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.
Philly declares all Indego e-bikes ‘stolen property’ and orders police dragnet
Teen-repelling ‘Mosquito’ devices to stay in Philly public parks indefinitely
Former PA Lt. Gov. Mike Stack hits Hollywood with new standup comedy act
Giant, Aldi, another Trader Joe’s? All the new supermarkets planned for Philly this year
How Philly teachers want the school district to fix the asbestos problem
‘Regular people’ over Wall Street: How the Working Families Party could shake up Philly City Hall
Why U.S. senators will be eating Philly’s Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews during the impeachment trial
16 Philly locations in the new trailer for Jason Segel’s AMC series
VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. at Girard College in Philadelphia, 1965
There’s a cool free light show inside the Ritz-Carlton’s historic dome
She was told not to open a Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown. She’s doing it anyway.
RIP Amtrak flippy board: Commemorate the anniversary of 30th Street’s loss with a modern solution
‘We’re not being heard’: Black Trump supporters say the president wins on jobs and economy
Supervised injection at Prevention Point? Ahead of major ruling, Safehouse lacks location and funding
Once incarcerated, this Philly area man is opening the barber school of his dreams — so others can chase theirs
Dmitri’s is back serving Greek favorites in Northern Liberties
Face scanners are coming to PHL Airport next week
‘Pronounce Conshohocken’: Philly-area cast members dish on new Netflix reality show
Why Booker dropped out: Struggling with financial resources, he ‘failed to connect’
