Inquirer
H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, Philly Philanthropist and Journalism Champion, Dies at 88
Media mogul and philanthropist H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, who with his wife invested more than a billion dollars in news media, cultural institutions, universities and more in Philadelphia […]
Meet Mike Newall, Poet Laureate of the Opioid Epidemic
Mike Newall, the Philadelphia Inquirer metro columnist, is 40 years old, Irish, Catholic and intense. He is pleasant and kind but doesn’t often laugh; he […]
There’s No Way Only 700,000 People Attended the Eagles Parade
You may have already heard, but a whooole lot of people packed Broad Street and the Parkway on Thursday for the Eagles parade. Given our […]
An Inquirer Reporter Took Engagement Photos at the Newspaper’s Printing Press
While there’s nothing wrong with engagement photos in Rittenhouse or at the Art Museum, we always appreciate a couple who ups the ante with something […]
The Inquirer’s Parent Company Gets $1M to Fund Investigative Journalism, Diversity Efforts
The recently established Lenfest Institute for Journalism has announced the recipients of its first set of grant awards. The nonprofit will distribute $2 million in funding […]
You’ll Soon Have to Pay to Read Philly.com Stories
If you read a lot of Philly.com stories, you’re going to have to start paying for them. Starting September 5th, the website of the Inquirer and the Daily […]
The Inquirer and Daily News Don’t Know How to Talk About Racism
As a black man in Philadelphia, telling me that racists exist in the city is like reminding me that oxygen is in the atmosphere. I […]
OPINION: That Time a Straight White Woman Wrote About Woody’s …
The Philadelphia Inquirer just played itself, and it has no one else to blame. On Wednesday, our “paper of record” published a piece headlined “Bar […]
Philly.Com Has a New Mobile App, and It’s Not Bad
Philadelphia Media Network’s Philly.com isn’t known for having the prettiest news website in the world. But it just soft-launched a brand-new 2.0 version of its iPhone mobile […]
Inquirer Sparks Outrage With “Sexy” Melania Trump Article
On Sunday evening, as tens of thousands of Philadelphia women were just starting to recover from Saturday marches of solidarity against Donald Trump, the Inquirer […]
Inquirer, Daily News Hiking Newsstand Prices to $1.50
Philadelphia Media Network — the parent company of the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com — will be raising the price of weekday single issues of both papers from $1.00 […]
Former Inquirer Building To Be Rezoned
The City Planning Commission passed a vote on Tuesday to rezone three Center City properties. Bills to rezone the former Inquirer building at 400 N. Broad, […]
What Acel Moore Meant to Journalism — in Philadelphia and Beyond
The Civil Rights Movement and the riots that swept through dozens of American cities in the 1960s also exposed a hole in mainstream newsrooms across […]
What They’re Saying About the Inky’s New Non-Profit Ownership
As expected, the news industry is taking notice of Gerry Lenfest’s decision to transfer ownership of Philly’s major newspapers — the Inquirer and Daily News, […]
10 Burning Questions About the Inquirer‘s New Nonprofit Ownership
Three themes emerged from Tuesday morning’s formal announcement that Philadelphia Media Network — owner of the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com — is being placed […]