Journalism that reports solutions,
not problems.
The mission of The Philadelphia Citizen is twofold: to provide deeply reported journalism that emphasizes solutions to advance our region and to actively reignite citizenship in and around Philadelphia. Recognizing that media that chronicles only what’s wrong without considering how to address underlying issues is only doing half a job, The Citizen provides not just facts, but context and remedies. By promoting and supporting Philadelphia’s positive change agents and taking to task the business-as-usual crowd, The Citizen underscores the role that each of us can play in charting Philadelphia’s way forward.
The Philadelphia Citizen offers straightforward prescriptions for ordinary Philadelphians to become more active participants in the life of their city, serving as a one stop shop for civic engagement. In addition to its regularly published web-based content, since 2014, The Citizen has curated a Philadelphia-focused symposium series featuring established and emerging thought-leaders interacting with a young, diverse, ultra-engaged audience.
What happened. What it means. What you can do about it.
The Philadelphia Citizen Events
The Citizen events are not marketing endeavor to push a brand; they are content in and of themselves. They offer Philadelphians the opportunity to participate in a distinctly old-school type of social networking through real time, face to face conversations with the politicians, newsmakers and policy experts who make a direct impact on the region’s quality of life.
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Let’s Make Every Day A Day of Service
[Ed note: A version of this story first ran in 2016, on the Friday before Martin Luther King Day. It is still relevant—perhaps more so—today.] Today, newspapers and local TV news stations will all dutifully cover what is the strangest Martin Luther King Day on record, a mostly virtual version mostly virtual version of the … Continue reading Let’s Make Every Day A Day of Service
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MLK’s Philly
Anyone who knows anything about Martin Luther King Jr.—whose birthday we celebrate on January 17—knows that at the heart of his social activism was the idea of nonviolence, which he described as a “powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.” But … Continue reading MLK’s Philly
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Great Women-Owned Restaurants in Philly
Women feed us. It’s an obvious fact. But—despite the fact that more than half of culinary graduates are women—they make up only 22 percent of head chefs at U.S. restaurants. Why? Lack of access to capital, affordable childcare and media coverage—to name a few reasons. In Philly, women-run kitchens make our culinary scene rich, nutritious … Continue reading Great Women-Owned Restaurants in Philly
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