“How do you know it works?”
This was one of the most common questions we heard from folks in the years after we first launched The Philadelphia Citizen, on September 8, 2015. Our mission was ambitious: Use solutions journalism and calls to action to revive democracy and citizenship in the American city where they were born. In that one skeptical question, we heard all the others we ourselves had when we threw this thing up on the web: Will we make this work? Is anyone paying attention? Will anyone actually “do something” as a result?
We’re happy to report the answers to those questions: Yes. Yes. And, resoundingly: Yes.
So, how do we know it works? Because YOU — our incredible, engaged, feisty, audience — have helped us make an impact on this city over the last 10 years.
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