Introducing A Miner Detail | A Maryland News & Politics Blog
A Miner Detail covers Maryland politics, state and municipal issues, legal matters, policing, public policy, and so much more.
We call out political hypocrisy when we see it, regardless of who the person is or the office they hold.
A Miner Detail is neither left- nor right-leaning; we’re middle-of-the-road.
A Miner Detail’s Maryland News Coverage
- The Maryland General Assembly;
- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration;
- Maryland elections;
- Municipal, state, and federal issues;
- Maryland business news;
- Maryland education policy;
- Maryland legal news;
- Transportation and infrastructure;
- Pop culture;
- The Maryland congressional delegation.
How A Miner Detail Covers Maryland News and Politics
The site launched in April 2015!
We’re here after 11 years1
A Miner Detail occasionally editorializes, and sometimes we publish content unrelated to Maryland politics.
Our mission is to publish original, fact-based content that informs and educates our readers.
A Miner Detail’s News Standards, Opinions, & News Analysis
A Miner Detail publishes content that’s invariably scrupulously fact-checked.
We report the news and analyze developments in the Maryland political scene.
Our journalistic ethics are well-informed by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Meet Ryan Miner | Editor & Founder of A Miner Detail
Hello, I’m Ryan!
I am the founder and editor of A Miner Detail.
I launched A Miner Detail in April 2015 and launched the A Miner Detail Podcast in January that year.
About Ryan Miner
I am a lifelong Marylander – born and raised in Hagerstown.
Western Maryland is where I was born and raised; it will always be home for me.
Ryan’s Education
- I am a 2003 graduate of Williamsport High School.
- In 2008, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Duquesne University’s McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts.
- I later earned my MBA. from the Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business at Mount St. Mary’s University in May 2020.
More About Ryan
At Duquesne University, I was actively involved in my college fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
In 2014, I was inducted into Rotary International. I have participated in a few community projects and volunteer activities.
I’m a self-described mega fan of the HBO series The Sopranos. In March 2022, I even launched a Sopranos blog, Glorified Crew Sopranos Blog.
In September 2022, I co-founded The Senior Soup and The Senior Soup Podcast, a digital resource and healthcare hub for Maryland older adults and their families.
Older Adult Advocacy
I am deeply passionate about older adult advocacy and about understanding how to support people living with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
I volunteer with Hospice of Washington County as a hospice companion, with the Alzheimer’s Association, and with the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Mental Health Advocacy
My wife, Kimberly, and I advocate for increased mental health resources in Maryland public schools and volunteer to support a nonprofit teenage suicide prevention organization.
Aside from Maryland politics, I publish content about mental and emotional health from a first-person perspective, discussing and sharing my journey with depression, anxiety, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
My Redemption Narrative
There are a few stories about me circulating online that I’m not proud of. A lot of the gossip is politically motivated and verifiably false.
97% of the content floating out there about me is false – but that’s the nature of writing about politics and being involved in the political arena, I suppose. I don’t like the attacks, but it’s part of the game – and I’m part of that arena.
If you would like to learn more about me or verify anything you have read, please ask me; I’m an open book. I’ll give it to you straight.
I have made some mistakes in my late teenage years and early ’20s – stupid ones, when my brain wasn’t fully formed and when I was managing undianosed clincial depression.
I didn’t know where my compass was pointing and didn’t have my life together, and I frequently incorporate my redemption narrative into my writing. I will always talk openly and honestly about past mistakes; I don’t run from them. I am accountable.
To me, redemption is learning how to do better, to be better, to try harder, and live in truth. Life is a journey. I didn’t have it figured out in my early years, but I grew up, became a husband, a dad, and life changed for me.
I have always wanted to use this platform to advocate for redemption and second chances. I’ve had plenty – some I probably didn’t deserve.
“My momma always said, ‘You’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.'” – Forrest Gump
A Little About My Family
I married well above my league; my wife, Kimberly, is a Baltimore girl (she’s tough!).
We have two wonderful children – Josh & Paige – and currently reside in Gaithersburg, living with our five cats – Lucy, Jackson, Oreo, Mutley, and Oreo, and one smelly little dog, Layla.
My mom, dad, stepfather, and both sets of grandparents are/were lifelong Marylanders; they live in Washington County.
A Miner Detail is Dedicated to Dick & Maureen Hann
I dedicate A Miner Detail to my late grandparents, Dick and Maureen Hann.
My grandfather, Carroll Richard Hann, passed away on December 22, 2020, and my grandmother, Maureen Hann, passed away on July 16, 2025.
My grandparents were avid news readers and consumers; they loved local Hagerstown news, reading “The Herald-Mail,” and watching NBC-25 (WHAG-TV).
I remember watching “Meet the Press” with my grandparents on Sunday mornings before going to noon Mass at St. Joe’s in Halfway.
My late grandmother, Maureen, loved reading her newspaper every day!
In 2010, Maureen was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As the disease progressed, my grandmother lost her cognitive function and could no longer read the paper.
That was devastating.
My grandparents shared their love of the news with me, inspiring my interest in newsgathering and journalism.
In the spring of 2007, I interned at KDKA Radio News in Pittsburgh while attending Duquesne University.
I later interned at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown.
And the rest is history.
Contact Ryan Miner
Email Ryan: Ryan@AMinerDetail.com
Call or Text Ryan: (240) 244-7075