Shannon McDonald
Shannon founded NEast Philly in 2008 – a hyperlocal news site focused on the under-reported neighborhoods in Northeast Philadelphia – for which she served as editor, community manager, events coordinator, salesperson and lead reporter. The site closed in 2013, and the archives are now available on PlanPhilly.com.
During that time, Shannon also worked for WHYY, serving as NewsWorks.org’s social media strategist, and leading a $1 million grant project to test mobile products and improve public media audience research and metrics analysis.
Shannon has a bachelor’s in journalism from Temple University, where she currently teaches Multimedia Storytelling to undergrads. She lives in Fishtown, but is just as likely to be found walking around someone else’s neighborhood.
Harriet Tubman is Philadelphia’s first monument to a historical Black woman…but it’s only temporary
VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. at Girard College in Philadelphia, 1965
Police, fire, and streets departments lag behind as Philly extends vaccine mandate for city employees
Nearly 100 years ago, Pa.’s Senate race was jolted by allegations of election fraud in Philadelphia
Betty White birthday celebrations in Philly, and local animal shelters to support in her honor
New mutual aid fund at the school near the Fairmount fire aims to help families — and combat student inequity
Philly colleges are starting to require boosters and double-masking for the spring semester
Penn swimmer Lia Thomas and the overblown frenzy over her participation in college sports
Jim Gardner’s final 11 o’clock broadcast on Action News, and his wish for the next year: ‘To see the pandemic retire before I do’
Some Philly restaurant workers feel like they can’t call out — much less ask for sick pay — as omicron causes staff shortages
A hard look at the numbers behind 2021’s record gun violence in Philly, and an overview of what’s being done
125 years after women founded The Plastic Club to break into a men-only scene, the arts group is thriving
The Pasta Lab is turning out amazing noodles in a Kensington warehouse
1990s battle over Mt. Airy AIDS hospice center shows the power of grassroots opposition — and the limits of NIMBYism
PHA owns thousands of other rowhomes like the one that burned in Fairmount
How to help survivors of the devastating and tragic Fairmount house fire
What’s the deal with the rogue COVID testing sites in Philly? Here’s everything we know
Philly’s unique and successful Way Home program is helping LGBTQ people find housing
What new FDA abortion pill guidelines mean for Philly and Pa.: More access, and maybe lower costs
