Justin Fenton

Justin Fenton is an American author, journalist and crime reporter. He is currently an investigative reporter for the Baltimore Banner.

Career
A graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, Fenton worked as a reporter and editor for the student newspaper, The Diamondback. He then interned at The Baltimore Sun and went on to become a reporter at the newspaper for 17 years.

Fenton was part of the Pulitzer Prize finalist staff recognized for their coverage of the Baltimore riots that followed the death of Freddie Gray. He was also one of the lead reporters who reported on Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force scandal. Fenton later wrote a book depicting the entire case called We Own This City, which was later produced by HBO into a TV mini series of the same name. Fenton himself appears in two episodes of the show, playing a press conference reporter. Earlier, in 2010, his reporting led to an overhaul in how Baltimore police officers investigate sexual assaults.

In 2022, Fenton left the Sun to join the upstart Baltimore Banner, where he currently works as an investigative reporter.

Awards and recognition
In addition to winning several state journalism awards, Fenton is a two-time finalist for the national Livingston Award for Young Journalists and was part of the Sun's Pulitzer Prize-finalist team, rewarded for its coverage of the death of Freddie Gray and the ensuing unrest. The Daily Record, a local legal and business newspaper, subsequently named Fenton as an "Influential Marylander".