Today’s @PittsburghPG marks a new beginning.
After Block Communications announced plans to close the paper, @VenetoulisInst stepped in — and this morning, the first printed edition under new ownership landed on doorsteps.
About half the staff has been retained, and hopefully more familiar bylines return. Rebuilding takes time, but it starts here.
Strong local journalism doesn’t sustain itself. It takes readers, advertisers, and a community willing to support it. Our ads in today’s newspaper are a small way of showing up for Pittsburgh’s news ecosystem — and we hope others will as well.
The Post-Gazette has 240 years of history behind it. Here’s hoping it has a future, too.
A year ago, Audrey Logan was a 21-year-old college student poised to step into her lifelong dream of performing professionally on stage.
The Bridgeville native had no idea she was also living with thyroid cancer.
https://t.co/fzgnbYflN3
Think the weather effect is all in your head? You might be right! Migraines, sinus congestion and arthritis are all common when the barometric pressure yo-yos. https://t.co/reSIZTKFk3
Grit is the ability to put one foot in front of the other, no matter what. Doug Upton had the grit to fight for his life back when autoimmune encephalitis tried to rob him of his health, memory and more. https://t.co/9ztMb1WSSA
10+ years ago, my son watched harsh life realities unfold in our fish tank and he said to me: “Ever notice how disgusting and amazing are almost the same thing sometimes?” That line likely was the inspiration for my Pittsburgh Pest series. The latest: https://t.co/SlKVags5x9
In Pittsburgh, Lent doesn’t just arrive quietly on the calendar. It crackles and sizzles, showing up golden brown, flanked by fries and coleslaw.
Any way you bread it, fish fry season is a favorite here, but is it good for us? https://t.co/QyVJF2trJ7
Health reporting doesn’t have to be dry, clinical or confined to hospital corridors.
Sometimes it happens at 100 miles per hour: https://t.co/ZOXgmuAI6L