Donte Kirby is a reporter for Technical.ly in Baltimore and a Report for America corps member for 2020-2023. A Philadelphia native and graduate of Temple University, he moved to Baltimore in May 2020 after spending over a year in Rwanda serving as a Peace Corps volunteer. Report for America is an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position in Baltimore is supported by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.

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Jul. 26, 2022 2:19 pm

How do you turn an intern into an employee? Here’s what worked for one consultancy

By Donte Kirby /

An executive and intern at woman-owned marketing and government consulting firm TargetGov break down the best practices they each learned for taking community college students from internships to jobs.

Jul. 25, 2022 1:26 pm

Learn what Baltimore tech nonprofits plan for their share of the city’s $3.4M in ARPA funds

By Donte Kirby /

Leaders of four local nonprofits discuss what their own four-to-five-figure awards, which the municipal government and Baltimore Civic Fund granted to help over 100 organizations navigate the pandemic’s financial aftershocks, mean for the future of their work.

Jul. 22, 2022 12:29 pm

Here’s what to expect from Wearable Tech Ventures’ week-long virtual hackathon

By Donte Kirby /

The TECH REMIXed Hackathon, designed to onboard folks of all skill levels into the wearable tech industry, starts Monday, July 25 and goes through Friday. Here, founder LaKisha Greenwade discusses what to know.

Jul. 21, 2022 2:18 pm

Baltimore city’s broadband and digital equity director leaves amid office shuffle

By Donte Kirby /

An announcement from Mayor Brandon Scott’s office said the departure of Jason Hardebeck, who led the city’s efforts at bridging the digital divide, was “effective immediately."