Annette John-Hall
Keystone Crossroads ReporterAnnette John-Hall is the WHYY reporter for Keystone Crossroads, a statewide public media initiative focused on the problems facing Pennsylvania's cities and possible solutions.
Before WHYY, Annette was an award-winning metro columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she sat down with President Obama, asked Allen Iverson about his cornrows and ate sweet potato pie with civil rights icon John Lewis.
She also helped build a writing program in West Philadelphia and promoted accessible higher education at the Community College of Philadelphia before returning to journalism in 2017.
Annette holds a journalism degree from San Francisco State University and is a native of Berkeley, Calif., where protest is encouraged but not mandatory.
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It was an early autumn afternoon in 1975 — a moment that Steve Austin wishes he could take back.Recalling that day recently, Austin took a deep breath, as… -
A long-awaited study out of the Pennsylvania General Assembly offered a scathing assessment of the state’s capital punishment system this week, saying the… -
The Pennsylvania Legislature is poised to soon make history as it welcomes its first openly gay lawmaker of color.Malcolm Kenyatta won the Democratic… -
Temple University education professor James Earl Davis and his partner moved into their stately 150-year-old Victorian home in East Germantown in 2001, at… -
Debbie Bell knows what it is to be made to feel like an afterthought.She’s a lifelong resident of Point Breeze, a historically low-income African-American… -
Ever wonder about something you see or hear in the region that you wish our reporters would explore? Now's your chance!Here's how it works: Share your… -
As Bill Cosby faces a trial for aggravated indecent assault, his relationship with Philadelphia is also on the line. Cosby grew up in Philadelphia and has maintained close ties to the city.
