Jon Moss is the news editor at The Pitt News, and reports primarily on investigative and accountability issues. A native of Northern Jersey, he will graduate in April 2022 with a business major and Spanish minor. Jon previously served as a news staff writer during fall 2018, online visual editor during spring 2019, news editor during summer 2019 and an assistant news editor during fall 2019.
Contact Jon by emailing me@jonathanmoss.me.
Contact Jon by emailing me@jonathanmoss.me.
Jon Moss, News Editor
| Apr 08, 2020 | Construction at Pitt health care facility to resume (Story) |
| Apr 08, 2020 | Pitt cancels all fall study abroad programming as pandemic continues (Story) |
| Apr 07, 2020 | Pittsburgh buildings light up in support of front-line pandemic workers (Story) |
| Apr 01, 2020 | Former Pitt student killed in Wednesday morning shooting on Meyran (Story) |
| Mar 31, 2020 | Cleaning house: Pitt tosses, stores student belongings to prepare facilities for COVID-19 fight (Story) |
| Mar 27, 2020 | Pitt moves summer classes online as pandemic continues (Story) |
| Mar 25, 2020 | Greensburg man dead after Oakland motorcycle collision (Story) |
| Mar 23, 2020 | Pitt to not publicly announce future COVID-19 cases due to community spread (Story) |
| Mar 22, 2020 | Pitt confirms first COVID-19 case in residence hall (Story) |
| Mar 20, 2020 | Pitt to allow students to move courses to pass/fail status at semester’s end (Story) |
| Mar 18, 2020 | Gallagher announces plans to further shutdown campus (Story) |
| Mar 17, 2020 | Pitt selects Compass Group as next dining contractor (Story) |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Pitt library employees urge administrators to fully shut down facilities (Story) |
| Mar 15, 2020 | Pitt to restrict building access, close campus recreation (Story) |
| Mar 15, 2020 | Police investigating Atwood Street assault (Story) |
| Mar 14, 2020 | County officials announce two COVID-19 cases in City (Story) |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Pitt to temporarily shutter dining halls as classes move online (Story) |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Pitt moves classes online as coronavirus pandemic spreads around nation (Story) |
| Mar 03, 2020 | Pitt cancels most spring break study abroad programming in wake of coronavirus crisis (Story) |
| Mar 01, 2020 | Board approves new health sciences chief (Story) |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Board of Trustees unanimously approves formal socially responsible investing process, commits to carbon neutrality by 2037 (Story) |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Pitt working to recall students from coronavirus-afflicted countries (Story) |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Fossil Free Pitt to continue Cathedral sit-in indefinitely (Story) |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Context: February Board of Trustees meeting (Story) |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Board committee approves LRDC, O’Hara Garage demolition (Story) |
| Feb 25, 2020 | Live blog: Fossil Free Pitt Coalition’s sit-in in the Cathedral of Learning (Story) |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Two bomb threats made at Five Guys in three days (Story) |
| Feb 18, 2020 | Labor board to hold hearing on proposed grad union ruling (Story) |
| Feb 18, 2020 | SGB candidates debate key issues for presidency (Story) |
| Feb 17, 2020 | Investigation ongoing into Pitt student’s death (Story) |
| Feb 14, 2020 | Grad union organizers deliver broken heart to Chancellor Gallagher (Story) |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Student-run coffee shops coming next fall to Cathedral, Hillman Library (Story) |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Pitt seeks to develop novel coronavirus vaccine (Story) |
| Feb 10, 2020 | Pitt, FHP to discuss housing discrimination allegation (Story) |
| Feb 10, 2020 | Pitt police issue crime alert after burglary (Story) |
| Feb 06, 2020 | Pitt alum hired to lead Pittsburgh NAACP (Story) |
| Feb 04, 2020 | Gov. Wolf proposes flat funding for Pitt in proposed budget (Story) |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Las Palmas cited for health violation (Story) |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Pitt student’s trial pushed to late April (Story) |
| Jan 27, 2020 | Judge dismisses charges against Pitt sophomore (Story) |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Pa. House Speaker won’t seek 10th term (Story) |
| Jan 22, 2020 | The inside scoop on the dining contract negotiation process (Story) |
| Jan 18, 2020 | Pitt student dead after being hit by Port Authority bus on Fifth Avenue (Story) |
| Jan 16, 2020 | Gallagher announces further steps to prevent sexual misconduct (Story) |
| Jan 16, 2020 | Ex-police officer acquitted in Antwon Rose case sues Pitt (Story) |
| Jan 16, 2020 | Provost’s office accepting OER grant applications (Story) |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Pitt police issue crime alert after robbery (Story) |
| Jan 15, 2020 | School of Education receives $1 million Gates grant (Story) |
| Jan 13, 2020 | Racial slurs case remains unsolved three months later (Story) |
| Jan 12, 2020 | Pitt’s bill for ‘union avoidance’ law firm passes $1 million (Story) |
| Jan 09, 2020 | Pitt administrators to launch new art initiative (Story) |
| Jan 08, 2020 | Pitt releases latest hazing report (Story) |
| Jan 06, 2020 | Forbes Street Market cited for two low-risk health code violations (Story) |
| Jan 06, 2020 | Pitt police officer sues University for alleged age discrimination (Story) |
| Jan 05, 2020 | In case you missed it: News from winter break 2019 (Story) |
| Dec 17, 2019 | Federal government probing alleged Pitt disability discrimination (Story) |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Chancellor, executives to receive second straight year of pay raises (Story) |
| Dec 01, 2019 | Pitt preparing for phase 2 of Bigelow reconstruction (Story) |
| Nov 20, 2019 | Diversity and inclusion leader to step down (Story) |
| Nov 18, 2019 | Board committee approves Master Plan support projects (Story) |
| Nov 17, 2019 | 3 Greek life orgs face updated Pitt sanctions (Story) |
| Nov 17, 2019 | Pitt student’s trial set for late January (Story) |
| Nov 07, 2019 | An ‘unwanting’ feeling: Investigation ongoing into two slurs against black first-year student (Story) |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Board committees approve increases to University debt limits (Story) |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Market Central cited for 5 low-risk health code violations (Story) |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Pitt to fund up to $250k in sexual misconduct prevention projects (Story) |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Fourth Greek life organization faces hazing probe (Story) |
| Oct 28, 2019 | Posvar Hall evacuated after small construction fire (Story) |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Food robot testing has resumed (Story) |
| Oct 24, 2019 | 2 additional Greek life orgs face hazing probes (Story) |
| Oct 24, 2019 | Phi Kappa Theta temporarily suspended after possible new member hazing (Story) |
| Oct 22, 2019 | Former employee sues Pitt over allegedly violating federal, state law in termination (Story) |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Phi Kappa Theta new member education suspended after possible hazing (Story) |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Pitt police issue crime alert after attempted robbery (Story) |
| Oct 16, 2019 | Survey results highlight misconduct, sexual assault on campus (Story) |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Pitt launches new graduate research center with Koch funding (Story) |
| Oct 09, 2019 | Jill Krantz named executive director of campus recreation (Story) |
| Oct 09, 2019 | Diversity and Inclusion office reorganized in October (Story) |
| Oct 09, 2019 | Pitt announces shuttle stop changes beginning in November (Story) |
| Oct 08, 2019 | Pitt files exception to proposed grad union ruling (Story) |
| Oct 03, 2019 | Police officer acquitted on 5 of 6 counts from October incident (Story) |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Pitt police issue crime alert after aggravated assault (Story) |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Gallagher provides report on University initiatives amidst divestment protest (Story) |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Cudd says Pitt still considering options on proposed grad union ruling (Story) |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Board approves new trustee, revised bylaws (Story) |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Context: September Board of Trustees meeting (Story) |
| Sep 24, 2019 | Grad union organizers ready campaign for second election (Story) |
| Sep 24, 2019 | U. S. House to begin impeachment inquiry (Story) |
| Sep 17, 2019 | State awards $100,000 grant for Schenley Park restoration (Story) |
| Sep 15, 2019 | Pitt exploring plans for hotel and conference center next to University Club (Story) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | Board committee approves revised bylaws, mission statements (Story) |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Pitt to offer 5-year master’s engineering program next fall (Story) |
| Sep 06, 2019 | SGB to form task force for preserving names of independent student organizations (Story) |
| Sep 05, 2019 | SORC to block clubs from re-registering next year over updated guidelines (Story) |
| Sep 05, 2019 | Failed connections: Pitt’s new Wi-Fi met with mixed reception (Story) |
| Sep 04, 2019 | UPDATE: Law enforcement: Online hate crime threat is ‘not credible’ (Story) |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Pitt to develop socially responsible investing strategies (Story) |
| Aug 25, 2019 | Second Oakland social club building for sale (Story) |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Transcript: TPN’s interview with UHC Dean Murrell (Story) |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Changes coming to Honors College with new dean (Story) |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Class of 2023 breaks demographic records (Story) |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Thanksgiving break to last full week (Story) |
| Aug 08, 2019 | Chick-fil-A moving to upper campus, other dining changes start this fall (Story) |
| Aug 08, 2019 | Pitt outsources dorm WiFi, will charge for faster speeds (Story) |
| Aug 01, 2019 | Man arrested, charged after two attempted rapes (Story) |
| Jul 31, 2019 | Police officer faces trial after allegedly assaulting, harassing Pitt students (Story) |
| Jul 30, 2019 | Criminal complaint charges Pitt student with ethnic intimidation, making terroristic threats (Story) |
| Jul 25, 2019 | Pitt to hold listening sessions on One Bigelow project (Story) |
| Jul 24, 2019 | John Keeler to step down as GSPIA dean (Story) |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Report examining socially responsible investing at Pitt released (Story) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Student, Pitt leaders to meet to strengthen student code of conduct (Story) |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Board committee approves budget, tuition hikes (Story) |
| Jul 09, 2019 | New state law breaks down barriers to reporting sexual harassment (Story) |
| Jul 06, 2019 | Provost, dean of students respond to letter calling for student expulsion (Story) |
| Jul 05, 2019 | Student organizations call for expulsion of Pitt student who sent violent, racist threats (Story) |
| Jul 05, 2019 | Pitt police issue crime alert after burglary, attempted sexual assault (Story) |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Transcript: TPN’s interview with Provost Cudd (Story) |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Gallagher: Endowment report to be released soon (Story) |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Gallagher provides updates on University initiatives (Story) |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Board approves chairperson-elect, new trustees (Story) |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Cudd’s freshman year: affordability, unionization and plans for the future (Story) |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Context: June Board of Trustees meeting (Story) |
| Jun 25, 2019 | House passes Pitt funding bill by 167-34 vote (Story) |
| Jun 24, 2019 | City to start neighborhood planning process in Oakland (Story) |
| Jun 24, 2019 | Pitt to get 2% state funding increase; House Republicans file amendment to avert fetal tissue research (Story) |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Activists call for independent audit of troubled U. S. Steel plant (Story) |
| Jun 19, 2019 | SkyVue cited for non-functioning fire alarm, two other fire violations last October (Story) |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Fire at U. S. Steel plant cuts power to key pollution control systems (Story) |
| Jun 11, 2019 | 2 additional students awarded Fulbrights, now totaling 13 (Story) |
| Jun 06, 2019 | Pitt students couch-surfing after SkyVue electrical fire (Story) |
| Jun 06, 2019 | Donald Burke to step down as public health dean (Story) |
| Jun 04, 2019 | Pitt releases list of 25 highest-paid non-officer employees (Story) |
| May 31, 2019 | Audrey Murrell named acting dean of Honors College (Story) |
| May 30, 2019 | Police: Woman who used bear spray at Pitt also hit two buses (Story) |
| May 24, 2019 | Cathedral Cafe passes health department reinspection (Story) |
| May 22, 2019 | Woman arrested after allegedly spraying bear spray at Pitt employees (Story) |
| May 14, 2019 | Cathedral Cafe cited for 8 health code violations (Story) |
| May 14, 2019 | Pitt paid almost $240K to “union avoidance” law firm in recent years (Story) |
| May 03, 2019 | Grad students vote against unionization, organizers reissue call for new election (Story) |
| May 01, 2019 | Recent CMU graduate found guilty of sexual assault against female Pitt student (Story) |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Planning underway for new recreation center (Story) |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Deadline approaching for primary voter registration (Story) |
| Apr 16, 2019 | Market Central passes health department reinspection (Story) |
| Apr 10, 2019 | Peduto signs gun control bills, lawsuit filed in county court (Story) |
| Apr 08, 2019 | Market Central cited for 9 health code violations (Story) |
| Apr 02, 2019 | City Council passes gun control bills amid legal threats (Story) |
| Feb 27, 2019 | Chancellor seeks state funding at Harrisburg hearing (Story) |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Pitt to match federal Pell Grants, tuition still unclear for next year (Story) |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Context: February Board of Trustees meeting (Story) |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Pitt students to face tuition hike, Commonwealth funding unclear (Story) |
| Feb 10, 2019 | State officials attempt to avert UPMC, Highmark breakup (Story) |
| Jan 07, 2019 | Bio class assigned new professor after petition (Story) |
| Dec 15, 2018 | Body discovered on roof of Lothrop Hall (Story) |
| Dec 10, 2018 | Pitt student hit by Port Authority bus near WPU (Story) |
| Dec 09, 2018 | Finals: A How-To Guide (Story) |
| Dec 09, 2018 | Lawsuit dismissed against former police officer Michael Rosfeld, Garage Door (Story) |
| Dec 07, 2018 | Biology students petition against professor (Story) |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Lawsuit alleges Pitt responsible for dropped criminal charges (Story) |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Luxury housing places Oakland gentrification on the horizon (Story) |
| Nov 02, 2018 | Pittsburgh International Airport approves new budget for changes (Story) |
| Oct 31, 2018 | Jewish Greek life honors Tree of Life victims (Story) |
| Oct 29, 2018 | President Trump responds to Tree of Life massacre (Story) |
| Oct 16, 2018 | Newman Institute embraces new way to preserve history (Story) |
| Oct 08, 2018 | Port Authority reroutes in East End (Story) |
| Sep 26, 2018 | Tom Hanks brings voting hype to Pittsburgh (Story) |