Robert K. Lawson became a journalist after spotting a zoning story gone wrong. A Penn State grad, he now covers Philadelphia City Hall’s hidden machinery—permits, budgets, and bureaucracy—for Newsofphiladelphia.com, turning data and documents into accountability reporting.
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