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Mayor’s Office of Broadband and Digital Equity has been hard at work

By Ashley Sterner,
Melissa Gerr
Published April 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM EDT
A single-mode fiber optical cable with light passing through. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A single-mode fiber optical cable with light passing through. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

We have come a long way since dial up internet access. Today, almost anything can instantaneously be done online — like checking in for a flight, transferring funds, communicating with family, applying for a job. We depend on that digital connectivity. It’s become a lifeblood. But what happens when dependable access to the internet isn’t a given?
Kenya Asli, director of the Mayor’s Office of Broadband and Digital Equity, is working to level the playing field for Baltimoreans. We learn how.

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Ashley Sterner
Ashley Sterner is the co-host of WYPR’s On The Record. With co-host Sheilah Kast, Ashley interviews artists, scientists, community leaders, and others.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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