What Weekly is “Baltimore’s Best New Magazine” that works to rebrand the city by documenting the Baltimore Renaissance.

We’ve rallied a collective of artists, entrepreneurs, educators and writers that work together to produce media dedicated to telling the positive stories about Baltimore. Our mission is to create positive social change by amplifying the good stuff.

Launched in January 2010, What Weekly was founded and published by Brooke Hall and Justin Allen who also run a creative agency, What Works Studio.

We believe that by amplifying the positive outliers, we can enact great change. Seth Godin reminds us that “The most efficient way to get the behavior you’re looking for is to find positive deviants and give them a platform, a microphone and public praise… It’s tempting to spend your time extinguishing bad behaviors, but in fact, spreading the word about the superstars is far more likely to change the culture.”

If you find any joy and value in What Weekly, please consider supporting this project.

Advertise

To inquire about advertising rates, please email us at advertising@whatweekly.com or call Justin Allen at (410) 929-3357.

Press & Awards

What Weekly was featured in The Huffington Post.

What Weekly won “Best New Magazine” in August 2011 by Baltimore Magazine.

What Weekly was voted #3 for “Best Baltimore-Related Web Site” by Baltimore City Paper readers in 2011.

What Weekly was featured in The Baltimore City Paper in August 2010.

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Amateur & Citizen Journalists

Your stories are the soul of What Weekly. Your humanity makes for better internet. We’d like to invite you share with us what’s important to you. You don’t have to be a professional journalist to tell a good story. If you want to contribute an article, video, or music review for publication, email us with CONTRIBUTOR in the subject line.

Mission

What Weekly promotes the health and success of Baltimore by highlighting the city’s positive stories, championing the art scene, and encouraging support of artists, events, local businesses, nonprofits and cultural institutions…. >>>More

Donate

All of our content is free. No questions. If you find some joy or value in What Weekly, and if you can afford it, we appreciate the generous support of our readers. You can make a tax-deductible donation through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, or you can sign up for a monthly pay-what-you-want subscription. >>> Read more

Love Letters

“What Weekly is an important and vital part of what’s happening here in Baltimore. We need someone to tell our story and to document all the interesting, innovative, and truly unique events happening within our community. Thank you so much for what you’re doing.”
- Brian Sacawa, Curator, Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern Music Series>>> Read more

Internships

We heart interns. If you’re interested, email us at editor@whatweekly.com with INTERN in the subject line.

Copyright

We ask that you please contact us and credit the photographer or writer and WhatWeekly.com if you use the content elsewhere. Thanks.

Event Promotion

You can add your event to our calendar.

Event Partnership

We’d be happy to discuss partnering on an event. If you’re interested, please contact our Events Manager, David London at davidlondon@whatweekly.com.

Social

You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest and YouTube.

Press Releases and Pitches

We prefer ready-to-publish content rather than pitches for us to write your story. In other words, send us a well-written, interesting article to publish rather than a press release (include at least one good photo). Add READY TO PUBLISH to your subject line when sending to editor@whatweekly.com.

Past and Present Contributors

Ally Otte
Angelique Weger
Barbara Wilgus
Bobby Kintz
Breck Jones
Brooke Hall, Founding Publisher
Carr Kizzier
Cassie Paton
Chris Mandra
Daniel Stuelpnagel
David London, Events Manager
David Warfield
Dharna Noor
George Skepton
Gina Caruso
Glenford Nunez
Gregg Wilhelm
Hannah Brancato
Ian McMurphy
Jason Bender
John Geilfuss
Jordan Goodman
Jordan Sondler
Julie Bent
Justin Allen, Founding Publisher
Justin Metzger
Keith Becraft
Keith Preston
Kevin Chesser
Larry Cohen
Lee Boot
Liz Harby
Kyle Fritz
Matt Kelley
Makenna Hardy
Marcus Civin, Arts Editor
Max Bent
Michael Faulkner
Mixtum
Nancy Murray
Nick Tobolski
Nether
Peter Davis
Philip Laubner, Staff Photographer
Piper Watson
Rebecca Kirkman
Rebecca Nagel
Robin Gunkel
Sarah Heiderman
Scott Pennington
S. L. Solomon
Tedd Henn
Theresa Keil, Staff Photographer
Tristan Brooks
Valerie Paulsgrove