19 news organizations actually working together to pool their reporting on economic inequality isn't your everyday local news market, either. Billy Penn, one of the three Spirited Media sites aimed at those pesky millennials in various local areas, had joined the Inquirer/Daily News/Philly.com, WHYY, and a dozen other Philadelphia-based news organizations last year for the first iteration of this collaboration. Friedman-Rudovsky is the independent editor via Resolve Philadelphia, a new hub she spun out from the Solutions Journalism Network to bring more issue-based collaborations to life and serves as co-executive director. The summer camp guide was republished as an insert in the Daily News and shared by independent black station WURD Radio, among other partners, and the site has also been working with a community partner to host an afterschool activities fair this fall. All of the organizations from the first project returned for Broke in Philly, but Friedman-Rudovsky had to win over some additional partners to join the second round. Anzio Williams, NBC 10/Telemundo 62's vice president of news, admitted he was skeptical. "Initially, we did not participate, because I wasn't quite sure I wanted to join forces with a lot of organizations when I felt like I was in competition with them," Williams said, declaring himself "The most competitive guy who you've ever talked to or laid your eyes on." But he's found a new way to channel his energy: "What makes it work is that everybody shows up with the attitude of: How can I be the better partner?". Read more