Dear Reader,
Nearly three months after joining PublicSource, I’m still adjusting to the sanity and order that define our newsroom.
Don’t get me wrong, there are days when breaking news upends our lunch breaks and keeps us hunched over our desks late into the evening. But compared with most media outlets today, we have an enormous luxury of time and perspective – and we believe that makes a difference in our final product.
As the digital age began thinning out traditional news coverage, PublicSource stepped up to fill information gaps in local government, education, development, environment, health and other issues critical to our region. Instead of chasing every fleeting headline, we take a breath and look for the missing context, the emerging pattern, the vital perspective lost in the scramble. For-profit organizations that rely on advertising revenue cannot sustain this sort of work because of the pressure they face to maximize traffic. Thanks to your support, though, we can chase other objectives – like telling the best news stories in Pittsburgh.
Since I began here in August, our team has uncovered financial woes taking hold at a prominent Pittsburgh University, highlighted disparities in vaccination uptake, shown how lax fracking regulations impact lives and communities, considered what major development plans in Hazelwood mean for those who live there, and explored, through a series, how inequity runs through local schooling.
As we look to the new year, we’re preparing to pursue further ambitious reporting projects like these that will hold us to our pledge of telling stories for a better Pittsburgh. However, we depend on support from readers like you to make this work possible.
Right now your donation goes up to twelve times as far. Our generous match pool supporters will match your new monthly gift x12, or double your one-time donation. Please help us get the resources we need to bring you these thoughtful, important stories — make your MATCHED gift of support today.
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Thanks in advance for your support of our team.
Sincerely,
Jamie Wiggan
Deputy Editor
PublicSource
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