Alyssa Biederman is the deputy campus news editor for The Temple News, the university's student-run weekly newspaper. She is a journalism and political science major. After graduating in 2020, Alyssa hopes to pursue political reporting in the Greater Philadelphia area.
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Apr. 24, 2019 7:02 am
These 3 organizations teach kids to be thoughtful media creators
In addition to empowering the young to find their own voices, Healthy NewsWorks, Big Picture Alliance, and Hopeworks teach valuable life skills.
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Apr. 8, 2019 7:18 am
Philly photographer Ada Trillo presents photos of migrant experience at UArts
A panel of immigrants and immigrant rights advocates opened the exhibition, which will run through April 25.
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Mar. 27, 2019 4:29 pm
Making financial changes together in Montco and Delco
Habitat for Humanity, Philabundance and the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities are joining together to help housing and food insecure families back on their feet.
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Dec. 26, 2018 7:05 am
This longtime fundraiser wrote a book to help nonprofit board members ‘feel like heroes’
Valerie Jones, who's raised millions for local orgs and trained more than a thousand people to fundraise smarter, dishes on the process of writing and publishing her first book, "Nonprofit Hero."
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Nov. 30, 2018 11:06 am
The case against philanthrocapitalism
Keynote speaker Anand Giridharadas challenged corporate attempts to solve economic inequality at Temple University's recent summit — which also awarded $1,000 to students with socially conscious business pitches.
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Nov. 6, 2018 9:43 am
The newly formed Black-Jewish Alliance is speaking out against hate
The leaders of the Anti-Defamation League offshoot intend to fight anti-Semitism and racism by standing together publicly and denouncing recent hate crimes.