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Dear journalism students: Feeling dispirited? Try covering more than just problems

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange of COVID-19 stories from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems.By Sara Catania | Solutions Journalism NetworkGoing into her senior year as a journalism major at FAMU, Nallah Brown was having serious doubts about her chosen career path.She wanted to make a difference with her reporting, but she knew for certain that she […]

todayFebruary 20, 2021

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Philly schools delay reopening amid stalled dispute with teachers union

By Avi Wolfman-Arent | WHYY.orgThe School District of Philadelphia is delaying its plan to return some students to classrooms due to ongoing mediation with the teachers union — postponing from Feb. 22 to March 1.The decision comes amid a dispute with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which opposes returning members to buildings until all are fully inoculated against COVID-19.The district and the union had agreed to a plan to return to schools […]

todayFebruary 19, 2021

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Philly should use the schools reopening debate to fix longer-term problems | Opinion

By Tajma Cameron | Inquirer.comAs author Adrienne Maree Brown wrote, “Things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. We must hold each other tight and continue to pull back the veil.” For communities of color, COVID-19 has compounded the inequities prevalent in K-12 schools as virtual instruction has replaced face-to-face instruction for the foreseeable future. School closures and the transition to remote learning have resulted in millions of students […]

todayFebruary 16, 2021

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Ice storm threat for Philly region as more severe weather looms

By NBC 10 Staff | WHYY.orgIce storm warnings have been issued for northern and western counties as the Philadelphia region and Lehigh Valley brace for a potential ice storm.A mix of sleet and freezing rain is moving into our area Monday afternoon, with dangerous amounts of freezing rain expected Monday evening into Tuesday morning north and west of Philadelphia.NBC10 has issued a First Alert for the weather, which could make […]

todayFebruary 15, 2021

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Black Digital Bank First Boulevard and Visa Partner to Bridge Racial Wealth Gap with Crypto

By Monica Melton | The PlugThe racial wealth gap has ballooned after 41% of small Black-owned businesses were forced to shutter because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since 2016, the average white American family has had a net worth of $171,000, ten times the net worth of $17,150 for the average Black family. The pandemic further aggravated systemic racism and financial hardships.Now, Visa and a new neobank First Boulevard are taking on the challenge, using crypto as […]

todayFebruary 15, 2021

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FEMA could take over Philly Fighting COVID’s old mass vaccination site | Coronavirus Newsletter

By Ellie Silverman | Inquirer.comTL;DR: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in talks with Philadelphia to run a mass vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The city and FEMA have not finalized plans. Patients who succumbed or barely survived new coronavirus strains had certain conditions that made them the perfect hosts for the virus to mutate.Continue Reading at Inquirer.com  THE WURD WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Black Talk Media sent straight to […]

todayFebruary 12, 2021

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The Gaming Industry Isn’t Diverse. This Philadelphia Based Founder Is Trying To Change That

By Jewel Wicker | The PlugNicodemus Madehdou used video games to connect with a new culture and make friends when he moved from Monrovia, Liberia to Philadelphia at 9-years-old. Games like RuneScape, a multiplayer fantasy game, helped Madehdou bridge cultural differences. Now his video game production studio is hoping to help diversify the industry.“I didn’t know anybody, I didn’t have any friends and I didn’t know how to start that […]

todayFebruary 12, 2021

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Sara Lomax-Reese, CEO of WURD, Speaks on Her Station’s Legacy

 Sara Lomax-Reese is the president and CEO of WURD, the only African-American owned talk radio station in Pennsylvania and one of only three of its kind in the nation. She speaks about the importance and evolution of her station. NBC10’s Jacqueline London has the story.  THE WURD WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Black Talk Media sent straight to your inbox. BECOME A MEMBER The forWURD Movement is your way toprotect and preserve Independent […]

todayFebruary 11, 2021

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Philly teachers protest return to classroom plan as officials wait for mediator decision

Miles Bryan and Emily Rizzo | WHYY.orgPhiladelphia teachers braved sub-freezing temperatures Monday to stage citywide protests against the school district’s attempt to bring them back to school buildings.District officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday, ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22. The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers had refused, citing grave concerns about the quality of ventilation in the […]

todayFebruary 9, 2021

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The ‘twice as good’ rule for Black leaders brings unfair scrutiny to Danielle Outlaw

Solomon Jones | Inquirer.comIn homes that are even the least bit conscious about America’s long history of racial bias, one of many lessons Black parents teach their children is this one: You have to be twice as good to get half as much.That key verse from what I like to call “The Big Book of Black Home Trainin’” came to mind as I watched twin controversies grip the city over […]

todayFebruary 4, 2021

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