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Lillian Swanson





News Columnist  
Philly.com
   About Lillian Swanson

Lillian Swanson is the Readers' Advocate. She has worked at the newspaper for 15 years in many editing roles, including features editor, day city editor, chief of two suburban bureaus and senior editor for training. She was a reporter for eight years. She has a bachelor's degree and master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Her column, The Listening Post, runs every other Monday on the Editorial page. Contact her at 215-854-2206 or lswanson@phillynews.com



LATEST COLUMN  

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