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Even if you're fully vaccinated, the CDC recommends you still support your local news organizations
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📣LOCAL NEWS ROLL CALL 📣
We want to follow more people who create or support outstanding local journalism. Who should we follow? RT or reply to this tweet with a bit about you and some examples of your work. We'll then follow back and highlight some examples.
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Mister Rogers' 4 pillars of journalism:
1. Journalists are human beings not stenographers, human beings not automatons.
2. Point out injustice when you have to.
3. Point out beauty when you can.
4. Be aware of celebrating the wonders of creation.
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. @whyy has acquired @billy_penn. This is good news for everyone who cares about local journalism in Philadelphia whyy.org/articles/whyy-acqui…
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We're thrilled to welcome @ONA CEO and Executive Director @LaSharah to our Board of Managers lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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Today, in partnership with the Facebook Journalism Project and the Local Media Association, we are announcing a total of $1 million in grants to support local newsrooms covering the coronavirus. lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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1/ Tonight, @lenfestinst and @knightfdn announced a new $20 million national initiative to strengthen local journalism for the digital age. philly.com/philly/news/knigh…
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In partnership with The Facebook Journalism Project and The Local Media Association, we're announcing the first 50 local newsrooms that are receiving grants to support coverage of the coronavirus crisis in their communities lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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NEWS: The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the LNP Media Group (Lancaster, Pa.) are launching Spotlight PA, a public-service journalism collaborative designed to increase investigative coverage of Pennsylvania's state government lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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1/ NEWS: Today, we’re announcing the launch of the Lenfest Local Lab, an interdisciplinary team that will experiment and build prototypes of new digital local news and information experiences lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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This Thanksgiving — among many other blessings — we're giving thanks for great local journalism. inquirer.com/opinion/comment…
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We’re excited to introduce the 2020 class of Lenfest Next Generation Fund award winners. The 25 winners are Philadelphia-area professional and student journalists of color who will receive grants to attend national professional development conferences lenfestinstitute.org/diverse…
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Today's a dark day for journalism. We’re profoundly disappointed and concerned about Alden Global Capital’s purchase of Tribune Publishing. We stand with journalists and civic leaders who are working to build a better future for local news.
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The @knightfdn-@lenfestinst Local News Transformation Fund today announced $5.25 million in grants to support journalism innovation in Philadelphia with investments in product development, technology and community engagement that serves diverse audiences lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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To the journalists covering the attack on the Capitol and other events around the country tonight: Thank you.
Please stay safe.
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The #PressForward coalition is committing $500M to support local news — and that's just the start: "The new funding can have a multiplier effect, attracting additional dollars and building solutions that scale," @jimfriedlich writes in @NiemanReports niemanreports.org/articles/p…
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📣 LOCAL NEWS CALL OUT 📣
Who are the journalists covering Covid-19 in your community? RT or reply to this tweet with the journalists keeping you informed during these challenging times, and we'll follow them and highlight their work.
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We're thrilled to welcome @emarvelous to The Lenfest Institute's Board of Managers!
Errin is a Philadelphia resident, and she brings her deep experience as @19thnews editor-at-large to the Board. lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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Good Morning!
Just a reminder that the Philadelphia Eagles are still the last team to beat Tom Brady in the Super Bowl.
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Congratulations to the first-ever winners of the Community Network Grants. We're pleased to partner with the Facebook Journalism Project and to support your great work, @Appalachia100, @BlockClubCHI, @CPublicPress, @Chalkbeat, @CrosstownLA, @Detour_Detroit, @Documentedny...
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Huge news in local news: @sltrib's non-profit status has been approved by the IRS sltrib.com/news/2019/11/04/h…
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Big news! We’re announcing $2 million in new grants to support innovation in local news in Philly and across the US lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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Today we're introducing the Lenfest Constellation News Leadership Initiative, a new management development program we’re launching to provide career coaching and other resources to Philly-area media professionals of color pursuing leadership roles lenfestinstitute.org/diverse…
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Need more proof that local journalism is essential? According to a new Gallup-Knight Foundation survey 81% of people who follow local news “very closely” are likely to vote lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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📣 We're hiring! 📣
Together with @knightfdn, we're looking for a program manager to lead the new $20-million Knight Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund lenfestinstitute.org/careers…
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NEWS: @lenfestlab & @PhillyInquirer have been selected as one of 34 winners of the @GoogleNewsInit Innovation Challenge to create scalable partially-automated email newsletters serving targeted Philadelphia-area neighborhoods. Read more here: lenfestinstitute.org/news-te… #GNIChallenge
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NEWS: @PaPostNews and @SpotlightPA are merging to create the largest statewide newsroom in Pennsylvania lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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“Journalists do a lot of hand-wringing about what is or isn’t journalism or who is or isn’t a journalist. That is completely missing the point. What we need to focus on is, ‘Do communities have the materials they need to stay engaged?’” medium.com/lenfest-institute…
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Good Knight! We're proud to join @ProPublica, @report4america, @JournalismProj, @soljourno, and @rcfp as partners in @knightfdn’s $300 million, five year effort to support local journalism in America. knightfoundation.org/press/r…
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Today we're launching the Philadelphia Local News Sustainability Initiative, a two-year, $2 million grant program that will provide capacity-building funding and core operating support to nonprofit and for-profit local news orgs across the Philly region. lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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NEWS: We're excited to announce the 13 projects we're supporting through our two new grant programs: The Local News Business Model Challenge and the Philadelphia News Ecosystem Collaboration Grants.
Learn more and meet the winners: lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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The @PhillyInquirer's @barbaralaker, @wendyruderman, @dylancpurcell and @jessicagriffin were named #Pulitzer Prize finalists in Local Reporting for their Toxic City reporting on environmental hazards in Philadelphia schools pulitzer.org/finalists/barba…
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Four local news initiatives to follow in 2019:
• @Google & @wordpressdotcom developing a low-cost CMS for small newsrooms
• The American Journalism Project
• @ProPublica's Local Reporting Network
• @knightfdn's incomparable efforts to support local news at scale
A new form of local news industry collaboration has begun to take shape—“this time at the intersection of community, #philanthropy, and #technology more than power, politics, or personality.” bit.ly/2Trccd7
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Local journalism is a civic need. We've raised more than $20 million to support @PhillyInquirer and other local outlets.
“There is no reason why other communities can’t follow suit,” @JimFriedlich said. “Indeed, they are.”
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Two weeks ago, @pranshuverma_ reported that the Philly Dept of Prisons released nearly 3/4 of people from jail without IDs, cash or phones.
Today, the dept announced it would discharge people earlier and with their belongings.
Journalism gets results.
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We're proud to announce the first-ever recipients of The Lenfest Next Generation Fund Award. The 21 NextGen winners are Philadelphia-area journalists and students of color who will receive stipends to attend professional development conferences lenfestinstitute.org/lenfest…
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Together with The Facebook Journalism Project and Local Media Association, we're announcing the 400 local newsrooms that are receiving a total of $2 million in grants to support coverage of coronavirus in their communities lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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Together with @NIICUNYJ, @DemocracyFund, and @knightfdn, we’re thrilled to announce the Community Listening and Engagement Fund, a first-of-its-kind $650,000 grant making initiative to help newsrooms adopt new tools to listen to their communities. lenfestinstitute.org/communi…
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News: The Community Listening and Engagement Fund has awarded grants to 34 newsrooms to subsidize their use of @wearehearken and @groundsource lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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With the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund, @IPMFoundation and @knightfdn, we’re proud to share that the Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund is awarding grants to 12 organizations to support their response to the pandemic. lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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“This award ... says to Mississippians who have long been subjected to systemic government corruption that their experiences are valid and they deserve better.” - @ayewolfe of @MSTODAYnews on winning the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting mississippitoday.org/2023/05…
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Today @lenfestlab & @PhillyInquirer launched the first issue of The Hook, a weekly hyperlocal newsletter about Fishtown. It's the first in a series of hyperlocal newsletters The Lab will test in 1-2 other Philly neighborhoods. lenfestinstitute.org/lenfest…
Here’s how we got here 1/7
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A proud day: Lisa Hughes appointed @PhillyInquirer Publisher & CEO. The former Publisher of The New Yorker is the Inquirer’s first woman publisher in its 190-year history inquirer.com/news/philadelph…
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Our founder, H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, one of Philadelphia's greatest philanthropists and most dynamic civic leaders, passed away this morning. He was 88. philly.com/philly/obituaries…
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In these challenging times, we want to share a bit of good news: We’re proud to announce new support for @AAJAPhilly, @NAHJPhilly, & @PABJ. They are critical resources for Philly's journalists of color, and we’re thrilled to help them expand their work. lenfestinstitute.org/press-r…
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We're proud to announce the first-ever grantees of the Philadelphia Local News Sustainability Initiative, a new program providing core operating support and capacity-building funding to Philadelphia-area news organizations lenfestinstitute.org/institu…
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Led by @pilhofer & @tylrfishr, News Catalyst at @TUKleincollege will build tools for local news outlets and help them develop product-focused cultures. @NewsCatalyst is receiving $2 million, including $1 million from the Facebook Journalism Project lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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Big news: @lenfestlab, @BrownInstitute, and @PhillyInquirer are partnering to build open-source tools to lower the cost and expand the scope of newsroom content audits with support from @GoogleNewsInit #GNIChallenge lenfestinstitute.org/lenfest…
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Looking for something to do since Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down? May we suggest checking out your local news organizations? They have plenty of interesting things for you to read, watch, and listen to!
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19 Philly newsrooms are collaborating for @BrokeinPhilly, a year-long initiative that will provide solutions-oriented reporting on issues of poverty and economic justice in Philly. We're proud to support this project with @TUKleincollege and @soljourno philly.com/philly/opinion/co…
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Sign up for Solution Set, our weekly report on cool things in news. Each week we take a deep dive into one innovative idea in journalism and share lessons you can apply in your own newsroom. nitter.app/cards/18ce…
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Today — in partnership with @democracyfund, @NIINewmarkJ, and @knightfdn we published "Learning to Listen: Building a culture of engagement in newsrooms" a report by @DotCoStudio on lessons from CLEF lenfestinstitute.org/reports…
Here's a thread w/🔑 takeaways
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We’re excited to announce a new partnership with @membershippzzle today: We’re creating a practical guide to help newsrooms launch and sustain membership programs and member-driven routines: lenfestinstitute.org/news-te…
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. @PhillyInquirer is launching 'The Future of Work,' a solutions-based reporting project on equitable economic recovery and job creation in the Philadelphia region. The project will be led by journalist Ezequiel Minaya and is supported by @WilliamPennFdn lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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NEWS: Together with @knightfdn, we're delighted to announce that Roxann Stafford has been named managing director of the Knight Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund. @jroxann will lead the $20 million Fund, which is focused on sustaining local news lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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🗣STUDENT JOURNALISM CALL OUT 🗣
Today, @nytimes profiled @michigandaily, which is helping fill gaps in local news coverage nytimes.com/2019/10/19/us/ne…
How are student journalists meeting information needs in your community? Which newsrooms are innovating and trying new things?
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The @knightfdn-@lenfestinst Local News Transformation Fund is today announcing a three-year $3.3 million grant to @AmPress to expand Table Stakes, the change management program for local news leaders lenfestinstitute.org/news-po…
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READ THIS STUDY! IT IS REALLY GOOD. IT MAKES US WANT TO YELL.
HOW TODAY’S NEWS PUBLISHERS CAN USE DATA, BEST PRACTICES, AND TEST-AND-LEARN TACTICS TO BUILD BETTER PAY-METERS
A SHORENSTEIN CENTER AND LENFEST INSTITUTE WHITE PAPER
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ICYMI: We're proud to join @ProPublica, @report4america, @JournalismProj, @soljourno, and @rcfp as partners in @knightfdn’s $300 million, five year effort to support the reinvention of local journalism in America knightfoundation.org/press/r…
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We're excited to announce the launch of the Statewide News Collective, a new community for news organizations serving statewide audiences in partnership with RevLab at The @TexasTribune and @SpotlightPA lenfestinstitute.org/news-te…
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The @phillyinquirer today appointed Lisa Hughes as Publisher and CEO, replacing Terry Egger who is retiring after a distinguished 38-year news career. Hughes is the former Publisher and Chief Business Officer of The New Yorker. lenfestinstitute.org/press-r…
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🚨STUDENTS🚨
@Poynter put together a list of more than 85 journalism internships and fellowships poynter.org/news/here-are-mo…
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Yes, this.
"Local newspapers, specifically those that are locally and independently owned, are not dying. They are changing.
It’s rough.
But it is not death."
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Today we commemorated the life of our founder, H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, and celebrated his impact on journalism here in Philadelphia.
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🚨 Today we're announcing the launch of the Lenfest News Philanthropy Network, a community of practice designed to support and build capacity for fundraising and development professionals in journalism lenfestinstitute.org/news-te…
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Say what you will about The White House Correspondents Dinner, but @roywoodjr's message about the importance of local journalism is worth reading in full washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
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We're proud to announce the first-ever recipients of The Lenfest Next Generation Fund Award. The 21 NextGen winners are Philadelphia-area journalists and students of color who will receive stipends to attend the professional development conferences lenfestinstitute.org/lenfest…
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We’re thrilled to join @whyy, @GermantownHub, @kensingtonvoice, & @freepress tonight to discuss their Organizing for Neighborhood News collaboration and how local journalism can be more representative of its community. #NewsVoices
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2019 was a big year for us. Thanks to a groundswell of support, we have made substantial progress in our mission to save local news in Philadelphia and around the country.
Here's what we've accomplished lenfestinstitute.org/lenfest…
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Hey, journalists — can you send us pictures of the news hounds and cat correspondents working in your at-home newsrooms? We'd love to meet them!
🚨This is not a drill: @PhillyInquirer has published The PupSide, a special section all about dogs.
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We're proud to announce The Lenfest Next Generation Fund, a new grant program to help journalists and students of color in the Greater Philadelphia Area attend professional development conferences medium.com/lenfest-institute…
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"When journalists neglect the progress and solutions in historically oppressed, marginalized, and otherwise systemically harmed communities, we aren't just 'missing a story.' We are misinforming people about those communities."
We wrote something on Facebook about journalism and the protests that people seem to like. Here it is:
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"Towns without journalists as watchdogs see voter participation drop...Most news orgs won’t survive unless they win back local dollars, but that won’t happen unless we win back hearts and minds" — @Will_Bunch philly.com/opinion/saving-jo…
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The Philadelphia Media Network announced today that six emerging journalists have been chosen as the inaugural class of the Lenfest Journalism Fellowship.
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We’re thrilled to introduce the first-ever Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange entrepreneurs. The PMFE is a community-grounded accelerator program and 12 BIPOC founders will receive grant funding, training, and coaching lenfestinstitute.org/diverse…
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We know what happens when news deserts form in our communities. We’re announcing research into the opposite: @mtfreepress, @BridgeMichigan, & @nhpr have partnered with The Lenfest Institute's Statewide News Collective on a landmark impact research project.lenfestinstitute.org/institu…
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The Knight-Lenfest Fund is pleased to welcome @dianaluwho to the team as a program manager. With a deep background in Philadelphia journalism and economic development, Diana is focused on supporting our local news community. lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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We’re proud to announce the launch of Every Voice, Every Vote, @VoiceVotePhilly, a citywide coalition of more than 50 media & community organizations to put Philly voters and key issues at the center of the 2023 elections for mayor and city council 🗳🌇lenfestinstitute.org/local-j…
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This is how @kimfox, @Maghielse, and the @PhillyInquirer audience team developed a versatile, data-informed strategy to achieve responsible reach and loyalty at scale for its journalism. betternews.org/philadelphia-…
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🚨 NEWS: We're thrilled to announce the spring 2021 slate of programming for the Lenfest News Philanthropy Network, a global community of practice supporting fundraising in news. Trainings and workshops will focus on grantwriting, membership & more: lenfestinstitute.org/news-ph…
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Today, we're announcing the creation of the Lenfest Local News Infrastructure Fund, which will make critical technology infrastructure and services like @NewspackPub and @BlueLenaLLC more accessible to local news publishers across the United States. lenfestinstitute.org/institu…
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Today we’re announcing #BEYONDPhilly, a virtual summit to create a collective vision for equitable journalism in Philadelphia. We'll begin to re-imagine what local news can look like together. The summit is free and open to the community. Join us: lenfestinstitute.org/diverse…
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🚨This is not a drill: @PhillyInquirer has published The PupSide, a special section all about dogs.
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Congrats @TauhidChappell and all the Journalists of Color Slack organizers for winning the #ONA19 Community Award!
JOC Slack "puts journalists of color in the same 'room' forming a support network that travels with them throughout their careers"
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New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on partnerships between local and national news organizations: “The local news organizations have expertise, and we have resources.” poynter.org/news/how-new-yor…
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