Meet the Editors | Visuals

By Hannah Levine and Maya Burns

September 17, 2025

(from left to right) Visuals editors Hannah Levine and Maya Burns.

Meet your visual editors! We provide photos, illustrations and the cover for The Pitt News. Our talented staff provides visuals for every article posted to The Pitt News, from presidential rallies to football games to new restaurants — we cover everything important to the Pitt community.

Hannah Levine, Visuals Editor

Hi! I’m Hannah Levine, the visuals editor at The Pitt News! I’m a senior graduating in December with a degree in computer engineering with a software engineering concentration. I’m also getting the innovation, product design and entrepreneurship certificate through the Swanson School of Engineering. I joined The Pitt News in the spring of 2022 and have been with the visuals desk ever since. I have loved working with all of the talented staff as a photographer, and I’m so excited to continue my work here as an editor!

Outside of TPN, I am an Engineering Ambassador for SSOE and the Corresponding Secretary for Theta Tau. I also work for the Entertainment Technology Center at CMU! When I’m not working, you can find me at the Center for Creative Reuse shopping for my next project, or at Therapy Dog Tuesdays (missing my dog, Rigi).

Maya Burns, Assistant Visuals Editor

I’m Maya and I am the assistant visuals editor at The Pitt News this year! I am a junior studying ecology and evolution and English literature with a minor in studio art. In my third semester at The Pitt News, I am eager to work alongside the talented editorial board and visuals staff to represent whatever the Pittsburgh community throws our way.

In what free time I have, I love caring for my home zoo and garden, tackling new sewing projects and watching or reading something spooky.

About the Contributors

Hannah Levine, Visuals Editor

Hannah is the visuals editor for The Pitt News. She works with the photographers and illustrators to produce engaging visuals for the entire organization. She is graduating in December with a degree in Computer Engineering with a Software Engineering concentration and the IPDE certificate. She has been with the TPN Visuals desk since the Spring of 2022.

Maya Burns, Assistant Visuals Editor

Maya Burns is the Assistant Visuals Editor for the Pitt News. They are in their third year at Pitt with dual majors in Ecology & Evolution and English Literature, and a minor in Studio Arts. First joining The Pitt News in the fall of 2024 as an illustrator, they now help to curate and organize illustration and photojournalism in tandem with writing desk editors and writers.