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ELi's Publisher Alice Dreger answers City Manager George Lahanas's letter about our reporting on fire safety review for the Center City District project. Nothing to see here? We don't think so.

What's it like running a free press in a small American city today? ELi's Publisher and Managing Editor let you in on the frustrations beyond the President's rhetoric, and explain why frustration is really just part of the job.

Says ELi's Board President of the appointment of Sam Hosey Jr. to the Board, "His professional and personal experience, his commitment to the public service, and his leadership in local affairs makes him a true asset to this organization."

We work hard to bring you hard news that's unbiased and informative, but are you aware of the "good news" about the community that we publish every week? ELi's Managing Editor Ann Nichols asks you to balance the tough stuff by reading our coverage of downtown concerts, beloved educators, the best place to take a bike ride and lots more.

ELi's gotten a lot of attention this year in the national press - yesterday The Christian Science Monitor looked at our citizen-journalism model, and our impact on the community.

Want the low-down on who worked for ELi this past month, what work they did, and what it all cost? You got it.

"I think we will turn out to be like the people at the Capital Gazette, and realize we have to go on, and do the work. Like them, we aren’t here because it’s a job. We are here because it is our vocation. That’s true for everybody in local news today."

"So, here are the seven words: vote, elect, ballot, propose, approve, decide, polls. Words with the same roots are also a problem: voter, election, proposal, decided." ELi's Publisher Alice Dreger explains why we can't say those words on Facebook, and what that means for our readers.

What did we get done in May, and what did it cost this community? ELi's Publisher Alice Dreger brings you our monthly transparency report . . . and lets you in on The Happiness Offensive.

We recently faced some criticism for our perceived failure to report "both sides" of a story on a local charter school. ELi's Publisher Alice Dreger explains why we made the decisions we made, when and why we dig deeper, and what "investigative" means for a non-editorial news organization. 

ELi's founder and Publisher Alice Dreger talks human nature, dancing, and ELi’s wondrous self-destruct mechanism.

A reader asks why ELi doesn't allow comments to be posted at our website. Publisher Alice Dreger explains.

Are you curious what ELi's operations cost, and where the money you donate goes? Here's a report on our April 2018 work from ELi's Managing Editor Ann Nichols.