Drawing on years of research in Pittsburgh, journalist and academic Letrell Crittenden argues the future of news in the city must center on community engagement.

“From my perspective, centering the newsrooms, or even on the needs of journalists, is the wrong approach. Where the news comes from won’t matter if the product doesn’t meet local residents’ ...

Photographs by Quinn Glabicki. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. As Alcoa zeroes in on the bauxite beneath Australia’s endangered Northern Jarrah Forest, the Pittsburgh metals giant ...

Cole Gessner, responsible AI program manager at Carnegie Mellon University’s Block Center for Technology and Society. “You have to treat (AI) almost like it’s a summer intern, right? You have to ...

David A. Harris, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, stands for a portrait in the law school’s library on Tuesday, June 12, 2025, in Oakland. Harris, who teaches classes at SCI Greene, ...

The eds-and-meds economy that reshaped Pittsburgh after the collapse of steelmaking relies on skilled international workers living in the U.S. on H-1B visas. But a federal shakeup to the H-1B ...

PublicSource staff members interact with attendees at the newsroom's launch party for its North Side zine, on May 22 at MuseumLab in Allegheny Center. What happens when journalism shows up on your ...

Bilal Cyrus, a community volunteer, talks with Lucas Moran and Charles Rowe in the Manchester Food for the Soul Community Farm on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Manchester. (Photo by Caleb ...

Ross Kronenbitter, the construction manager for Rising Tide Partners, holds open the door for people to enter a recently rennovated home in East Hills on Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Caleb Kaufman ...

South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace Executive Director Rev. Eileen Smith, center, speaks during the Stop the Violence Rally and Prayer Vigil at The Lighthouse Cathedral on Thursday Sept. 25, 2025.

From left, Jeannette Valentine, a social worker with UPMC, Jordan Mondell, a crisis mental health clinician, and Dr. Max Hurwitz, assistant medical director of Street Medicine at Pitt, do rounds ...

The former YWCA building in Downtown Pittsburgh has sat vacant since a Michigan-based developer bought it in 2022 with plans to convert it into apartments. (Photo by Caleb McCartney/Next Generation ...