Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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The Lenfest Local Lab @ The Inquirer and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation built an automated approach to identifying and…

Many local newsrooms, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, are beginning to examine the effect their coverage has had on shaping narratives,…

This piece was written in collaboration with Lowell Brown and Beatrice Rider of NKCDC. In March 2022, The Lenfest Local…

This hybrid event — in-person at the Loews Hotel Philadelphia in Center City, with the plenary sessions streaming online —…

One of the primary goals of the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange accelerator program is to to support more media entrepreneurs…

Researchers have been studying media ecosystems for decades, but it wasn’t until 2010 that the idea of news ecosystems became…

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism and our partners in the Philadelphia news ecosystem share a common goal — a diverse, thriving…

"Chalkbeat and the Reynolds Journalism Institute joined forces to help small to medium-sized newsrooms in the U.S. better track the…

In the fall of 2019, folks from the Brown Institute and Lenfest Local Lab came together to explore our shared questions about the relationship…

Hey there, Long time no see! We’ve been working on a number of projects, and as we look to get…

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