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Sammy Caiola
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Special Projects Reporter, Kensington Voice
Philadelphia
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By Sammy Caiola Verified| Reynolds Journalism Institute@ “Watch a bad movie.” Beat reporters have learned some simple, effective strategies to help deal with the trauma of covering traumatic eventsIn June 2023 I was sitting in a bar in the Philadelphia suburbs, trying to file an 11 p.m.story about a teen who’d been shot by police in the city a few days earlier. I’d just left his funeral, and the images of his open casket, his friends’ sullen gazes and his parents’ wrenching eulogies were making it hard to write.
By Sammy Caiola Verified| The Philadelphia Citizen Verified On the stretch of Kensington Avenue between the Allegheny and Somerset SEPTA stations, wound care vans, mobile drug treatment clinics, drop-in centers and harm reduction sites offer daily care to the hundreds of people who openly use drugs on the neighborhood’s sidewalks. And still, the 19134 ZIP code sees the highest number of overdose deaths citywide as of 2022, the latest year of data available from the Department of Public Health. The total death toll there increased 14 percent from 2021.
By Sammy Caiola Verified| Reynolds Journalism Institute@ “Watch a bad movie.” Beat reporters have learned some simple, effective strategies to help deal with the trauma of covering traumatic eventsIn June 2023 I was sitting in a bar in the Philadelphia suburbs, trying to file an 11 p.m.story about a teen who’d been shot by police in the city a few days earlier. I’d just left his funeral, and the images of his open casket, his friends’ sullen gazes and his parents’ wrenching eulogies were making it hard to write.
Company Info
Kensington Voice
We're Kensington Voice, a nonprofit community hub and newsroom serving North Philly's Fairhill, Harrowgate, Kensington, Norris Square, and Port Richmond neighborhoods. Through everything we do, we aim to engage the people we serve in opportunities to exercise their voices. Our unique model pairs direct services with journalism. Community engagement is the connective tissue that binds and guides our work.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
+1 215-685-2933
Founded: 2018