Emma Patti

Emma is a digital journalism leader with experience in audience engagement, visual storytelling and editorial product management. Currently, she is the Managing Editor overseeing visuals, digital, audience and regional news for The Baltimore Banner. The Banner recently won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for a series on the overdose crisis in Baltimore. She was one of the editors on the project.

Emma also recently completed the Media Transformation Challenge executive leadership fellowship at the Poynter Institute focusing on sustainable regional news expansion.

She is a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is originally from the Tar Heel state. Prior to joining The Baltimore Banner, Patti was the Deputy Managing Editor for Visual and Immersive Experiences at Education Week and lead their multi-platform digital redesign. She also worked at The Baltimore Sun for five years, leading the audience, social media, interactive design and visuals teams and helping the organization become a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize after the death of Freddie Gray and the riots in Baltimore. Her professional background includes positions in web development and multimedia at Baltimore Magazine, Bethesda Magazine, Arlington Magazine and Washingtonian.

In addition, she was chosen to attend the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media in St. Petersburg, Fla. in 2017. Patti continues to work with Digital Women Leaders and the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media to mentor the next generation of journalism leaders and early career journalists.

She lives with her son, 2 dogs and 57 house plants in Baltimore, Md.