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Threading stories that I am particularly proud of, and that I believe had an impact on Pittsburgh, and were in the particular alt-weekly spirit of being under-told, but necessary. And we did these all even though we faced large cuts due to COVID https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2020/06/26/pittsburgh-city-paper-announces-company-wide-cutbacks-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic
Reporting on police violence in East Liberty on 6/1 said in plain terms how PGH Police used less-lethal weapons against peaceful protesters before protesters responded. Imo, this helped shape narrative of region’s police-protest reporting moving forward https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/police-used-rubber-bullets-smoke-and-chemical-munitions-against-protesters-during-a-march-in-east-liberty-in-honor-of-george-floyd/Content?oid=17389207
In the same week (2020, man), we broke the @alexisjreports coverage of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette barring her from Black Lives Matter coverage, and I think CP has led the reporting of the ongoing labor battles happening at the P-G. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-post-gazette-removes-a-black-reporter-from-george-floyd-protest-coverage-says-union/Content?oid=17403485
. @hanfranny's story on police using less-lethal weapons again on protesters, this time in Mellon Park, and how the police kettled protesters after lying to them about when park was closed. More of our strong coverage of police conduct against protesters. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/police-escalate-protest-outside-pedutos-house-with-pepper-spray-projectiles-and-apparent-kettling/Content?oid=17850358
The only publication in Pittsburgh to expose how a man who made homemade bombs who the FBI caught, also had a history of right-wing extremism and threats against BLM supporters, which was not reported by the FBI https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/man-arrested-with-homemade-bombs-in-south-hills-has-apparent-social-media-history-of-threatening-blm-protesters-and-supporting-trump/Content?oid=17643324
. @Tereneh152XX giving voices to the Indigenous community in Pittsburgh in light of the controversy over removing the city’s Columbus statue. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/there-are-indigenous-people-in-the-present/Content?oid=18002712
Reporting on the deep ties the Colcom Foundation has to white nationalists, which had some local and national organizations announced cutting ties with Colcom due to our reporting. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how-pittsburghs-colcom-foundation-is-greenwashing-its-anti-immigrant-message/Content?oid=16919993
. @AWaltzCP's story on how the owner of Cruze Bar was in attendance at a right-wing, anti-quarantine protest with an extremist group, and how this deeply offended Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ community, which had close ties to Cruze Bar https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/local-nightclub-owners-receive-backlash-for-armed-appearance-at-pittsburgh-reopen-protest/Content?oid=17173267
Reporting about the consequences of letting home flippers run rampant in some of Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods, which is contributing to the gentrification that some neighborhoods are seeing. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/the-displacement-of-anthony-hardison-from-his-lawrenceville-apartment-is-a-microcosm-of-a-neighborhood-epidemic/Content?oid=16556108
Coverage of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee, and how it was ignoring a number of open Trump supporters in its midst, exposing just one facet of dysfunction in crucial political committee in a swing state in a presidential election year https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/does-the-allegheny-county-democratic-committee-have-a-trump-supporter-problem/Content?oid=16782509
My & @JosephJaafari's story about a changing police report falsely claiming civil rights marchers exchanged gunfire in central PA, leading to racist conspiracy theories spreading. Without this story, police’s false report would have been only narrative https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/a-changing-story-by-police-on-a-rural-pa-shooting-helped-fuel-white-vigilantes-and-misinformation/Content?oid=18083801
Showing Pittsburgh how smaller ethnic grocers in the city had essential supplies, when people were anxious about shutdowns and other stores were out. From @magweav https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/as-panicked-shoppers-flock-to-supermarket-chains-pittsburghs-small-markets-and-grocers-remain-quietly-stocked/Content?oid=17104220
Coverage of why it's important to lower the Allegheny County Jail's population, especially during COVID. This was just one of many instances of activism to improve conditions at the jail this year https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/allegheny-county-jail-plans-to-release-some-medically-vulnerable-inmates-but-advocacy-groups-say-its-not-enough/Content?oid=16978582
Exposing how quick people were to spread incomplete, false information about Antwon Rose after some Steelers questioned a tribute to him. This was a tragic but necessary reminder of how far we have to go to defend victims of police killings like Antwon. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/antwon-roses-wikipedia-page-edited-to-imply-he-was-a-criminal-after-two-steelers-players-broke-away-from-roses-tribute/Content?oid=18020988
Our late managing editor Alex Gordon’s moving story on how Pittsburgh’s Muslim community was working overtime to provide a successful Ramadan during the pandemic. RIP Alex. I miss you friend. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/how-pittsburghs-muslim-community-is-celebrating-ramadan-during-coronavirus/Content?oid=17253205
Really proud of CP’s efforts in explaining the PA's new vote by mail law, which was even more important this year because of COVID. We wrote several stories on how to vote all through the election. Voter turnout in Allegheny County was historic! https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/coronavirus-means-pittsburghers-are-self-quarantining-for-who-knows-how-long-so-lets-all-vote-by-mail/Content?oid=17044832
Our in depth reporting on KDKA radio. It was a wild year for the historic news radio station, which ended it finally letting go of Wendy Bell, after several controversies of her fall into right-wing conspiracy theories. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/kdka-radios-combative-editorial-strategy-has-employees-and-listeners-worried-about-the-historic-stations-legacy/Content?oid=17356183
This small story on a medical marijuana poll was referenced by state Rep @JakeWheatleyJr in Harrisburg to showcase how medical marijuana is not reaching PA’s Black communities as much as it should be. And was part of his advocacy for legal recreational mj https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/the-results-are-in-heres-whos-using-medical-marijuana-in-pennsylvania-and-why/Content?oid=16564487
CP has written so many stories trying to bring nuance and facts to the fracking discussion, to combat the successful propaganda of the natural-gas industry. It finally felt like we broke through a bit, when Trump exaggerated fracking job figures by 3500% https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/frack-check-trump-inflates-pennsylvania-fracking-job-figures-by-3500-percent/Content?oid=17937555
. @snowden_jordan's story about the essential Black writers in Pittsburgh to follow. This provided a great resource for people looking to educate themselves on Black issues in the city and from Black voices understand the issues the best https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/black-pittsburgh-authors-you-should-know/Content?oid=17397577
Breaking the story on controversial Pittsburgh Police officer Paul Abel, and the arrest that led him to being investigated, again. News has recently confirmed that Abel has been fired. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-police-officer-arrests-man-and-threatens-him-with-taser-at-squirrel-hill-farmers-market/Content?oid=17960987
. @trashyleesuh's column calling out then-Post-Gazette Executive Editor Keith Burris' hypocrisy in saying some of his staff was too biased to report fairly on protests and other issues. This is the kind of column alt-weeklies do best. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-post-gazette-editors-photo-with-trump-proves-own-journalistic-bias-he-claims-to-condemn/Content?oid=17439564
Exposing congressional candidate Sean Parnell and the extremely sexist things he said on air in 2019. One of many stories on Parnell's combative and often offensive campaign https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/congressional-candidate-sean-parnell-thinks-idea-of-independent-women-is-nonsense/Content?oid=17823664
