LIVE 2505


On Media Inside Out, host Sherri Hope Culver explores how “INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS IN LOCAL JOURNALISM, ARE HELPING COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BRANDED AS “NEWS DESERTS” BEGIN TO RE-SHAPE CIVIC LIFE. Guests Sarah Alvarez (James B. Steele Chair in Journalism Innovation, Temple University), Eugene Sonn (Program Manager, Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative), and Danielle Smith (Director of Community News & Engagement, Resolve Philly) discuss trust, information overload, hyper-local models, and solutions like community text lines and neighborhood newsrooms that deliver useful, verifiable information people can act on.