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A video interview depends on sequencing to make it work properly in an edit. There are five basic shots. 1. The master shot The shot can be slightly looser, but not much. When the subject

Just hours after she died Tanya Wilson received a Facebook message from a friend about the popular game, Farmville, which Wilson apparently played online. That friend apparently did not know Wilson had been killed in

With one of the more unique community athletics offerings in the entire Northeast, Heavy Hitta’s Boxing in Lawncrest has rapidly grown since the days in which its members sparred on the open field behind Lawncrest

As youngsters, we rarely considered the time and effort that went into running the machine pitch baseball teams we played for, much less the work it took getting us runts to play a remotely coherent

Revitalizing a building takes more than just millions of dollars and community support—it takes time. In Linda Richardson’s case, one revitalization took 15 years. As president of the Uptown Entertainment and Development Corp., Richardson has

[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/su1013northcentraluptownss2″ height=550 width=600] On North Broad Street sits a relic of a different time, a time when segregation was the norm across America and black Philadelphia entertainers needed a place to showcase their talent.

Marie Ali, an entrepreneur who started the catering business “Tastes Like More,” was forced to push her business to the side when she moved to West Philadelphia four years ago. “I was not able to

As you walk south on 48thStreet, just passed Spruce, you’ll see a decrepit and vacant grocery store with a big sign in the window that says, “Coming Soon! Center for Culinary Enterprises.” This dilapidated building