Linn Washington
Linn Washington Jr. is an award-winning journalist who specializes in analytical/investigative coverage of issues involving social justice, race-based inequities, the news media, and law. He was a host and reporter of a highly acclaimed 2025 podcast about the historic incident, MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy, which won the gold prize for writing from the fourth annual Signal Awards.
Washington’s news career spanned positions from a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News to executive editor of the nation’s longest running Black newspaper, the Philadelphia Tribune.
As a faculty member in Temple University’s Department of Journalism, Washington regularly teaches skills courses in reporting and writing.
He co-founded the Journalism Department’s PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com, the acclaimed hyper-local news site. Student work during Washington’s PN.com tenure earned over 50 regional and national journalism awards, including a number of awards for best college news website.
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