Fredrick Kunkle

Washington, D.C.

General assignment reporting

Education: Yale University

Fredrick Kunkle has covered politics, courts, police, transportation and local government in Maryland and Virginia. Kunkle has worked for Reuters, Dow Jones, the Bergen Record and the Newark Star-Ledger as a general assignment reporter and a beat reporter covering aging, business, police, courts, local government and politics. He is a Yale University graduate and the recipient of a Fulbright. He is former co-chair of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild's bargaining unit at The Washington Post.
Latest from Fredrick Kunkle

EPA reaches deal to police Pennsylvania’s pollution of Chesapeake Bay

The EPA, under a proposed settlement, will put additional pressure on Pennsylvania to reduce pollution that feeds into the Chesapeake Bay.

April 21, 2023

How did crucifixion really work? A British discovery offers new clues.

Jesus’ crucifixion is at the center of Good Friday and the Easter resurrection. But the ancient form of capital punishment left little archaeological evidence behind.

April 8, 2023

Maryland AG releases report on alleged Catholic clergy sex abuse

The long-awaited findings took four years to compile and cover alleged abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore from the mid-1940s to 2002.

April 5, 2023

He’s spent his life trapping animals. Now he’s an endangered species.

Changes in fashion, animal rights activism and the pandemic have pummeled the fur industry — and thinned the ranks of a unique group of American outdoorsmen.

March 25, 2023

One dead after tanker truck explodes in Frederick

A fuel tanker crashed and exploded on Saturday in Frederick County, killing the driver, igniting a fire that damaged several nearby homes and forcing the temporary closure of Route 15 in both directions.

March 4, 2023

Md. town comes out against bike trail project by Youghiogheny River

Friendsville’s declaration comes as opponents of the bike trails plan feel momentum shifting their way, following the election of Gov. Wes Moore.

February 19, 2023

National Archives staff told visitors to hide antiabortion slogans, lawsuit says

The plaintiffs allege that security guards told them not to display buttons, hats and clothing that contained messages such as “Life is a HUMAN RIGHT” when they entered the Rotunda, where the Constitution is on display.

February 11, 2023

D.C. bill would offer incentives to switch from gas stoves to electric

Two lawmakers in Virginia have gone in a different direction as America's kitchen culture war over gas stoves intensifies.

February 4, 2023

Maryland clarifies identification of man accused of operating illegal dumps

The Maryland attorney general's office has corrected the identification of the owner of a company accused of allowing open dumping in Cheverly and Baltimore.

February 2, 2023

Maryland trashes recycling company whose sites became alleged dumps

Maryland's Department of the Environment is suing a Prince George's County recycling outfit, for allegedly operating illegal garbage dumps in Cheverly and Baltimore.

January 28, 2023