journalism
Stu Bykofsky Is About to Be Out of a Job — and He Has Plenty to Say About It
Whether they love him or hate him, everybody in the Philadelphia media world today is talking about Stu Bykofsky. From out of nowhere, the controversial […]
LGBTQ&A: Clay Cane
Clay Cane is a New York City–based award-winning journalist, author, television personality, documentary filmmaker, and CNN.com contributor. Cane is the creator and director of the […]
Meet the Philly Student Magazine That Just Got Credentialed to Cover the DNC
If this freaky electoral season has given us anything to be certain about, it is that diversity and inclusion are still quite an issue in […]
WATCH: Tina Fey Announces Temple Scholarship, Shouts Out Philly on Fallon
Tina Fey announced a Temple University School of Media and Communication scholarship honoring her late father, Donald Fey, last night on the Tonight Show with Jimmy […]
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 […]
Columbia Journalism School’s Damning Report on That UVA Rape Story
Last night, the report by the team assigned by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism to dissect what went wrong in Rolling Stone‘s story […]
Kane Grand Jury: Scale Back Reporters’ Shield Law Because Our Job Was Hard
A new grand jury report is calling for weakening the Pennsylvania “Shield Law” that protects journalists from being forced to reveal their confidential sources. Why, you wonder? […]
Dear Village Voice: Please Correct Your Cool C Execution Story
In the early morning hours on Wednesday, New York’s Village Voice newspaper published a story stating that former Philadelphia rapper Cool C was to be […]
Neshaminy School Board Member Wanted Newspaper Editors Prosecuted
We’ve told you before about the administrators at Neshaminy High School in Bucks County. Last year, student editors at The Playwickian banned the word “Redskins” […]
Journalism Critics Question Philadelphia Daily News Cover
Oh, yeah, we should probably make note of this Daily News cover today. The paper has a 2,700-word piece on sex slavery in Philadelphia. A lot […]
Staphmeal Blogger Needs Scooter, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
You probably know Joshua Scott Albert better as Staphmeal, the foul-mouthed once-anonymous blogger who attacked restaurateurs like Marc Vetri and Georges Perrier with his words […]
Everyone in Journalism Has an Agenda
You read here every day a wide variety of stories. Some offer advice. Some offer amusement. Some may make you jump for joy, while others […]
Civic Journalism Site AxisPhilly Shutting Down
AxisPhilly, the civic local journalism start-up best known for its extensive property tax map last year, is shutting down.
Washington Post Seems Kind of Enamored of Well-Organized Drug Ring
An important out-of-town newspaper has written an article about Philadelphia, and it’s not the New York Times! On Tuesday, the Washington Post ran an article […]
Temple Senior Breaks Story of CIA-Senate Spying
You may have heard it in the news recently: The Senate believes the CIA spied on its computers. Dianne Feinstein said today that CIA Director […]