April Saul

April Saul is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist whose lifelong mission has been to help people understand each other better through her writing and photography. She fell in love with Camden in 2011 at a time when the city was bleeding badly, and left her staff job at The Philadelphia Inquirer to dedicate herself to covering the challenges and joys of Camden residents on her Facebook page, CAMDEN, NJ: A Spirit Invincible, where her essays about that city appear several times a month.

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On August 21 at Von Nieda Park, Jonathan Shuttlesworth reaches out to the crowd.

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Essay: An evangelist comes to Camden, offering preaching and prizes

It should surprise no one that in a troubled city where activists find it nearly impossible to bring residents into the streets to condem ...

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Essay: Rumor hinders healing for Camden fire survivors

In a place like Camden where the worst is expected, rumors are like preemptive strikes — cushioning potential blows in advance, and giv ...

6 years ago

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In Camden, a search for hope by candlelight

I go to way too many candlelight vigils. They are the sunset rituals where loved ones gather following a violent death, often held ...

6 years ago

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In Camden, a castle under siege

This October, Camden is poised to experience a loss as devastating to the troubled city’s spirit as a funeral for one of its many m ...

6 years ago

Lack of notification ‘devastating’ for family of Camden hit-and-run victim

On February 19, 2017—a balmy Sunday with a high of 70 degrees–Edwin L. Jones, Jr. appeared to have vanished into thin air. ...

7 years ago

Paula Saillard teaches French class at Woodrow Wilson High School to Minh Le, 16, center; and Janneiry Martinez, 17.

Paris or Bust: A Camden French teacher is on a mission for her students

Paula Saillard realizes she’s not teaching French in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, any more. Back then, Saillard–who was a ...

7 years ago

At Harleigh Cemetery, Taisha Mercado kisses the headstone of her murdered son, Nate Plummer, Jr., on January 13. (April Saul / Newsworks)

For Camden family, killer’s 30-year sentence does little to numb the pain

Taisha Mercado’s goal last for last Friday’s sentencing hearing of the teenage girl who shot and had killed her 13-year-old s ...

7 years ago

Camden murders cause holiday heartbreak [Photos]

For families of the recently murdered in Camden, N.J., the holiday season brought a special kind of hell. At 7:25 pm on December 3 ...

7 years ago

2016 Camden tree lighting [photos]

A chilly wind didn’t dim the excitement at the annual Christmas tree lighting in Camden’s Roosevelt Park last night, as Mayor Dana Re ...

7 years ago

Community

Camden Pop-Warner team adds girl-power to the lineup

This fall, second grader Janiyah Hill–who regularly goes toe-to-toe at home with her ten-year old brother Izayah, a ...

7 years ago

A new school for Camden, as a community mourns the old one

For Vida Neil, the planned demolition of Camden High School feels like a death in the fam ...

7 years ago

The ribbon-cutting for the new Philadelphia 76ers practice facility in Camden on September 23

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As companies rush to Camden, are residents left behind?

Armed with an $82 million tax break from the state of New Jersey, the Philadelphia 76ers celebrated the opening of the team’s new m ...

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