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Natalie Kerr

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Natalie has reported breaking news and features coverage on climate change, small businesses, student and community experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Philadelphia arts and culture. Her 2022 reporting on food deserts in North Philadelphia received a national Hearst Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting.

Philadelphia Neighborhoods • 28th November 2022

Crime: What Can Local Organizations Do to Help Stem the Tide of Violence?

Text by Brooke Beyer with reporting from Haajrah Gilani. Images by Natalie Kerr. Video by Haajrah Gilani, Natalie Kerr and Brooke Beyer. Click here to return to the project page, where we have more stories about addressing crime in North Philadelphia. The week 21-year-old Temple University student Sam Collington was shot and killed on Park Avenue in 2021, the Philadelphia Police Department recorded 42 shootings affecting 39 victims. By the end of 2021, the department had recorded nearly 4,200

Health: Hospitals Expand Care to Address Violence at the Source

Amy Goldberg would like to be out of work. As surgeon in chief at Temple University Hospital, Goldberg wants to never have another patient come into the trauma unit because of a gunshot wound. That’s why she started Temple Safety Net in 2005. “For the longest time as a trauma surgeon, I felt that if all I was doing was operating on patients or taking care of patients, that I was

Temple professor named Fulbright Global Scholar

Every time Sherri Hope Culver records her podcast, “Kids Talk Media,” she feels enlightened and reinvigorated by conversations with her sources about how media impacts their lives. Sources who have gappy teeth and can’t sit still, because they’re no more than 13 years old. Culver, a media studies and production professor researching children’s media and media literacy became a 2022-23 Fulbright Global Scholar – a distinction only awarded to 16 professors – which will allow her to expand her res

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Featured Articles

Crime: What Can Local Organizations Do to Help Stem the Tide of Violence?

Health: Hospitals Expand Care to Address Violence at the Source

A human right: Residents struggle to find quality food

40,000 vacant lots: How Philadelphia’s lack of greenspace worsens gun violence

Temple University adapts campus to severe weather events

Temple researchers explain link between climate change and disease

Temple emissions fell during COVID-19 pandemic closures

A year online: Temple students come to terms with virtual learning’s costs

North Central residents cope with canceled programs, isolation

Women voters in Temple community commemorate suffrage centennial

Temple food vendors ‘depend on the students’ for income

Restaurant relies on takeout service to recover

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Temple professor named Fulbright Global Scholar

Reclaiming the Rail

Biden administration reinstates methane regulation rule

Temple begins final week of vaccine clinic

Temple student promotes inclusion in recreation

Temple student shares music, promotes activism on Instagram

Temple students register for primarily in-person fall classes

Temple vaccinates students, faculty at campus clinic

Local high school students selected as Cecil. B Moore Scholars

Women faculty support students in Temple STEM fields

Temple students navigate second year of summer internship uncertainty

Temple to hold multiple smaller in-person commencements

Students react to Fall 2021 semester announcement

2020 Temple yearbook published after COVID-19 delay

Temple student pours creativity into resin art business

Philly music team hosts first event after Olympics postponement

Virtual exhibit showcases Tyler students’ artwork

'Expected it': Temple students, faculty plan for another semester mostly online

Temple Health researchers create tool to virtually diagnose heart disease

‘Too much headache’: Restaurants hesitant to expand indoor dining