New Digs for the DP
DP will say goodbye to the “Pink Palace” in 2025.
The “Nora Prize” at 20
“Nora-ites” assemble for 20th anniversary of mentorship prize.
“People Saw Me as Dangerous”
Brent Staples on what launched his writing career.
Professional Contrarian
A longtime journalist’s new memoir recounts an “alternative” journey through the ever-changing print media landscape.
Death Watch
“Please publicize the photo of my death.”
Covering the Trumps
Penn alum discusses her unique path to writing about the president’s family.
A Death in South Sudan
Trying to understand the loss of a young journalist and family friend, who was killed last year while covering the civil war in South Sudan.
Enemy of the State
How should a free press behave? And how shouldn’t it?
Trauma by Number
Alan Schwarz C’90
Moyers on Journalism: Scattering Darkness
Moyers on Johnson, journalism, and Jon Stewart
Shooting Big Changes
Photographer Tara Todras-Whitehill C’00 EAS’00 has captured some astonishing images of the uprisings in Egypt and Libya. Who knows where her next ones will be from?
Journalism, Jews, and Jeffrey Goldberg
College alumnus Jeffrey Goldberg’s reporting from the Middle East has garnered a slew of awards and an invitation to come and chat with Fidel Castro. Just don’t tell his kids he dropped out of Penn.
Near Death Experiences
Annenberg’s Barbie Zelizer on images of impending death.
Students Show Appetite for Food Writing
Good reading about eating: Penn Appetit
A Wordslinger Takes on a Gunslinger—and Other Cultural Pursuits
Dan Rottenberg C’64 still believes in journalism.
Findings
Stories Behind the Stories Edition
Reporting Live, Among the Dead, from Port-au-Prince
Ross Levitt C’97
Print Run: The Daily Pennsylvanian Celebrates 125 Years
Milestone mashup: DP celebrates 125 years
Tales from a Young China Hand
Stephanie Sy C’99
“Gray Lady” Goes Digital
Changing Times
Check Out Options, Win Big Prize
Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Stecklow C’76.
Quiet Goes the Don
The late Alan Halpern was more than just a brilliant, groundbreaking editor.
Holding the Media and its Audience Accountable
Media and social justice focus of MLK Day symposium
Killing Stories
How identity theft saved a disgraced journalist’s career.