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Education

Philadelphia Schools: A Special Report

May 8, 2013 charper 0

The School District of Philadelphia plans to close 23 schools in August–a decision aimed at saving money because of a $300 million budget deficit. The closures have affected neighborhoods throughout the city in a variety [continue reading…]

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Kensington: ‘Rise of the Tigers’ Featured in Metro

April 29, 2013 charper 0

The Rise of the Tigers, a documentary about the Kensington football team available in part on Philadelphia Neighborhoods, was featured on the front page of  Metro at https://bit.ly/18bE3iN You can see part of the documentary [continue reading…]

Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill: Organization Brings Teens Together for Service and Fun

March 2, 2013 charper 0

Teenagers Inc. places young people in the community to provide services to residents in need. In turn, neighbors aid the organization in its fundraising efforts, working together to provide members of Teenagers Inc. with rewarding experiences. [continue reading…]

Amateur Sports

Kensington: A Football Team Inspires the Players and the Community

February 16, 2013 charper 0

Welcome to Rise of the Tigers, a documentary series that chronicles the story of the Kensington Tigers football team. Now in its second season, the team finds its home in one of the city’s roughest [continue reading…]

Center City

Center City: Church Offers Services and Help to Immigrants

December 8, 2012 charper 0

The Tenth Presbyterian Church, located at 1701 Delancey St., has over 1,400 members and a large church service in its main building. Tenth International Fellowship was created in order to provide a smaller, more welcoming [continue reading…]

Roxborough

Roxborough: Number of Voters Up Slightly

November 6, 2012 charper 0

Residents of Roxborough were able to vote Tuesday morning at the Roxborough branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia located at 6245 Ridge Ave. Since the library opened at 7 a.m., it experienced a sporadic [continue reading…]

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Temple University Reporters Cover the Elections

November 6, 2012 charper 0

Temple University reporters will be covering the national and local races on Tuesday in a state that has become one of the key battlegrounds between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Under [continue reading…]

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Philadelphia Neighborhoods Wins Four Pacemakers

November 4, 2012 charper 0

philadelphianeighborhoods.com won four Pacemaker awards, generally considered the Pulitzer Prizes of college journalism, including a first place for overall website. Kriston Bethel and Tim Johnson collected two awards for the category of multimedia feature for [continue reading…]

South Africa

South Africa: Temple Student Wins Emmy

September 24, 2012 charper 1

https://vimeo.com/40628465] Temple students traveled to South Africa and produced a variety of stories during the time spent there. Here is Lauren Hertzler’s documentary, which was published in April and won a mid-Atlantic Emmy award over [continue reading…]

No Picture

Philadelphia Daily News Response

May 30, 2012 charper 1

I complained to the Philadelphia Daily News that it had not credited a story in March that philadelphianeighborhoods.com had done at philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2012/03/21/hunting-park-atvs-and-dirt-bikes-flood-city-streets/ that was similar to a story done in the same neighborhood, Hunting Park. [continue reading…]

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