Editorial | Media burnout is a threat to action

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 27, 2026

The Pitt News Editorial Board provides ways to alleviate feelings of media burnout, such as reducing time on social media, seeking out positive news and combating “learned helplessness” by getting involved in advocacy organizations.

Editorial | The death of local news is a warning we must heed

January 12, 2026

The Pitt News Editorial Board argues that, in the wake of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closing, we must recognize the power of the consumer and resist the wealthy few in charge.

Editorial | A free world demands a free press

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • April 15, 2025

After years working as student editors, they have learned a lot about the challenges and importance of a free press — especially in an age where that freedom may be at risk. Each Pitt News editor has engaged with this newspaper in a very different way, and as such, each editor has learned a very different lesson about what journalism looks like in a free world. 

Opinion | I am tired of American politics

By Livia LaMarca, Staff Columnist • June 14, 2022

American news and politics has been tiring and angering the last few weeks and it’s okay to take a break every once in a while.

Opinion | You don’t need to be informed about everything — it’s mentally exhausting

By Rachel Soloff, Opinions Editor • April 7, 2022

Sometimes it’s OK to take a break from the constant stream of news for the sake of mental health.

Meet the editors: News

By Natalie Frank, Martha Layne, and Millicent Watt • August 26, 2021

Meet the three reasons why the news desk won the best and sexiest desk award last year. From staying up all night to cover SGB elections to calling up all your favorite Pitt admins, there’s no shortage of drive in this group of writers!

Opinion | Dealing with information overload

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist • October 2, 2019

Information overload has massive consequences, on both micro and macro levels, and in order to address rampant political division, environmental crises and other perils plaguing our world, we must first consider the ways in which we consume and respond to information.

Scandals trump news that matters

By Ana Altchek | Columnist • March 29, 2018

You may or may not have heard about the school shooting that took place last week at Great Mills High School in Maryland. Two students were shot, and the teenage murderer committed suicide briefly after....

Editorial: Responding to sexual misconduct, NPR succeeds where Dartmouth fails

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 2, 2017

Sprawled across Dartmouth College’s campus last week were posters that read “Where is Prof. Paul Whalen?” and “Where is Prof. Bill Kelley?” The signs refer to two of the three professors at Dartmouth...

Podcast hosts return to talk traveling

By Zoe Pawliczek | Staff Writer • October 17, 2017

Reality TV stars and podcast hosts Susie Meister and Sarah Rice think they might be qualified for Donald Trump’s current job — given that he also has a reality TV background. “This is just the...