in Baltimore's Brooklyn and Curtis Bay neighborhoods and he grew up hearing stories about his grandmother's shifts at the McCormick factory.