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PPIIN makes debut with data-driven look at property reassessment

Even as we work to come up with a name for the Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network and get it incorporated, we decided that the city’s property reassessment debate was worthy of us taking a stab at collecting resources and data to help illuminate the subject.

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Putting PPIIN plans “on the record”

This Wednesday evening I’ll be at the Pen & Pencil club for a Q&A session the club bills as part of its “off the record” series. I don’t want anyone to think the evolving plans for the Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network are a secret that can only be discussed off the record. So let me share here some of what I’ll be discussing for those who can’t attend or who want to prepare questions.

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Keeping up with Philly news — my experiment

Today marks an important day in my transition to Philly. My subscription to The Philadelphia Inquirer began. Yes, a printed newspaper arriving every morning at my doorstep is now part of my media mix.

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PPIIN – Philadelphians, Please Invent Interesting Name

I’m writing this post (and others that will follow soon) here on the site of the Center for Public Interest Journalism at Temple and on my personal website because the Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network still doesn’t have its own, full “web presence.”

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