The day-long "unconference" featured journalism geekery, spirited discussion, a fireside chat with Michael Smerconish, and Klein Camp’s first-ever freelancer pitch auction.

PhillyCAM's Gretjen Clausing: "It's exciting to see the growth of this cohort of producers who are really supporting one another."

Kensington Voice and Keystone Crossroads are taking extra steps to better represent the communities they cover.

Media literacy, digital literacy, just plain literacy — Temple University Libraries, Queen Memorial Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, and Tree House Books are champions of it.

In addition to empowering the young to find their own voices, Healthy NewsWorks, Big Picture Alliance, and Hopeworks teach valuable life skills.

During April, Generocity writers will ask tough questions about media literacy — including representation and access questions — but we'll answer some more workaday ones as well, like how to best pitch a story to us.

The neighborhood newsroom project will be funded by a $25,000 grant from the Lenfest Institute of Journalism’s Philadelphia Ecosystem Collaboration Fund.

Mental health, youth leadership, the digital divide and nine more themes we'll be focusing our reporting on next year.