ABOUT RON CASSIE
Multi-time, Nationally Award-Winning Journalist and Writer
Ron Cassie is a Senior Editor at Baltimore magazine, where he’s won national awards for his coverage of the death of Freddie Gray, sea-level rise on the Eastern Shore, and the opioid epidemic in Hagerstown. He reported from Haiti in the days following the tragic earthquake, New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and from Uganda as part of a humanitarian relief effort. His work has appeared as a notable selection in The Best of American Sports Writing, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center, in Newsweek, CityLab, Huffington Post, Grist, The New York Daily News, The Baltimore Sun, alternative weeklies, including Baltimore City Paper, and Urbanite, where he served as editor-in-chief before coming to Baltimore. His work has been a finalist for the Folio and City and Regional Magazine Association Writer of the Year awards. He is a two-time Religion Writer of the Year runner-up. He holds masters degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University, where he is a doctoral candidate, and has taught writing at McDaniel College and Towson University. Prior to becoming a full-time journalist, he spent almost two decades swinging a hammer, riding a bike, and pouring drinks for a living.
RECENT AWARDS
WRITER OF THE YEAR, FINALIST, 2020
City Regional Magazine Association
BEST CIVIC JOURNALISM, 2019
City Regional Magazine Association
BEST INVESTIGATIVE STORY, FINALIST, 2019
National Folio Award
BESTÂ LONG-FORM FEATURE, FINALIST, 2019
National Folio Award
CIVIC JOURNALISM, FINALIST, 2018
City Regional Magazine Association
SPECIAL IMMIGRATION ISSUE, FINALIST, 2018
City Regional Magazine Association
BESTÂ LONGFORM FEATURE, FINALIST, 2018
National Folio Award
BEST BODY OF WORK, FINALIST, 2018
National Folio Award
BEST INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, FINALIST, 2018
National Folio Award
BEST MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING, FINALIST, 2017
City Regional Magazine Association
BEST SINGLE STORY, REGIONAL MAGAZINE, FINALIST, 2017
National Folio Award
BEST SINGLE STORY, REGIONAL MAGAZINE, FINALIST, 2016
National Folio Award
BEST OF BALTIMORE JOURNALISM AWARD, 2016
Baltimore City Paper
BEST SINGLE STORY, REGIONAL MAGAZINE 2015
National Folio Award
BEST DIGITAL SERIES, FREDDIE GRAY COVERAGE 2015
National Folio Award