[1][2][3][4] It was founded by Larry Krause in April 1973 and incorporated as Schenley Press, Inc. in 1976, when the paper adopted its present name.
[1] Its purpose is to air different points of view, with special focus on controversial stories.
[1] Over the years, it expanded to serve 27 different communities in Baltimore, and fostered local writers and provided internships for high school and college students.
[1] In the early 1980s, the Chronicle added national and international reporting and commentary, seeking to supplement the news then locally available.
In 1989, Krause and others established the nonprofit Baltimore News Network, Inc., which began publishing The Sentinel, a small newspaper that highlighted peace and social justice news and views and which, due to its nonprofit status, was able to obtain reprint permissions that were otherwise unavailable to the Chronicle.