Ursula V. Battle

Battle is a native of Baltimore and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Coppin State University, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Minor n Journalism. She received her

Master’s Degree from the University of Baltimore, where she majored in Publication Design. She is also a graduate of the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland and Walbrook High School. She is a Staff Writer for The Baltimore Times Newspaper and a former reporter for the Baltimore AFRO-American Newspaper. 

Battle has been featured in several newspapers and  magazines, and featured on radio, internet broadcasts, and other media. She is the recipient of numerous journalistic and creative writing awards including her selection as a Patapsco River (MD) Chapter of the Links Women In the Arts 2021: “Valiant Women of Freedom” and a “Leah’s Book Club” Honoree. Other honors include the Maryland, DC Press Association and Society of Professional  Journalist Award, The NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall Community Leadership” Award, and induction into the Broadcasting  Institute of Maryland’s Hall of Fame.