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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The Krasner Referendum
So far, the race for district attorney reads like something right out of a Dick Wolf teleplay. You’ve got the hubristic incumbent, a pugilistic, anti-establishment zealot whose yen for decarceration has helped fuel the nationwide progressive prosecution trend. You’ve got the old-school “law and order” challenger, a 35-year prosecutor, decrying the soft-on-crime, revolving-door justice meted … Continue reading The Krasner Referendum
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Things to Do in Philadelphia This Weekend
Philadelphia has eased its quarantine restrictions on things like museums and indoor dining, but the city—and world—is still very much in the throes of a pandemic. With proper precautions, though, we can get out to explore some of the neat things to do throughout the city during Covid. New this week is the debut of … Continue reading Things to Do in Philadelphia This Weekend
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Business for Good: Ray’s Reusables
It was the jeans that spurred Ray Daly to action. One day in 2019, while sorting through her clothes, Daly found herself with a pile of old denim, torn, worn soft at the knees, too shabby for the donation bin. The idea of her old garments sitting for decades in a landfill was intolerable to … Continue reading Business for Good: Ray’s Reusables
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