Forty leaders in Philadelphia media were on hand last week for the unveiling of a structure to develop more public affairs journalism in the region, as proposed by a university research center on behalf of the William Penn Foundation.
From 8:30 a.m. to after 2 p.m. on Jan. 7 inside the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission [...]

Whether Web technology and social media can have a major impact on local politics in a place like Philadelphia or if they remain secondary tools, became the major topic and a divided one at a panel that served as the November Refresh Philly meeting.
The hour-long panel discussion, which I moderated, was entitled the Future of [...]

You missed the national BarCamp for NewsInnovation conference this past Saturday, held at Temple University in North Philadelphia — even though I encouraged you to come.
I sure didn’t. As I posted about the week prior, I was in Annenberg Hall on April 25.
It seemed to be a personification of online communities and conversations I’ve been [...]

I’ve been backpacking Europe.
I returned last week and have been getting out from underneath the transition since then.
Though this is a blog on being a young journalist housed on my professional site, I can’t help but share some of the blogging and podcasting I did on WeDontSpeaktheLanguage.com.

Have you seen WeDontSpeaktheLanguage.com, the site on which my European backpacking trip with a friend is being chronicled? Check it out here.
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Four months ago I graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia.
I was honored enough to be named student commencement speaker. Read text of the speech here.
Only now have I gotten video of my speech online. Have a watch below.

KYW News radio Harrisburg bureau chief Tony Romeo kindly agreed to show me the rough ropes of radio reporting and production on Monday. Below hear my report – with his lede – and the script – with much credit to Tony.
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The Democratic candidate for Attorney General today challenged the [...]

Details of the long-rumored “Bonusgate” scandal dropped this afternoon. I helped a bit with the reporting for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story written by Dennis Roddy and was charged with cutting some audio for the paper’s Web site.
Hear Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett at his 2 P.M. news conference…

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HARRISBURG — Attorney General Tom Corbett [...]

HARRISBURG — A deal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike “will not see the light of day,” vowed the chairman of the House Transportation Committee yesterday.
That would effectively kill Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to enter into a $12.8 billion, 75-year lease with a consortium comprising the Spanish multinational Abertis Infraestructuras SA and Citi Infrastructure Investors, a [...]

I contributed to today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report that a state budget deal was reached and signed last night.
I also cut an audio clip of Gov. Ed Rendell speaking on the budget, which the Post-Gazette put on its Web site: hooray for New Media!
[audio http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/20080705_Rendell_Budget.mp3]
Alongside Rendell is House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans, D-Philadelphia, and House Majority [...]