Michaela Winberg

Reporter and Podcaster

Michaela Winberg is a general assignment reporter at Billy Penn. She covers LGBTQ people and culture, public spaces, and transportation and mobility. She also sometimes produces radio and web features for NPR.

A 2018 graduate of Temple's Klein College of Media and Communication, Winberg was editor in chief of the university’s student newspaper, The Temple News. She helped launch CoveringAddiction.com, a project geared toward finding solutions to drug addiction in Philadelphia. Winberg also spent time working at The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Bellingham Herald in Washington state.

A rendering of possible new traffic alignment for Roosevelt Boulevard from a 2016 Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Report

The Roosevelt Boulevard subway could finally happen after a century of false starts, transit advocates say

Infrastructure funding is sexy again.

Prevention Point on the left, at the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Monmouth Street

New GoFundMe supports ex-Prevention Point workers who called out dangerous conditions and harassment

“It became extremely apparent that the survivors were really suffering,” said one of the fundraiser’s organizers.

Bebashi, a Philadelphia social services nonprofit, is fielding lots of questions about when and where people can get the monkeypox vaccine

Are Philly’s monkeypox vaccines going mostly to white people? The Health Department won’t yet release data to confirm or deny the rumor

City officials say the sample size is too small to report demographics, but other places do it.

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Bus driver’s harrowing experience shows SEPTA struggles to track how often riders sexually harass or assault employees

Overall “incidents of disrespect” against transit workers appear to be dropping, and the agency is working to find solutions.

This year's GSA at Hill Freedman World Academy

Northwest Philly students took the lead, organizing an assembly for school teachers on queer and trans issues

The professional development session provided a list of tangible tips.

Councilmember Cherelle Parker is spearheading the effort

Philly can vote to get rid of man-centric language in the city charter

Right now, the city’s governing document defines some positions as for “men of recognized standing.” A ballot question in the May primary would change that.