Feather O. Houstoun, president of the William Penn Foundation, greets new Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com publisher Greg Osberg after his PhIJI.org presentation at Temple University Tuesday night. Thomas Jacobson, Dean of the School of Communications and Theater at Temple, looks on. iPhone photo by Jim MacMillan

I spend most of my time now teaching graduate journalism courses at NYU and advising students at War News Radio at Swarthmore, but when the sun goes down, I also become the program coordinator for the Philadelphia Initiative for Journalistic Innovation, a program of the Department of Journalism at Temple University.

Last night Greg Osberg, new publisher and CEO of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, came to visit us at PhIJI.

Osberg announced plans to collaborate with journalism schools, new content sharing objectives, a Philly media incubator that will house startups free of charge in the newspaper building, and a journalism innovation competition with cash rewards for employees.

The William Penn Foundation has previously announced a collaborative journalism initiative that will aim to develop strategies to advance public interest journalism in the greater Philadelphia area. This project is meant to be the next step in creating networks for journalists and developing resourcing strategies and innovations in creating a networked community around public affairs issues.

Check in for more news from this and future events at http://phiji.org/

PhIJI is free and open to the public.