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Hanaa' TameezJune 4, 2020

The Philadelphia Inquirer’s journalists of color are taking a “sick and tired day” after “Buildings Matter, Too” headline

“We’re tired of shouldering the burden of dragging this 200-year-old institution kicking and screaming into a more equitable age.”

Shan WangFebruary 2, 2018

Here’s how Arc’s cautious quest to become the go-to publishing system for news organizations is going

“The amount of effort we’d have to invest into doing these things is completely outweighed by effort it would take for us to just do it with Arc.”

Shan WangSeptember 21, 2017

To Philly and beyond: The Lenfest Institute announces $2 million in funding for local news projects

The Philadelphia Media Network is getting $1 million. Twelve organizations and five entrepreneurs-in-residence will be getting another for projects ranging from local news membership models to experiments in audience engagement.

Joseph LichtermanMay 3, 2017

Philly’s Lenfest Institute has raised $26.5 million and could get another $40 million from its namesake

The institute, which owns the two Philadelphia dailies, also plans to introduce a fellowship program and award grants to help sustain local journalism.

Joseph LichtermanSeptember 22, 2016

How the new director of Philly’s Institute for Journalism in New Media is approaching his job

Longtime media consultant Jim Friedlich discusses his vision for a sustainable metro newspaper.

“No single, one-size-fits-all approach”: Challenges and possibility in the Philly newspapers’ nonprofit reorganization

Shan WangJanuary 22, 2016

Can Philly’s new Institute for Journalism in New Media live up to the enormous hopes pinned on it?

We talked to its new crop of board members: “My experience in the area of philanthropy is that if you are addressing important issues, have good ideas, and can show results, people and organizations are willing to support you.”

Ken DoctorJanuary 21, 2016

Newsonomics: The hard realities of Philly’s Hail Mary nonprofit reorganization

The numbers don’t add up to growth. Sprinkling some some nonprofit pixie dust won’t save the newspaper industry; only new ideas can do that.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 22, 2015

A new project from Knight and Temple helps metro newsrooms get digital faster (and on a deadline)

It’s a peer-to-peer program for regional newsrooms.

The New York Daily News wants to be a tech incubator

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