Jan. 5, 2021 2:02 pm
Where do technologists find community these days?
Months into all-remote-everything, we checked in with a handful of tech pros and event organizers around the mid-Atlantic about how they're continuing to connect with and learn from their peers.
Dec. 2, 2020 2:03 pm
How can the private sector be harnessed to reform the criminal justice system?
On the challenges of nonprofit, policy, private-sector and other proposed solutions to lessening the harmful effects of the U.S. criminal justice system — and the case for a new model.
Nov. 6, 2020 1:11 pm
What does workforce development look like in a recession?
For Workforce Development Month, Technical.ly reporters will dive deeper into IT training programs, upskilling, tech apprenticeships, pipeline diversity efforts and the like.
Oct. 28, 2020 5:00 pm
Initiatives to close the digital divide must last beyond the COVID-19 pandemic to work
How hard would it be to provide free internet on an ongoing basis? A researcher who specializes in curriculum design and integrating tech into education explores the issue, looking especially at pandemic-time internet-for-all examples in D.C., Philadelphia and Chicago.
Sep. 30, 2020 7:42 am
We need to revisit the small business lending process for women entrepreneurs
Less than 5% of small biz lending goes to women. Catherine Berman, CEO of CNote, shares insight into one effort to do better in measuring risk for those entrepreneurs and financially underserved communities.
Sep. 1, 2020 11:01 am
Technical.ly On the Record: The challenge of expanding digital access in a pandemic
For the seventh episode of Technical.ly's interview series taking you inside our journalists' virtual notebooks, Baltimore's Donte Kirby discusses how stakeholders are working to expand internet access for students.
Aug. 27, 2020 3:06 pm
In an unfathomably challenging 2020, who deserves to be celebrated in your local tech community?
Nominate impactful leaders, change-making companies or innovative products making their communities better for this year's reimagined Technical.ly Awards.
Aug. 20, 2020 1:01 pm
Technical.ly On the Record: The push for racial equity must continue past this summer
For the sixth episode of Technical.ly's interview series taking you inside our journalists' virtual notebooks, Baltimore's Alex Galiani recounts his recent first-person essays and offers suggestions for keeping the racial justice movement alive.
Aug. 6, 2020 12:44 pm
Technical.ly On the Record: What’s virtual dating like during a pandemic?
For the fourth episode of Technical.ly's interview series taking you inside our journalists' virtual notebooks, Philly's Paige Gross reports from the field on love in the time of COVID-19.
Jul. 29, 2020 2:26 pm
Technical.ly On the Record: What $600 means to people receiving unemployment benefits
For the third episode of Technical.ly's new interview series taking you inside our journalists' virtual notebooks, Philly's Michael Butler shares lessons from his recent reporting on the local impact of federal relief funding.