Larry Platt Co-Founder/Co-Executive Director

Larry Platt

A Philadelphia media fixture since the early ‘90s, Larry Platt is the former editor of The Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia magazine, a producer of Kelce, and the co-author of the bestselling Every Day I Fight, the cancer memoir of ESPN’s Stuart Scott. He has written for New York, GQ, the New York Times Magazine, and Men’s Journal.

“I’ve run two major media institutions in our town and have yet to consistently produce the kind of journalism the city and Democracy truly needs,” Platt says.

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Stories by Larry Platt:

Mr. Bashaw Goes to Washington?

In this week’s New Jersey U.S. Senate race debate, did the Republican candidate — pro-choice, pro growth, gay hotelier Curtis Bashaw — offer a glimpse of what a return to reasonableness might look like, post-Trumpism?

By Larry Platt

VP Remorse?

Tim Walz’s subpar debate performance should have Democratic insiders looking at Harrisburg and wondering what could have been had Gov. Shapiro been on that stage

By Larry Platt

How’s Cherelle Parker Doing?

Nine months in, and with the Sixers arena behind her, the new mayor has shown stellar public-facing skills. But how is she on implementation and transparency?

By Larry Platt

What We’re Missing About Growing Jobs …

There’s one major metro region in the nation without a strategic plan for inclusive growth. Guess what that is? And is that about to change?

By Larry Platt

Kamala and the Return of Decency

Beyond the horserace and political implications of this week’s presidential debate, Harris’ unmasking of Trump’s craven indecency may just be the thing that history remembers

By Larry Platt

The Fix: How to Really End the Reign of Johnny Doc

Labor leader and convicted felon John Dougherty has been sentenced to prison, but the corrupt culture he dominated still lives, abetted by a judge’s soft sentences, an ethically blind Councilmember, and a shrugging citizenry.

By Larry Platt

LISTEN: Note to Self — There Are Still Hostages

Activist Liz Hirsh Naftali was in Philly this week to speak at a screening of Sheryl Sandberg’s October 7 documentary Screams Before Silence. Her gripping family story and her fight to keep the hostages front of mind reminds us that human rights transcend politics

By Larry Platt

“Baruch Shapiro” Was Funny … ’Til It Wasn’t

Progressives targeted Josh Shapiro in the VP sweepstakes. What does that mean for PA … and the country?

By Larry Platt

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