Bobby Brier (Page 2)
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Bobby Brier is a reporter for The Click. He is from the Scranton, Pennsylvania area and covers housing and criminal justice reform. He graduated from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia with a degree in English.
October 27, 2021
Why ‘The Moratorium Saved Us. It Really Did.’ Qualifies As Advocacy Journalism
Advocacy journalism has a long history in America. From Ida B. Wells’s heroic investigations into Southern lynchings in the late […]
October 13, 2021
Does the American Civil Liberties Union Produce Journalism?
Journalism is hard to define. In a desire to learn more about its meaning in daily life, I examined the […]
August 3, 2021
From the Streets to the Olympics: Skateboarding’s Long Ride to the World Stage
Olivia Karny knew something needed to change in her local skateboarding community in Montclair, New Jersey. A teenager bound for […]
May 24, 2021
One Legal Advocate’s Quest to Reform the Criminal Justice System
A man spent years in prison. When he was released, he was given a bus pass and went straight from […]
December 11, 2020
Resilience is Woven into Philly’s Fabric Row
A historic section of Philadelphia known as a central point for business and commerce for over a century, South Fourth Street’s Fabric Row contains only seven fabric stores today. According to one source, there were around 25 fabric stores on Fourth Street in 1950. As the row has changed, so too have the fabric store owners and new small business owners looking to earn a living.