What's the best path forward for nonprofit journalism: restoring lost coverage, or building an alternative to for-profit media?
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June 1, 2026
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As local newsrooms close nationwide, nonprofit journalism has emerged as a potential solution. A new study from Penn researchers identifies two competing visions: one focused on restoring lost coverage and another aimed at building an alternative to for‑profit media. Researcher Victor Pickard notes the importance of reforms that work “towards building new journalistic models that are more resilient and more democratically accountable to local communities.”
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What drives a practicing physician to step away from medicine and pursue an MBA? As students in the Lauder Institute’s MBA/MA joint-degree program, doctors Samuel Nathan and Dan Menéndez share their inspiration and goals.
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Penn Today celebrates recent honors received by the Annenberg Public Policy Center as well as faculty members in the Center, School of Arts & Sciences, School of Nursing, and the Wharton School.
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While the law aims for fairness and equality, it often creates unequal outcomes, writes law professor Shaun Ossei-Owusu. His new book, “Law on Trial,” takes readers into classrooms, conference rooms, government offices, and public interest practices to identify ways to improve the U.S. legal system.
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Rising third-years Eshaal Ubaid and Demi Egunjobi have been selected for the Fulbright U.K. Summer Institutes to study at leading U.K. institutions while exploring British culture and society.
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This week, at the beginning of summer construction season, Penn Today revisits stories on green infrastructure. Through detailed inventorying, research on freezer optimization, and a certification program, the Green Labs Program is working to make Penn’s freezers run more efficiently.
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 THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Making too little saliva is a bigger problem than making too much,” says Dean Mark Wolff of the School of Dental Medicine.
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