Temple University Multimedia Storytelling
Where we go past the headlines and straight to the streets of Philadelphia
Kensington High School, located on 2051 E Cumberland Street, was revived this current school year. The former neighborhood school was just reopened, after the merging of two low-performing, niche Kensington school. Merging two different high schools When the Philadelphia School District announced the closure and merger of Kensington Urban Education Academy high school and Kensington... Continue Reading →
Urban Axes, on Boston Street in Kensington, offers axe throwing enthusiasts a venue to practice and compete the Canadian sport. https://youtu.be/5aq8Ljy7kHg
Cesar Viveros, a muralist in Philadelphia, recently launched a new project creating "roof mural," to offer a bird's eye view of Kensington to change the narrative told by local media from crime to culture. His public art work in Kensington has been heavily influenced by communities' stories, which he incorporates in all of his pieces.... Continue Reading →
Free boxing. Those two words led Johnny Rivera to the second floor of a building on Howard and Thompson streets. He had just turned 16 and already loved to fight, so he followed his friend to Rock Ministries Calvary Chapel of Kensington where he could get free boxing lessons. The Rock was run by Pastor... Continue Reading →
Kensington is a Philadelphia neighborhood that often receives negative coverage, and member of Temple University's Multimedia Storytelling class, Jennifer Karrigan, seeks to remedy this Kerrigan is the new beat reporter for the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, hopes to showcase the positive features of a neighborhood that is commonly negatively stigmatized. She has past experiences photographing and... Continue Reading →
Emerson Max, a junior journalism student at Temple University, plans on taking an in-depth look into the lives of the homeless throughout the city of Philadelphia. You see, Max comes from a small town in North Jersey called Union County and for a suburban kid, college in the big city can be a bit of... Continue Reading →
William Penn founded Philadelphia with the intentions of continuing his love of London’s neighborhoods. Philadelphia has been called “the City of Homes” to “the City of Residences,” but now is being established as the “City of Neighborhoods,” as Penn once dreamed. While the total population of people moving into the city of Philadelphia and its... Continue Reading →
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