After a couple years of resisting, we at Technically Philly went ahead with a bit of some April Fools’ Day fun. Yes, we, the Technically Philly crew, announced we were moving to New York, and then followed that up with hourly news items that were a bit less than real. We put them in an [...]

There are new owners at 400 North Broad Street, the historic home of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, which publish online with stand-alone sister organization Philly.com. The movement begins immediately and will likely result in a closing by the end of June. Go here for the financial details of the auction of parent company [...]

This is the story of how more than 20 statehouse reporters fooled me into believing I had a hot-breaking story – for the second time in a month. Last week I posted that a personal essay of mine was accepted by the Columbia Journalism Review and appeared on the CJR Web site. My essay touched [...]

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cvxn: pica: Gee, all you had to do was check out this site. Hat tip Neal Number of Views:74

Via Beegee73 on Flickr. pica: theoriginaljoefisher:johnbrissenden:errorgorilla: The Serge is Working. Hat tip Neal Number of Views:47

A photo of an infant clutching a beer is currently paired with a story of mine on Google News, as seen above. Google’s news aggregation tool couples top ranked news stories with photos from related stories that are similarly rated. So, while my story on college presidents calling for a dialogue on underage drinking ran [...]

I believe there is some line of thought that only those who like you enough will take the time to prank you. If this is true, it is entirely possible that the Harrisburg bureau of the Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the largest and oldest metro dailies in the country, loves me. Late last month, I [...]

I stumbled upon a fine journalism poem, celebrating its 50th anniversary. Number of Views:75

Vince Fumo is the funniest indicted state senator in the history of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. To Philadelphians Fumo is tinged with corruption, his name only said amid seething recounts of his 139-count indictment looming in the fall. But in Harrisburg, his professional home since 1978, Fumo is still a force. After a second heart [...]