Billy Penn Is Brady’s Biggest Digital Bet

By: Michael Depp | NetNewsCheck

ATLANTA -- Nobody can accuse Jim Brady of not putting his money where is mouth is.

 

Literally, now. Brady, whose last major gig was as editor in chief of Digital First Media, launched his Philadelphia-based civic news startup Billy Penn last October to much media fanfare. After all, Brady is himself a much beloved veteran digital journalist and one of the form’s earliest and loudest advocates.