December 4, 2024

This episode features stories from our community news reporters about how the financial uncertainty facing SEPTA, how immigrant advocacy groups in our region are preparing for the incoming Trump administration, a jazz festival scheduled to take place in Germantown next year, and the negative side of social media.

Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at phillycam.org/listen.

Block by Block season 5 is produced by Lisa Barnes, Julia Lowe, Marion Nicvert, Sherri Pennington, Jennifer Robnett, Sultan Smalley, Natalie Thomas, and K. Michelle Watson.

Julia Lowe and Natalie Thomas hosted this episode, and Lisa Barnes was board operator for the show.

Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peta Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.