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‘Bird Town’ Media Borough is hoping to embrace its new designation

Media, Nether Providence, Swarthmore and Springfield Bird Town chapters are hosting an event on Feb. 25 to educate the public about their feathered neighbors.
By Kenny Cooper/WHYY

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Citizen Hearst

Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst. The model for Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane, he controlled a vast media empire, wielded unprecedented power and influence, and forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.

By Fred Vigeant/WITF

What people fighting for change today can learn from MLK’s use of media

“He turned out the press … because he was magnetic,” said Michael Days, veteran editor and former vice president for diversity and inclusion at the Philadelphia Media Network.
By Alan Yu/WHYY

Gabriel Escobar named The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top editor

As senior vice president and editor, the former foreign correspondent will lead the staff of about 210 reporters, photojournalists, editors, designers and producers.

By The Associated Press


Former PublicSource reporters publish open letter alleging mistreatment

At PublicSource, there were no concrete policies on sick time, vacation time and no human resources representative.

By Lucy Perkins/WESA

Youngstown, Ohio, lost its only paper. A ‘zombie’ news site wants to fill the void

According to the Pew Research Center, nearly 34,000 newspaper jobs were lost between 2004 and 2018.
By NPR
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