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19 unusual facts about The Philadelphia Inquirer


Arthur A. Goldberg

The Philadelphia Inquirer exposed the scam in a series of articles in 1987.

Benjamin's Crossing

The Philadelphia Inquirer "Parini's exquisite achievement-and exquisite is exactly the word for his poet's fluid prose-is that the social criticism he channels through Walter Benjamin in this novel is as troubling today as then."

Bob Justin

January 10, 2001 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Many Faces /One Vision".

Bruce Walsh

In 2004 he co-founded Kaibutsu, a Philadelphia based guerrilla theater group, which has enjoyed praise from NPR, WRTI, The City Paper, Philadelphia Weekly, The Philadelphia Inquirer and many others for its unique brand of site-specific theater.

Carlos Lopez-Barillas

His work appears regularly in publications like The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News.

Donté Stallworth

In March 2007, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Stallworth was in the league substance abuse program.

Double Sextet/2x5

It has been recently quoted as being "among the finest pieces of our time" by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Eric Battle

Battle has appeared frequently as a panelist at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, on WHAT 1340 AM, and been interviewed by Hard Knock Radio, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Black America Web.

Erin Arvedlund

On Feb. 1, 2011, her "Your Money" column debuted in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

John Heilpern

On its publication in the US by Knopf in 2007, The New Yorker described it as “compelling”, The Wall Street Journal as “masterful”, and The Philadelphia Inquirer as “a model of what a literary biography ought to be.” The Wall Street Journal named it one its Ten Best Books of the Year.

Justin Hopson

ABC News, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Star-Ledger, 20/20, and other media outlets have interviewed Justin Hopson about police corruption.

Kim McLarin

She is a former staff writer for The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Greensboro News & Record and the Associated Press.

Michael Bamberger

He joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1986 and became a senior writer for Sports Illustrated in 1995.

On the Way to Cape May

It was written by Maurice "Buddy" Nugent according to BMI and the The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Orville Lloyd Douglas

He has contributed to several Canadian and international publications, including TheRoot.com, The Guardian, ColorLines, Word Magazine, The New Zealand Herald, Georgia Straight, The Toronto Star, Xtra!, NOW, Library Journal, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Russell Gold

He was previously an investigative reporter for San Antonio Express-News and suburban correspondent for the The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Sharon Wohlmuth

After being hired as the second woman photographer for The Philadelphia Inquirer Wohlmuth worked there for 20 years, winning multiple awards including the World Press Photo Competition Feature Award, the Sigma Delta Chi Best Feature Photograph, and was a Nieman Foundation for Journalism finalist at Harvard University.

Steve Lopez

He has also written a collection of his works from The Philadelphia Inquirer titled Land of Giants.

Sylvia Snowden

The Philadelphia Inquirer,Edward Sozanski, "Black Abstraction in Lancaster", April 18, 2004.


1985 Pulitzer Prize

William K. Marimow of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for his revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people - an expose that led to investigations of the K-9 unit and the removal of a dozen officers from it.

George Norcross III

In April 2012, a group of influential New Jersey business executives headed by Norcross, former New Jersey Nets owner Lewis Katz and cable TV mogul H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com media properties for $55 million.

Rob Asghar

His essays and commentaries have appeared in multiple newspapers around the world, including The Denver Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Japan Times.

Salim Muwakkil

Other publications in which Muwakkil's work has appeared include The Washington Post, ″The New York Times Book Review″, The Chicago Reader, The Progressive, Newsday, Cineaste, The Baltimore Sun, Z Magazine, Toronto Star, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Utne Reader.

Sylvia Glickman

According to her obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer, in 1988 she founded Hildegard Press, named for 12th-century composer Hildegard of Bingen.