We explore issues affecting the Philadelphia area with interviews and news filed by members of our program. Each season, our new cohort chooses the stories to tell and how to tell them. PhillyCAM's Community Radio News Fellowship is an opportunity for a group of 10 participants to create a bi-weekly live radio show called Block by Block, which features stories about issues affecting the Philadelphia region, as told by members of the community. Our Community Radio News Fellows have filed reports on topics including gun violence, elections, mental health, indigenous and LatinX heritage and identity, expungement of criminal records, and check washing and keeping your private data safe.
Block by Block Season 5 started in Fall Lisa Barnes is a community journalist, radio producer, and multimedia professional in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with experience working on television and radio news programs for PhillyCAM. Currently, Julia is the Communications Fellow at Resolve Philly, where she creates and edits blogs and vertical video for social media.
Prior to that, she taught high school English in Raleigh, North Carolina. Marion is a French exchange student pursuing a master's degree in American civilization. Marion also teaches French at the University of Pennsylvania. She loves both sides of the looking glass: studying the object and cultural impact of radio; but also creating and crafting sounds, shows, episodes.
She was a popular communicator who delivered AP news, News for Liberation, conducted interviews, and emceed many cultural programs in Philadelphia. Sherri is currently in the rotation of communicators who play jazz and other inspiring music on WKDU.
Sherri loves to travel, make a positive difference in the community, and implores at the end of her show to Put the Guns Down! Jennifer is a Temple University-trained journalist who has been roving the streets of Philadelphia since Pre-pandemic, she was a full-time disability rights advocate, active member of numerous city-based groups, including Craft Coven, South Silly, and Philly Plant Guy, and a regular contributor to The Philadelphia Secret Admirer.
