Keystone Edge covers growth and what's next across Pennsylvania with a particular focus on the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the people, places and companies driving the state forward.
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Managing Editor
Joe Petrucci
Joe got his media start in broadcast journalism, producing and announcing for several radio stations in the tri-state area before making the switch to newspapers. He spent a decade working as an award-winning general assignment reporter, sports writer and sports editor at newspapers in Eastern Pennsylvania. After stints running a non-profit and at a public relations agency, Joe joined Keystone Edge as a news editor before taking over his current role in 2009. A New York native, Joe has lived in small and large towns throughout Pennsylvania and is currently adapting to Main Line life, having settled in the Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore with his wife Jennifer and son. Joe plays accordion and ukulele and has supported several musical projects in the region.
Managing Photographer
Michael Persico
Michael is a professional photographer living and working in Philadelphia. He specializes in clean, thoughtful imagery that evokes feeling for, and from, his subjects. When not behind the lens, his interests range from building the ultimate single speed bicycle to riding New Jersey's fabled surf on a classic longboard. When pressed to name his artistic inspirations, he cryptically says, "I am inspired by photographers of the past, and motivated by photographers of the present. God, that's hokey, isn't it?" Michael has shot for Anthem magazine, Plan B Magazine, Anti- Records, Ace Fu Records and Philadelphia Weekly.
Innovation and Job News Editor
Elise Vider An award-winning journalist, editorial consultant to nonprofit organizations and sometime activist, with a special interest in economic development and design, Vider's work has appeared widely in newspapers, magazines and web publications. A native New Yorker, Elise is a founder and member of the steering committee of the Design Advocacy Group and is active with Fair Food and other do-good groups in Philadelphia, her longtime adopted city. Elise holds a master's degree in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the former director of communications at the Center City District, a downtown business improvement district, and served as deputy director of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. She lives with her husband and Brody, their aging Sheltie, in Center City Philadelphia.
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