Camille Chrysostom
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Camille Chrysostom is a journalist in the Capital News Service data journalism bureau. She currently works as the Assistant Online Managing Editor at the Diamondback, is a web development intern for M-NCPPC in Silver Spring and is the creator and editor-in-chief of her own news blog Politiculture where she writes and edits stories and designs the layout, logos and graphic content.

Data Stories
Gentrification spreading from Washington, D.C. to Prince George’s County

An increase in home values, coupled with shifting racial demographics and higher incomes in northern Prince George’s County neighborhoods may indicate that gentrification is spreading from Washington, D.C. to the surrounding Maryland suburbs.

The Jones-Hall-Sims house sat in Poolesville, Maryland, for over a century where it housed the descendants of freed slaves. Photo courtesy The Montgomery County Planning Department (M-NCPPC), Historic Preservation Office.
Washington
Freddie Gray to the Freedom House: Maryland well-represented in new African-American museum

Although the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture opens Saturday in the heart of Washington, its neighboring state of Maryland has a strong presence.

Olympic champion Michael Phelps of United States swimming the Men's 200m butterfly at Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com
Does Maryland’s wealth explain the success of Olympians like Michael Phelps or Katie Ledecky?

Why did so many Olympic stars hail from Maryland? It might be because Maryland is one of the nation’s wealthiest states. And training for the Olympics is not cheap.