Writer’s note: This post has nothing to do with my current job, but an old friend who reached out from my journalism days to get word out about the difficult medical times he’s facing. “I have not up to this…
The day after Philly’s mayoral election, I headed over to Andrew Jackson School in South Philly to see mayor-elect Jim Kenney’s first public chat since officially adding the title to his name. Here’s my PhillyVoice story from the scene. Former…
While working on dayside election coverage in Philly today, I happened upon a moment in time. That being Jim Kenney (who is projected to win the Democratic mayoral primary) crossing paths with Melissa Murray Bailey, the unopposed Republican candidate, outside…
I headed up to North Philly last week to catch up with T. Milton Street Sr. on the campaign trail, as you may recall. Well lo and behold, CBS3 anchor Chris May was also up there that day to work…
I enlisted the help of NewsWorks photographer/artiste Kim Paynter to work up an image for this week’s NinetyNine Mayoral Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 9. Isn’t it just lovely?
Covered the Philadelphia mayoral debate at St. Joe’s today. You can read my story about it via this link. But this post merely serves two purposes: To let you see Nelson Diaz saying he wants some marijuana and Milton Street…
Imagine my delight when WHYY news-boss Chris Satullo asked me to moderate the Milton Street portion of Wednesday’s mayoral forum that was co-sponsored by business group PENJERDEL. Suffice it to say, Street and I had an insightful 20-minute chat covering…
No, Philadelphia’s Seventh District City Council race doesn’t technically fall under NinetyNine’s mayoral-coverage auspices. But when said council race features racist, homophobic and otherwise insensitive Facebook posts purportedly written by a Democratic Party-endorsed challenger, and that challenger hosts a press…
For the next several months, I’ll be covering Philadelphia’s upcoming mayoral primary and general elections. That means I’ll probably be posting here a bit less (but still will do so). Anyway, check out NinetyNine, the WHYY election blog I’ll be…
