The City of Philadelphia is the largest owner of abandoned properties in the city. The City Paper, working with PlanPhilly.com and TechnicallyPhilly.com, is compiling the first publicly accessible master list and interactive database of these properties and examine how they came to be owned by taxpayers and why they are not being sold or redeveloped. Story, April 7, 2011: http://www.citypaper.net/news/2011-04-07-abandoned-property-philadelphia.html
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Philly locals take on new digital challengers
Posted by J-Lab on Feb. 23, 2011 in In the News | NetNewsCheck
J-Lab’s report on the Philadelphia media landscape is mentioned by NetNewsCheck.
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$2.4M to Launch a Philly Journalism Project
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Dec. 21, 2010 in Blog
It’s official: The William Penn Foundation has approved a $2.4 million grant for a Networked Journalism Collaborative project in Philadelphia. A national search for a CEO to lead the initiative begins in January.
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NewsWorks: I Love It
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Nov. 12, 2010 in Blog
I got a sneak peek at NewsWorks.org this week. This is WHYY’s new online networked news portal for the Philadelphia region set to launch on Monday, Nov. 15. And I love the whole idea of it.
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New Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Fund Offers Ten $5,000 Awards For Collaborative News Projects
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 22, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Journalists in the Greater Philadelphia region may soon be able to ramp up the level of in-depth, professional reporting with the help of a new experimental journalism fund to nurture public affairs stories and demonstrate the possibilities for collaborative newsgathering and distribution. The Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Fund will award ten $5,000 reporting
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