Dylan Purcell

Investigative Reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer

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Data reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer's investigative team. Pulitzer Prize winner and @TempleUniv alum.

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RT @MikeNewall: Exclusive: medical examiner rules faith-healing child's death a homicide. D.A.'s office will now make charging decisions @p
I'm late on finding this out. Congrats to Temple alum @kurtisalee for his role in Denver Post Pulitzer. pulitzer.org/citation/2013-…

The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation

pulitzer.org — Also nominated as finalists in this category were: The Denver Post Staff for its vivid coverage of a wildfire that destroyed more than 300 homes, combining on-the-ground reporting with imaginative use of digital tools, including a before-and-after interactive feature that helped displaced fire victims determine the fate of their homes
RT @jensenoffcampus: Can't say I've ever seen an own goal off a goalkeeper's face on a corner kick. #Union
@tj_furman Like the scene in Used Cars only the other way around and no crawling under a ladder

The social media verdict on Gosnell

storify.com — Here's how Dr. Kermit Gosnell's conviction on three charges of first-degree murder played Monday afternoon.
RT @jackgillum: It’s unclear whether a judge or grand jury signed off on #Obama subpoena of @AP journalists' records ajc.com/news/ap/crime/…

Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe

ajc.com — By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.
RT @tomfitzgerald: via @PhillyInquirer Gosnell convicted 3 counts of Murder One. acquitted on fourth charge.
RT @PhillyInquirer: As we await the verdict in the Gosnell trial, promo code W72C lets you read highlights from our 2 years of coverage. ht…

The Trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell

inquirer.com — The Philadelphia jury considering the murder case against abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell begins its first full day of deliberations Wednesday after lengthy legal instructions from the judge and several... For six weeks, Dr. Kermit Gosnell sat largely impassive, like an invited guest at his murder trial, offering an occasional smile while taking prodigious notes with a spring-green pen.
#Gosnell isn't trending in Philly yet but it is trending in Birmingham.
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