Year: 2026

Rhemar Pouncey uses her voice to fight for her grandson’s school and the Community Meeting to Save Overbrook Elementary School.

It has been 25 years since the largest mass murder in Philadelphia’s history left 7 people dead, 3 wounded and 4 young men wrongfully accused.  The Fall 2026 Audio Visual capstone class explores what happened and how those impacted are doing more than 2 decades later. 
Executive Producer: Lauren Haley Morris
Chief Photographer: Colt Gunn
Production team: Kevin Gruen, Petula Philp, Leneece Rincon, Kamil Rozanski, Sujan Upreti
Editors: Colt Gunn & Donnell Britton
Faculty Advisor: Denise James

At Carver High School in North Philadelphia students are telling their own stories and combatting stereotypes through journalism.

In Fairhill, rents have risen over the past decade even as thousands of parcels of land sit vacant. This piece follows residents who steward these lots to resist development and examines the policies that quietly reshape daily life—and the people pushing back.

While Philadelphia experiences a historic decline in homicide and murder rates, the trauma of gun violence continues to mark the everyday lives of residents in the city.

Many Philadelphia Residents lost temporary access to SNAP benefits last year amid the government shutdown. More changes may lie ahead for them in 2026