Philadelphia has developed this reputation: Killadelphia or something like it. In a prominent New York Times profile of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams last week, the city was described as having been “battered for years by the worst sort of superlatives — the highest murder rate, the lowest conviction rate.” What a damaging and sweeping [...]
More »I’m pretty passionate about the web allowing greater public affairs accountability journalism, not worse. I was reminded of this while skulking around the Internet searching for a column I remember reading back in 2007. Noted Philadelphia Inquirer scribe Tom Ferrick — who has since launched politics coverage site Metropolis — crunched the numbers on the [...]
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Christopher Wink is the co-founder of publishing strategy firm Technically Media and its technology news site Technically Philly. In that capacity, I am a lead organizer of Philly Tech Week, BarCamp NewsInnovation and other events that bring smart people together. I also founded Story Shuffle and contribute to NEast Philly. On this site, I share my work and write about the future of news, social media and entrepreneurship. The opinions posted here, of course, are no one's but my own, and so should not reflect the organizations with which I work. I live in a distinct neighborhood of Philadelphia and am an alumnus of Temple University.
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