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5 Questions: Chris Satullo on WHYY’s New Urban Reporting Project

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting last week announced a $1.5 million grant to WHYY and public radio stations in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh to form “Keystone […]

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WHYY to Host New Public Radio “Journalism Center”

AP reports: “The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will fund a new journalism center in Philadelphia to allow public stations to work together on important projects. The […]

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Newspaper Guild Jumps Into Inquirer / Daily News Ownership Fray

The Philadelphia Newspaper Guild, which represents more than 500 employees at the company, filed a petition to intervene today in their parent company’s ongoing ownership […]

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Inquirer Ownership Battle: “Darling … Eliminate the Daily News

According to an email leaked to Philadelphia magazine, Nancy Phillips, as her long-time companion Lewis Katz was contemplating purchasing a controlling interest in the city’s […]

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It’s Time to End the Inky Ownership Battle

If you care about Philadelphia’s newspapers — if you want to see the Inquirer and Daily News on the stands at your local Wawa, say, […]

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MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Needs to Stop Apologizing

If love means never having to say you’re sorry, no wonder MSNBC is single. It’s the sorriest network on the planet. Latest to join MSNBC’s […]

George Norcross III
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Inky Ownership Battle Moves to End Game

The good news? The Inky ownership battle appears to be moving toward its end. The bad news? Things could still get uglier before they get […]

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Jo Ann Allen Leaves WHYY

After three nearly four years of helming the morning news at ’HYY, Jo Ann Allen dropped a low-key announcement on Twitter that today was her […]

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Journalism That Mattered in Philadelphia, 2013

When I started the process of trying to determine the year’s top Philadelphia journalism, something surprising happened: I ran into a whole lotta “meh.” To […]

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The Best Philly Journalists of the Year

This week the venerable Pen & Pencil Club, of which I am a member, handed out its first ever journalism awards. The P&P crafted the […]

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Four Resolutions Philadelphia Must Make for 2014

The end of the year finds many resolving to be more… well, resolute about who they are and what they stand for as they reflect […]

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Top 10 Philadelphia Tweets of 2013

It’s end-of-year time, and you know what that means: Lists! Okay, most things on the Internet are in list form now, but December is still […]

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Santa’s Not Brown. Neither Are His Reindeer.

When Fox News’ Megyn Kelly insisted last week that Santa Claus and Jesus Christ were both white dudes, it got me to thinking. Was Our […]

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The New York Times Still Thinks We’re the Sixth Borough

Photo of the weekend? Sen. Toomey and AG Kane chatting #PASociety pic.twitter.com/2tz07IpJEv — Kevin Zwick (@kevinjzwick) December 14, 2013 Reporter Trip Gabriel—of Sheetz vs. Wawa […]

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TV News Is Broken and The Ratings Suck. So Tell Your Own Story.

For most of my adult life, I have been a walking billboard for media access. A week doesn’t go buy that someone stops me to […]