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Japan: Temple Group Creates Song and Video to Raise Money for Those Still in Need a Year Later

March 13, 2012 charper

https://vimeo.com/38224848] A year ago, Philadelphia Neighborhoods hosted stories from Temple-Japan after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters there. You can see those stories by selecting this site. Now some members of Temple’s School of Communications

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Philadelphia Neighborhoods Earns Three Awards from Society of Professional Journalists

March 10, 2012 charper

Philadelphia Neighborhoods, the online publication of the Department of Journalism’s Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, has won three awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. The entries have been selected to receive Region 1 Mark of

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Philadelphia Neighborhoods Wins Three Keystone Awards

February 16, 2012 charper

Philadelphia Neighborhoods has won three Keystone Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. These include the following: –First place: Public Service/Enterprise Package for 1000 Smokers, which was done by the photo students of Dr. Edward Trayes

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Philadelphia Neighborhoods Presents Its Award-Winning Stories

December 23, 2011 charper

philadelphianeighborhoods.com was named a finalist in the prestigious Editor & Publisher awards, known as the EPPYs, in the following categories: Best College/University Journalism website Best College/University Newspaper website Best College/University Journalistic or Documentary Report –John

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Philadelphia Neighborhoods Wins Awards

December 23, 2011 charper

Philadelphia Neighborhoods was a finalist in the Pacemaker Awards, generally considered the Pulitzer Prize for student journalism. Eric Pellini and Kate Privitera earned fourth place in the sports category for their story on a multi-martial

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Frankford: A Renewed Bid for Revitalization in the Neighborhood

December 15, 2011 charper

This is a two-part look at revitalization efforts in Frankford in cooperation with our partner, neastphilly.com For the residents of Frankford, neighborhood revitalization efforts are nothing new. The once-thriving historic community has fallen on hard

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Center City: Occupy Philly Protesters Evicted

November 30, 2011 charper

As the Occupy Philly protesters were evicted from Dilworth Plaza early this morning, Temple University photojournalists were there. The photojournalism class of Dr. Edward Trayes in the Department of Journalism at Temple University has been

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England

November 11, 2011 charper

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Canterbury

November 11, 2011 charper

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France

November 11, 2011 charper

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