2023
In 2023, our daily reports, civic-minded events, Citizen podcasts, and calls to action continued to reignite democracy in Philadelphia. We acted locally to hire Philadelphia’s 100th mayor with our Ultimate Job Interview editorial and event series. More than 100,000 people turned to our voting guides to learn more about all the candidates, including for City Council. The How to Really Run a City podcast continued for its second year, alongside the daily original podcast, CitizenCast.
We welcomed hundreds of citizens to the 6th Annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival and, earlier in the year, you helped us name and fame Integrity Icons — the public servants who go above and beyond in pursuit of the common good.
Read the 2023 Annual Report.
2022
From honoring the civil rights pioneer Judge A. Leon Higginbotham with a mural and dedication breakfast, to shining a light on community change agents like intergenerational poverty buster Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend and civic-minded tech entrepreneur Chris Cera – The Citizen covered a lot of ground in 2022.
Read the 2022 Annual Report.
2021
Amidst the pandemic, The Citizen stayed true to our mission introducing our audience to the people and ideas that just might make our city better. We launched our first-ever narrative podcast on gun violence called “Philly Under Fire,” identified a cohort of 30 emerging leaders coined Generation Change Philly, and so much more …
Read the 2021 Annual Report.
2020
In times of crisis, when institutions seem shaky and community is fraying all around us, there is something in the American spirit that springs into collective action. The Citizen saw evidence of that as online traffic more than doubled in 2020. That jump in readership directly led to action as an impressive 58 percent of readers reported they did something to make their city better after hearing about an idea on our site.