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Temple picks online pioneer to lead new journalism network

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Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal, Technically Philly

Temple has named a veteran online newsman to lead the new Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network: Neil Budde, the founder of The Wall Street Journal Online. Most recently Budde was president of DailyMe and previously served as editor-in-chief of Yahoo News. PPIIN was founded in 2010 with a $2.4 million grant and a mission to increase the amount of quality public-interest journalism in the Philadelphia region.