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PHILLYVOICE.COM ANNOUNCES NEW, KEY CONTRIBUTORS, ANGELO CATALDI AND AL

MORGANTI FOR SPORTS COVERAGE, AND ISAIAH THOMPSON FOR ANALYSIS OF THE
2015 PHILADELPHIA MAYORAL RACE
Leading Author and Philosopher Amy Wright Glenn and Other Leading Experts to Contribute
Lifestyle and Cultural Content to the Website
With Four New Newsroom Appointments Announced, PhillyVoice.com Staff Continues to Expand
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 5) PhillyVoice.com, a new website launching soon as the regions essential
destination for news, sports and culture, announced today seven notable conributors to the website. The
new contributors include: Angelo Cataldi, a renowned local radio personality; Al Morganti, a nationally
recognized sports analyst and radio personality; Isaiah Thompson, an award-winning reporter who will
cover Philadelphias 2015 mayoral race; Amy Wright Glenn, an author, professor of religion and
philosophy, birth doula, hospital chaplain and yoga instructor; Natalie Hope McDonald, a Philadelphiabased writer, editor and fine artist; JoAnn Greco, a journalist specializing in the built environment, the arts,
design and travel; and Meeri Kim, Ph.D., an expert in science and health, with a focus on biomedical
optics. The new contributors viewpoints will be represented in each of the websites channels and will
cover an expansive array of topics, including politics, sports, arts, culture and health. This impressive lineup
of contributors, along with PhillyVoice.coms expansive and experienced newsroom, will provide the
Philadelphia region with a one-stop destination for all of its news and information needs.
PhillyVoice.com is honored to welcome the seven new writers to our websites growing lineup of
contributors, said Lexie Norcross, Managing Director, PhillyVoice.com. Their valuable perspectives and
expertise will further distinguish the website as the regions ultimate source for up-to-date, relevant and
interesting news.
Phillyvoice.com also announced today four additional appointments to the editorial division of the
website. John Kopp will become a News Reporter / Web Producer, with Christina LoBrutto, Lane Blackmer
and Daniel Craig joining as Web Curators.
"I am thrilled to accept this new opportunity with PhillyVoice.com, which provides me yet
another valuable platform to engage with the region, highlighting the very latest in sports news," said
Cataldi. Philadelphia sports fans are unlike any other fans in the country, and being able to connect with
them every day on the radio and, now, on PhillyVoice.com, is very exciting.
I look forward to bringing additional sports reporting and commentary to a new and innovative platform
like PhillyVoice.com, said Morganti. One thing I have learned after many years in media is to stay
current and engaged in the way audiences consume news and information. If you dont get the story,
youll get left in the dust.
In 2015, Philadelphia will be electing a new mayor, the members of City Council and new local judges,
and PhillyVoice.com will become an invaluable resource to voters through exclusive coverage of the
mayoral race by Political Reporter Isaiah Thompson. PhillyVoice.com will not endorse candidates, but will
present all the facts and information voters need to know to make informed decisions on Election Day.

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"Elections are about a lot more than pushing a button (or not) at the ballot box come Election Day, and
that's especially true for local elections, in which voters get to decide who will run their own city, who will
represent their own neighborhoods, and who will sit in their own courtrooms, said Thompson. The 2015
Philadelphia municipal elections will decide Philly's next mayor, but also which voices will be heard most
forcefully in decisions during a pivotal time of change for the whole city. This election will be important,
and it will be interesting -- I promise -- and my goal is to help show PhillyVoice.com readers why."
With its new contributors, PhillyVoice.com will provide readers with original, stimulating content that
represents the region and reflects a sense of community, thereby building long-term loyalty with its online
audiences.
As a yoga and meditation teacher, birth doula, hospital chaplain and mother, I look forward to sharing
my insights, experiences and background in comparative religion and philosophy with PhillyVoice.coms
readers, said Glenn. Reflecting mindfully and compassionately upon the threshold points of birth, death
and parenthood, I hope to offer PhillyVoice.com readers valuable healing in our relentlessly busy and
consumer-based culture.
In addition to the outstanding new contributors PhillyVoice is adding, Bob McGovern, Executive Editor,
News, lauded the websites new staffers. John Kopps strong background in local news reporting will
benefit our readers with meaningful news from their own communities. We are also excited to have
Christina, Lane and Daniel join PhillyVoice.coms team of web curators. They have been tasked with
rooting out the most unique and surprising content on the Internet and sharing it with our readers.
With an innovative digital newsroom made up of the regions most forward-thinking professionals and an
impressive lineup of contributors to share their perspectives, PhillyVoice.com is uniquely prepared to
change the digital media landscape in the Philadelphia region in 2015.
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About PhillyVoice.com
PhillyVoice.com is a dynamic new media company serving the Philadelphia and South Jersey region. The
website is currently building an exceptional editorial team focused on developing original, freelance and
curated content that will always inform and entertain the Philadelphia metro area. PhillyVoice.com will be
providing a forward-looking and fresh perspective on all things news, culture and sports.
NOTE: Please direct all media inquiries and interview requests for contributors and new appointments
noted in this release to Jonathan Tevis at jonathan@phillyvoice.com.

CONTACT:

Jan. 5, 2015

Jonathan P. Tevis
Director of External Relations, PhillyVoice.com
Office: (267) 519-4512
Mobile: (609) 313-5603
Email: Jonathan@PhillyVoice.com

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Angelo Cataldi
Angelo Cataldi is a local radio personality widely known throughout the Philadelphia region for his anchor role on The
WIP Morning Show. Joined each morning by co-hosts Al Morganti and Rhea Hughes, Cataldi covers all things Philly,
including Philadelphia sports, entertainment, morning traffic and many other topics of interest to radio audiences. In
1993, Cataldi and Morganti founded The Wing Bowl, a popular annual wing-eating contest that attracts thousands of
Philadelphians each year. Cataldi, a member of the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame, is also a Pulitzer Prizenominated sports writer and co-author of The Great Philadelphia Sports Debate. Follow Cataldi on Twitter
@AngeloCataldi
JoAnn Greco
JoAnn Greco is a freelance journalist who writes about the fascinating people, places, trends and stories found in the
worlds of urban planning, arts and culture, design, hospitality, travel and, of course, Philadelphia. Grecos work has
been published in The Washington Post, Art & Antiques, Toronto Globe and Mail, Amtraks Arrive, PlanPhilly, Penn
Gazette and dozens of other publications. Greco lives in Bella Vista and can be followed on Twitter @joanngreco
Meeri Kim, Ph.D.
Meeri Kim, Ph.D., is a science journalist who contributes regularly to The Washington Post. Kims work also has been
featured in Edible Philly, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Oncology Times. She has lived in Philadelphia since 2005 and
received her Ph.D. in physics in 2013 from the University of Pennsylvania. Kims favorite things include odd flavors of
ice cream, karaoke and mint juleps. Follow her on Twitter @meeri_kim
Natalie Hope McDonald
Natalie Hope McDonald is a freelance writer, editor and artist based in Philadelphia with more than 20 years of
experience in the publishing industry. McDonalds work regularly appears in newspapers, magazines and journals and
on websites and blogs around the country. McDonald has spent many years covering the consumer technology
industry, as well as topics including, but not limited to, business, design, health, news and sustainability. McDonald has
interviewed celebrities and business leaders from around the world, written reviews, previews and guides for a variety
of audiences and analyzed industry trends. McDonald is also an accomplished fine artist and photographer. Follow
her on Twitter @nataliemcd
Al Morganti
Al Morganti is a co-host on The WIP Morning Show, the Philadelphia regions highest-rated sports radio talk show.
Morganti is also a nationally renowned expert on the NHL, regularly providing pregame and postgame news and
analysis on the Philadelphia Flyers for Comcast SportsNet. Morganti co-founded Philadelphias annual Wing Bowl in
1993 with Angelo Cataldi and served as a Flyers beat reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1979 to 1989.
Morganti was also a hockey analyst on ESPN, a former hockey news columnist and regular contributor to SportsNet
960 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and a writer for The Boston Globe and The Atlanta Constitution. Follow him on
Twitter @nufced
Isaiah Thompson
Isaiah Thompson is a Philadelphia-based journalist who has spent the last eight years focused on investigative and
public-interest journalism for Pro Publica, This American Life, the Philadelphia City Paper and Miami New Times.
Thompson has been honored with multiple awards for his writing on a wide range of topics, including metal
scrapping, the gambling industry, fracking, fatal police shootings, city politics, island-bound sex offenders, civil
forfeiture and more. Follow Thompson on Twitter @isaiah_thompson
Amy Wright Glenn
Amy Wright Glenn is an author, scholar of comparative religion and philosophy, (CD)DONA birth doula, hospital
chaplain, Kripalu yoga teacher, prenatal yoga teacher and mother. In 2013, she wrote Birth, Breath, and Death:
Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula, in which she shares thought-provoking stories about
birth and death in a format that combines memoir with philosophy. Glenn taught religion and philosophy at The
Lawrenceville School in New Jersey for 11 years and received the Dunbar Abston Jr. Chair for Teaching Excellence.
With more than 20 years of experience in teaching yoga and meditation, Glenn brings an insightful
and compassionate point of view to PhillyVoice.com. Follow her on Twitter @amywrightglenn

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John Kopp News Reporter / Web Producer

John Kopp brings a strong knowledge of local news reporting to PhillyVoice.com. Prior to his new role as News
Reporter / Web Producer, Kopp served in various writing positions at the Delaware County Daily Times. Most recently,
Kopp covered Delaware County and Pennsylvania politics. From June 2010 to January 2015, Kopp covered Chester
City Hall, the Chester Upland School District and the Chester community, attracting national media attention in 2012
during the financial collapse of the Chester Upland School District. From June 2009 to May 2010, he covered highschool sports. Kopp was honored with a Philadelphia Press Association Award for Public Service in 2011 and
graduated from Temple University in 2009 with bachelors degrees in journalism and sport .and recreation
management.
Lane Blackmer Web Curator
Lane Blackmer joins PhillyVoice.com as a Web Curator with a background in social media, reporting and editing.
Blackmer spent the last year doing social media strategy and event planning for various small businesses as well as
freelance journalism. As a college student, Blackmer was a Legislative Reporter for Capital News Service and
freelanced as an Entertainment Producer for Newsday in Long Island. Post-college, Blackmer struck out on her own,
doing full-time, freelance, community journalism for Philly organizations like WHYYs NewsWorks, Patch and The
Chestnut Hill Local. Blackmer graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelors degree in journalism and an
external specialty in philosophy.
Christina LoBrutto Web Curator
Christina LoBrutto brings professional experience in writing and multimedia to her new role as a Web Curator for
PhillyVoice.com. LoBrutto most recently was Sales and Marketing Administrator for Pezz Electrical Services in
Hillsborough, New Jersey. LoBrutto previously served in various print, digital and radio positions throughout the Greater
Philadelphia region, including at The Courier News and Home News Tribune in Somerville, New Jersey, Philadelphia
Style Magazine, New Jersey 101.5 radio and Comcast SportsNet. LoBrutto graduated from Rider University in 2013 with
a Bachelor of Arts in journalism.
Daniel Craig Web Curator
Daniel Craig will serve as a Web Curator for PhillyVoice.com, providing an extensive background from previous
positions within the radio industry. In addition to his role as a Web Curator, Craig serves as Assistant Producer of The
Preston and Steve Show on 93.3 WMMR, managing the shows social media platforms, editing its podcasts and
researching interview information for on-air guests. Craigs experience also includes positions with 90.9 WHYYs
NewsWorks Tonight, WHIP (Temple Universitys student radio station) and ClearChannel. Craig graduated from
Temple University in 2014 with a bachelors degree in journalism and political science.

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