Hey, ledes are often pretty formulaic. That much we know. We also know that Technically Philly has aspired to grow more broader coverage of its community. Now, they may not be the same and there may likely be no influence; I just thought this was quaint. Honestly, what it may best show is that we’re [...]

Last month I posted about my fulfilling internship with the Philadelphia Business Journal from the spring. Then I offered advice about attracting attention to your press releases. I got some great clips there and learned more about newsroom dynamics, but I also got a taste of nine to five life. Business reporting didn’t get me [...]

Last Thursday, during a week revisit to Philadelphia, I shared happy hour with a few friends from my internship with the Philadelphia Business Journal, with which I had a great six month-internship the last semester of my college career. With a little work, I got tons of solid clips and great experience (detailed below) with [...]

As filed – without edits – for last Friday’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. This is the extended interview. Name: JoAnne A. Epps Title: Dean, effective July 1 Company: Temple University Beasley School of Law Education: Trinity College, bachelor’s degree, 1973; Yale University School of Law, 1976 Career History: associate dean of academic affairs, [...]

As filed – without edits – for last Friday’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. IF PHILANTHROPY ALWAYS HAD this much to do with meatballs, everyone would get involved. Looking for a new way to raise money for Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure, Linda Rosanio enlisted her mother “Mama” Nancy Catelli to [...]

YESTERDAY THE LAST OF my clips for the Philadelphia Business Journal during my internship, which ended May 5, appeared. Read it below as I filed it. Delaware County Community College has launched $60 million in renovation and new construction to better outfit its Marple Township campus for science, technology engineering and math programs by 2009. [...]

As filed – without edits – last week for today’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. YOUR LOCAL TV NEWS usually isn’t all that local. Anchors travel from market to market, like Susan Barnett did, geography be damned. She had worked in Miami, Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Champaign, Ill. But the new co-anchor of CBS [...]

As filed – without edits – for yesterday’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE are students in the supermarkets. That’s a healthy level of community involvement Rae Scott-Jones might tell you. Scott-Jones, who was named assistant vice president for government and community relations at St. Joseph’s University, has lived in [...]

As filed – without edits – for today’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. BRINGING A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM to Chester may have little to do with bringing professional soccer to Chester. In February, Philadelphia was officially granted Major League Soccer’s 16th franchise, to be played in a 20,000-seat, soccer-specific stadium that is leading a [...]

As filed – without edits – for last Friday’s of the Philadelphia Business Journal. THE SPIRIT OF PHILADELPHIA partnered with the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund on April 20 to benefit families in the region with seriously ill or disabled children. Four hundred patients and their loved ones were aboard the Spirit of Philadelphia, along [...]