Justine Barron is a writer and investigative journalist whose work focuses on crime, corruption, politics, disability, and the media. She was awarded a 2021 "Best in Baltimore" award from Baltimore Magazine. She is the author of the acclaimed book "They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up" (Skyhorse/Arcade, 2023), which was featured in Mother Jones, the Daily Beast, Fairness and Accuracy in Media, WYPR-NPR, The Appeal, and numerous other outlets. She is also an accomplished storyteller and won The Moth competition four times.