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Journalist. Pittsburgh.
"Letters for the printing press had not been delivered in their entirety until the previous day. The first half of the alphabet, from A to M, had arrived the previous week, but the first issue nearly had to go to press without the second half of the alphabet."
www.northcentralpa.com/business/cli...
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Clinton County newspaper prints last edition
Clinton County, Pa ā The oldest newspaper in Clinton County closed at the end of 2025, ending more than a century of publishing.
https://www.northcentralpa.com/business/clinton-county-newspaper-prints-last-edition/article_dbe66af9-eece-4c80-a0e6-3593856f8cd2.html
3 days ago
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7 days ago
The Blocks' statement said they "will exit with [our] dignity intact." Wanna bet, you weirdos? I have time today.
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We're still fighting for quality journalism in Pittsburgh. Please join us.
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Pledging to support Pittsburgh journalism beyond the Blocks
I think workers should be treated with dignity and respect. I know Pittsburgh deserves quality journalism. That's why I'm joining members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and signing this pledge t...
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/pledging-to-support-post-block-pittsburgh-journalism/
7 days ago
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8 days ago
They lost $350M over the past 20 years but better health insurance is the breaking point? Seems spiteful Pittsburgh just lost its daily newspaper (shutting down in May)
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces closure
The owners of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced on Wednesday that the newspaper will “cease operations” on May 3. “Over the past 20 years, Block Communications has lost more than $35...
https://triblive.com/business/pittsburgh-post-gazette-announces-closure/
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Jon Schleuss
8 days ago
The people of Pittsburgh deserve so much better than newspaper bosses who violate federal law.
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Josh Gerstein
10 days ago
DOUBLE CHECKED THIS ONE: Trump DOJ sides with journalists' union & against @pittsburghPG in
#SCOTUS
fight over health care benefits. Doc:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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PG Publishing opp
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26456815-pg-publishing-opp/
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Chris Briem (www.briem.com)
13 days ago
A teaser. Where it begins:
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For today's PG, Stephen Karlinchak,
@ZackTanner.com
and I look back at the first quarter of this century and some of Pittsburgh's big stories. I helped cover many of them. For this I got to talk with
@chrisbriem.bsky.social
. Stories and timeline here:
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A quarter century of Pittsburgh stories | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Some of the biggest stories from Pittsburgh in the first quarter of this century have shaped the region forever.
https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/pittsburgh-top-moments-this-century/
11 days ago
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11 days ago
I set up a GoFundMe for former
@pghcitypaper.com
staff. This will be used to help us submit last year's stories for awards, defray loss of income and insurance, and support laid-off single moms with childcare. Chip in if you'd like:
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Donate to Support former Pittsburgh City Paper staff, organized by Colin Williams
R.I.P. Pittsburgh City Paper, 1991-2025. After over three decades, Block⦠Colin Williams needs your support for Support former Pittsburgh City Paper staff
https://gofund.me/8e236d7a0
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Here's a good story that starts out with a young couple missing their train:
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A couple missed their train and spent the night, connecting two families for generations
Itās only about 7 miles from Carnegie to the coal patch of Treveskyn, just west from Bridgeville.Ā But back in the early 1900s, many people...
https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2026/01/04/carnegie-carpatho-rusyn-families-immigrants-fedorchak-hanczar/stories/202209280140
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Hamilton Nolan
12 days ago
We are the world's bad guys.
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We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the-bad-guys
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I love Guelph!
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This beautiful city 1 hour from Toronto was named the very best spot to live in Canada in 2025
Thinking of relocating? This beautiful city, just an hour away from Toronto, is a prime spot to move to.
https://www.narcity.com/best-places-to-live-in-canada-guelph-ontario-near-toronto
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If this keeps up, you can try snowshoeing for free at four state parks in the Pittsburgh region:
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Several state parks will loan you snowshoes to try
You need snowshoes to go snowshoeing, but you donāt need to own them. Several state parks will loan you a pair and give you a little guidance on...
https://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2025/12/31/pennsylvania-state-parks-loaner-snowshoes/stories/202512290061
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Pennsylvania's First Day Hikes sound fun, if cold:
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Pa. hosting 60+ free, guided hikes this New Year's Day
As part of a national, years-long effort to help people get outside, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is offering more...
https://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2025/12/29/first-day-hikes-western-pa/stories/202512290009
18 days ago
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24 days ago
Seems real now
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New from me in the Sunday paper, a story about people from different faiths working together and making something useful and beautiful:
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A holy cabinet connects opposite ends of the state and two faiths
Philadelphian Roger Kormanās summer camp near the Pocono Mountains needed a new cabinet.Ā Western Pennsylvanians Paul and Mandy Sirofchuck and...
https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2025/12/16/aron-kodesh-torah-holy-cabinet-camp-tel-yehuda-sirofchuck-ligonier/stories/202511240094
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Hamilton Nolan
27 days ago
Thank you all for supporting independent media in 2025. It is truly important even if it is a little ridiculous, sometimes. Together we will survive and thrive and smash fascism, amen.
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The Year in How Things Work
We're a good team, you and me.
https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-year-in-how-things-work
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Matt Pearce
27 days ago
What I learned from 2025:
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Fellow journalism students: Mt. Lebanon has a paid summer internship:
mtlebanon.bamboohr.com/careers/287
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Mt. Lebanon Magazine & Public Information Office - Journalism Internship
IMPORTANT-PLEASE READ This is a paid, $16.21 per hour, ten-week internship (May-August 2026, exact timing flexible). Work hours are 29 hours per week. This position is fully in-person. The office is ...
https://mtlebanon.bamboohr.com/careers/287
27 days ago
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Starbucks Workers United
29 days ago
JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike. ā The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause. Our strike continues to grow in strength and power!
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Back to shoe-leather reporting for
@post-gazette.com
: Photographer
@giuseppelopiccolo.bsky.social
and I tag along on a Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership walking/ribbon-cutting tour to welcome three new businesses to Downtown: A coffee shop, floral shop and a cafe:
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Downtown welcomes 3 new shops: Origin Story Coffee, Confleurtti and Ruckus Cafe
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership caused a positive ruckus Tuesday morning while celebrating the grand openings of three new businesses: Ruckus Cafe,Ā Confleurtti...
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2025/12/16/pittsburgh-downtown-partnership-new-businesses-coffee-shop-cafe-flower-confetti/stories/202512150110
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As one of Sam Caruso's old Mexican War Streets neighbors told me earlier today, "You couldnāt walk by without him dragging you inside and talking to you.ā
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Obituary: Samuel A. Caruso Sr. sold a lot of beer on the North Side
The beer business was very good to Samuel A. Caruso.Ā He made a name for himself as a beer distributor in the Mexican War Streets neighborhood of...
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2025/12/11/obituary-sam-caruso-beer-distributor-north-side/stories/202512090065
about 1 month ago
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Jon Schleuss
about 1 month ago
LET'S GOOOOOOO!!!!
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about 1 month ago
You love to see it.
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Sue Kerr
about 1 month ago
Paul deserved this tribute in the PG written by Bob Batz. I'm glad the Pgh News Guild made that possible. Obituary: Wilkinsburg attorney Paul O'Hanlon was a fierce advocate for disability rights
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Obituary: Wilkinsburg attorney Paul O'Hanlon was a fierce advocate for disability rights
Paul OāHanlon moved through life in a wheelchair, but he always stood up for people. The Wilkinsburg attorney fought relentlessly, from council...
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2025/12/05/attorney-paul-ohanlon-advocate-disability-rights-ada-transit/stories/202512010050
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New from my friend Brian Conway: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Iām not saying itās from the Mon Bomber. But Iām also not saying it isnāt."
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Pittsburgh Manifold and the Mon Bomber Mystery
Why are we searching for a bomber plane that went missing on the Monongahela River 69 years ago? And how you can support the effort.
https://www.pittsburghmanifold.com/post/pittsburgh-manifold-and-the-mon-bomber-mystery
about 1 month ago
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A lot of Pittsburghers love Paul O'Hanlon. I try to do his good life justice in the PG:
www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...
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Obituary: Wilkinsburg attorney Paul O'Hanlon was a fierce advocate for disability rights
Paul OāHanlon moved through life in a wheelchair, but he always stood up for people.Ā The Wilkinsburg attorney fought relentlessly, from council...
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2025/12/05/attorney-paul-ohanlon-advocate-disability-rights-ada-transit/stories/202512010050
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Pleasure to meet this young man and his parents for the PG. This is a story I look forward to following up:
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Looking for a miracle: Shaler Area High School senior is hoping for a kidney transplant
Unlike most 18-year-olds, Shaler High senior Deven Wilson has spent the last few years of his life seriously sick.
https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2025/12/04/shaler-area-high-school-deven-wilson-living-kidney-donor-transplant/stories/202511240092
about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
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Sophie Molly
about 2 months ago
Thank you Abigail Hakas for this deeply harrowing and distressing report.
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'There isnāt much point in living:' Trans youth struggle to find alternatives after UPMC ends gender-affirming care
After UPMC announced its decision to end gender-affirming care for those under 19, everything changed for 15-year-old Juno and her family.
https://nextpittsburgh.com/health/trans-youth-struggle-to-find-alternatives-after-upmc-ends-gender-affirming-care/
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Hamilton Nolan
about 2 months ago
All of the Pittsburgh journalists who stayed on strike for three years are heroes. Salute.
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Dog gone: The PUP says thank you and bids you a heartfelt goodbye - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Publications assess themselves by all kinds of metrics ā number of page views, time readers spent on pages, advertising revenue, social media followers. Here at the Pittsburgh Union Progress, weāve co...
https://www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/23/dog-gone-the-pup-says-thank-you-and-bids-you-a-heartfelt-goodbye/
about 2 months ago
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Starbucks Workers United
about 2 months ago
Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! Weāre fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio!
#tobeapartner
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A lot of emotion in the
@pghguild.com
newsroom this weekend as we make, edit and publish what looks to be the last Sunday strike paper. It's full of champions and winners, doers and helpers. And I'm talking about its journalists:
www.unionprogress.com
about 2 months ago
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Follow along as the
@pghguild.com
strike paper's
@johnnysantapup.bsky.social
covers college š and Brad and Steve work all day this championship Saturday
@acrisurestadium.bsky.social
. Meanwhile here are the PIAA playoffs results, and the Mon Incline is open for Light Up Night:
www.unionprogress.com
about 2 months ago
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Starbucks Workers United
about 2 months ago
"Facing Unprecedented Labor violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely" Now that's what we call a headline! š¤
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Facing Unprecedented Labor Violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely
Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/starbucks-workers-united-union-red-cup-rebellion-strike-picket
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Martha Hickson
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āThe Librarians is ultimately a warning. It shows how quickly a political movement, convinced of its own righteousness, can begin using public institutionsālibraries, school boards, and entire school systemsāto silence dissent and impose its worldview on the next generation.ā
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The Librarians: A Documentary That Refuses to Look Away
Why This Film Matters More Than Its Marketing Suggests
https://open.substack.com/pub/natecharles/p/the-librarians-book-bans-first-amendment?utm_campaign=post
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The Friday
@pghguild.com
strike paper gets you ready for championship Saturday
@acrisurestadium.bsky.social
; reports on the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel reopening and the United Way IMPACT Awards, and shares a SNAP update from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership's Erin Yudt:
www.unionprogress.com
about 2 months ago
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Beaver County Democrats
about 2 months ago
We condemn political violence. Please visit our website to read a statement from our Chair.
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More company appeals in the three-year-plus Pittsburgh news strike, but the
@pghguild.com
journalists say they'll still be at work Monday:
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/20/p...
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PG seeks a stay of health care injunction because it also plans to seek a re-hearing of same court's ruling for news strikers - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday asked for a stay of a federal courtās order that the company restore journalistsā health care coverage, pending an additional appeal it said it will make ā for...
https://www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/20/pg-seeks-a-stay-of-health-care-injunction-because-it-also-plans-to-seek-a-re-hearing-of-same-courts-ruling-for-news-strikers/
about 2 months ago
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The Thursday
@pghguild.com
strike paper gets ready for Saturday's Western Pennsylvania high school football championships:
www.unionprogress.com
about 2 months ago
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Wednesday's strike paper: The United Way seeks free tax prep volunteers, Ed Blazina has a distinctly convoluted Pittsburgh roadwork report, and
@stevemellon412.bsky.social
is there as
@pghguild.com
's Goldy loses his locks:
www.unionprogress.com
about 2 months ago
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Oh my. Celebration Ale at Piperās Pub.
about 2 months ago
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If you don't already have a Zamboni gravy boat ...
about 2 months ago
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Breaking: With a federal court order in their favor, the journalists of
@pghguild.com
have voted to end their strike and on Monday notified the PG that they intend to return to work next week:
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
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Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country's longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburghās most momentous gathering since the formation of a strike picket line more than three years ago began last week in the manner of all big strike meetings ā with the a...
https://www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/pittsburgh-journalists-vote-to-end-countrys-longest-strike-and-notify-the-pg-they-are-returning-to-work/
about 2 months ago
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Starbucks Workers United
2 months ago
a great strike captain once said āanyone can cook, but only the fearless can be greatā and we're putting that into practice on the picket line. weāre on national ULP strike to demand higher pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting at starbucks šā
#nocontractnocoffee
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Monday morning at the
@pghguild.com
strike paper:
@johnnysantapup.bsky.social
lays out the district
@ncaafb.bsky.social
playoff picture and Ed Blazina reports on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's annual service report: Missed trips are down, but on-time performance is an issue:
www.unionprogress.com
about 2 months ago
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The Sunday PUP is packed with all the district high school and college football, a rekindled Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy podcast, and news for toll scofflaws: the Pennsylvania Turnpike is coming for you with state Attorney General Dave Sunday:
www.unionprogress.com
2 months ago
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Ham, quattro formaggi, crushed pineapple, fresh Thai basil, spicy marinara, olive oil, lots of black pepper.
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RIP.
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Todd Snider - "East Nashville Skyline"
YouTube video by Todd Snider
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