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Broke in Philly: Five Years of Collaborative Journalism
Experience the impactful story of the collaborative effort of 29 newsrooms as they illuminate the pressing issues of poverty and economic mobility in Philadelphia.
Broke in Philly
Community and Family
¿Perdió la oportunidad de despedirse debido a COVID?
Escrito por Eugene Sonn, de Resolve Philly Cada mes, escuchamos informe tras informe sobre cómo una de las partes más dolorosas de perder a un ser querido a COVID es no tener la oportunidad de (Read more.)
Community and Family
Did you miss a chance to say goodbye because of COVID?
We know that nothing can make up for that. But we also believe that keeping those final thoughts and sentiments bottled up can be an additional hardship. So we are offering anyone who couldn’t have that in-person goodbye a chance to share what you would have said if you’d had been able to be by their side. We call this effort: With Love: Messages to those lost to COVID. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Housing
House Rules: How Philly could curb retaliatory evictions
Philadelphia renters dealing with major issues forced to lie down and take it — or risk eviction. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
Income and Wages
The Citizen Recommends: Funding the Hustle
Resolve Philadelphia hosts a free event to answer all your small business questions. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Inside Broke in Philly
‘Time, money, and pain’ make collaborative projects work
Resolve Reporting Collaborative partners spoke about their experience working together on Broke in Philly for the first panel of the 2019 Collaborative Journalism Summit. | From: Montclair State University (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Wake Up With WURD 12.3.18 – Council member Helen Gym
From WURD: Philadelphia Councilmember Helen Gym joins Wake Up With WURD to talk about the Fair Workweek Legislation that will be going up for a vote on Thursday and why she is in support of the bill. (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Wake Up With WURD 12.3.18 – Minister Rodney Muhammad
From WURD: Minister Rodney Muhammad serves as the Minister of the Delaware Valley area for Mosque no. 12 and is also the President of the Philadelphia NAACP. He joins Wake Up WURD to talk about why he stands behind the Fair Workweek Legislation (Read more.)
Health
Wake Up With WURD 11.19.18 – Joel Berg and Glenn Bergman
From WURD: Joel Berg is CEO, Hunger Free America, and author of “America, We Need to Talk” and Glenn Bergman is the CEO of Philabundance. They both join Wake Up With WURD to talk about their programs and to discuss the rise of hunger in Philadelphia. (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Struggles
From Philadelphia Weekly: I ran into an old colleague of mine recently who, like our publication, is a part of an initiative called Broke in Philly. Under anonymity he confided that there are problems even today that despite appearing to be on the level financially, are constantly holding him underwater. But he also noted savvy ways he’s staying afloat even though it inevitably comes to the detriment of his wallet — at times harder than he would like. (Read more.)