Fishtown Spirit: A neighborhood photographer wants more neighborhood support
A portrait of romance as captured by Keith Angelitis. My first clip for the Fishtown Spirit ran in last Thursday’s issue, and my second ran yesterday. Keith Angelitis just started a fire in the front...
View ArticleInquirer: My first couch surfing experience
My travel mate Sean Blanda (left), Zurich, Switzerland couch surfing host Dule Misevic, and myself in November 2008. A full-length travel story of mine focused on the five year anniversary of...
View ArticleFishtown Spirit: Community meeting coverage of soda tax, I-95 and more
Mayor Nutter Press Aide Katherine Martin addresses the April Fishtown Neighbors Association meeting. A few times a month, I go out to civic and town watch meetings in a variety of neighborhoods. Yes, I...
View ArticleThe Philly Post: City departments that need a Web overhaul
As part of a push for a broader readership, back in March Technically Philly announced a content partnership with Philadelphia magazine and its new daily blog. Fellow co-founder Brian James Kirk has...
View ArticleStories that never ran: the Philadelphia workplace in five years
More than a year ago, I handled a half dozen interviews and a couple rewrites on a story for the Inquirer that covered what Philadelphia workplaces will look like in the future. As is sometimes the...
View ArticleRosemary Feal, Modern Language Association, Metro Q&A: Stories that never ran
A year ago, I did a short interview with Rosemary Feal, then the Executive Director of the Modern Language Association, ahead of the group’s annual conference in Philadelphia. The interview was due to...
View ArticleDistrict 172: John Perzel coverage for NEast Philly, funded by JLab
Though I took part in three of 14 JLab-funded Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Fund projects, first announced here last fall, I led one of them. For Northeast Philadelphia hyperlocal NEast Philly, I...
View ArticleTemple Review: why big companies still lead innovation and how that’s changing
How large technology companies still lead innovation in the world is the focus of a freelance story I wrote for Temple Review, the alumni magazine of Temple University. Read the story here or download...
View ArticleHow the web continues to shape campus life: Temple Review
More than 20 years after the Internet and web-based technologies stormed onto college campuses, the life of a university student is still rapidly changing. So goes the focus of another feature I did...
View ArticleMark Headd is your new Chief Data Officer: Philadelphia magazine
The future for the new City of Philadelphia Chief Data Officer Mark Headd and his role on this local government’s online transparency was the focus of my first contribution to Philadelphia magazine....
View Articleuwishunu blogging
Uwishunu.com (January 2009 to present): I blog on upcoming events and review concerts, culture, arts and entertainment in Philadelphia for the staple blog on what to do in one of the largest cities in...
View ArticleOne professor’s attempt at a $25 programmable robot: my profile of Locorobos...
The research on low-cost, educational robotics led by Drexel University professor Pramod Abichandani was the focus of a profile I wrote for the college’s academic journal. It ran this summer. We’ve...
View ArticleHere’s a list of Pennsylvania whiskey distilleries (and a few stories too)
Pennsylvania was once the country’s largest producer of whiskey, and rye whiskey was its showcase. I wrote about this history and the Pennsylvania rye renaissance for NPR affiliate WHYY and its Billy...
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