On Media: The comment section is out of control. Please comment
Why some local publications have turned off comments and why others can't monitor them all.
27 Jul 2020
On Media: Now live from his closet! Reporting during COVID-19
Megan Harris, who heads up editorial coverage for The Confluence makes do with a full-sized mattress pad wrapped around her body, microphone, Marantz recorder, cell phone and laptop.
06 May 2020
On Media: The Incline’s owners raise funds, plus Damon Young, the Trib’s AI and more
As a company, WhereBy.US has shifted direction away from creating content toward making its digital platform available for content creators to start their own sites.
04 Mar 2020
On Media: 2019 marks the end of metro daily newspapers
This past year we reached a tipping point toward no return. The industry has changed so dramatically and moved far away from our traditional understanding of a mid-sized city newspaper.
01 Jan 2020
On Media: Post-Gazette cutting two more days of print. What does this mean for its future?
What happens when newspapers stop publishing print editions? People who do not have access to digital devices lose access to information. And more.
19 Jul 2019
On Media: Comings and goings in Pittsburgh media
Courtney Linder, Adam Schuck, Martha Rial, John Allison and numerous others are onto new ventures. Read about them here.
17 Jul 2019
On Media: New research shows where Pittsburghers get their news, and whether they pay for it
New research offers a window into news consumption in the Pittsburgh region, and discussions with local publications offer an even broader picture.
27 Mar 2019
On Media: Synagogue shooting brings story close to home for Pittsburgh journalists
"There is an emotional closeness and an emotional distance at the same time.”
01 Nov 2018
Left? Right? What is with Pittsburgh’s politically shifting newspapers?
What does it mean to be a "Post-Gazette reader" or a "Trib reader" these days?
11 Oct 2018
On Media: If a newspaper doesn’t exist on paper, is it still a newspaper?
"We’re still in the region and we’re still producing content every day. It’s just a matter of looking in a different place for it," says the Trib's top exec.
03 Sep 2018