The second annual BarCamp NewsInnovation was held last month at Temple University — see my notes here. In addition to sharing all the failures we’ve had at Technically Philly, I spoke with founder and editor Shannon McDonald about the progress we’ve had with Northeast Philadelphia hyperlocal NEast Philly, including most prominently the breakdown of where [...]

When my reporting career starts intersecting with World Series baseball — twice — why wouldn’t I keep coming across Phillies theme songs? Ill State of Mind by NeeKo ft. Deanie Marie, as I previously shared. Goin’ Back to Philadelphia, PA- A Tribute to the Phillies by Bobby Burnett This is played in the ballpark after [...]

Today, on Martin Luther King Day, the last before this country will have its first President of color, below watch the famed civil rights activist’s last speech, the night before he was assasinated 40 years ago. Number of Views:155

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By Christopher Wink | May 22, 2008 | Temple University Commencement Address Seventeen hours ago I got off a plane from South Dakota, having spent my last week as a Temple student working with members of the Lakota Nation. It was another lesson in community. Temple University’s graduating Class of 2008, today, we are graduating together from a long [...]

By Christopher Wink | July 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – They call themselves, simply, “the Coalition.” They are an informal group of about a half-dozen citizen activists – most of them middle-aged men from Central Pennsylvania – who spend their time waging a grassroots war for governmental change in the Capitol. Each member [...]