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Opinion | Happy coincidences

By Rachel Soloff, Opinions Editor • April 20, 2023

How a series of coincidences led to The Pitt News.

Longtime TPN general manager to retire after 35 years at paper

By Natalie Frank, Staff Writer • September 9, 2020

When Terry Lucas started working at The Pitt News at 27 years old, he had no idea that two years on the job would turn into more than three decades.

The Pitt News to switch to weekly print editions

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • August 23, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Pitt News has reduced print editions this academic year from four days a week to only Wednesdays.

Letter from the Editor: The Pitt News is still publishing daily, but only online

By Janine Faust, Editor-in-chief • March 15, 2020

Dear readers, Prior to spring break, we at The Pitt News, along with the rest of the Pitt community, expected to return to campus in mid-March and resume business as usual. But since Wednesday,...

Opinion | Student Press Freedom Day: a glimpse into student journalism

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist • January 29, 2020

In honor of Student Press Freedom Day — a national holiday dedicated to celebrating student journalists and emphasizing the need to promote their independence and rights without censorship — I wanted to explain what it is we do here.

Pressing the student press: Inside the TPN newsroom

By Nathan Fitchett, For The Pitt News • January 29, 2020

In honor of Student Press Freedom Day, we’ve decided to report on something that we don’t often cover — ourselves.

Bras, Druids, 7-Eleven: Our most-read stories of the decade

By Elise Lavallee, Contributing Editor • December 9, 2019

Here are some of the stories that our readers found most intriguing and thought-provoking — or at least clickable — over the past decade.

The Pitt News wins 13 collegiate journalism awards

By Janine Faust, Editor-in-chief • October 11, 2019

Staff members at The Pitt News received thirteen awards in eleven different categories from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for print stories published between June 11, 2018 through June 10,...

Old News: When Pitt and ROTC clashed on anti-gay policy

By Emily Wolfe, Contributing Editor • September 26, 2019

Old News is a new bi-weekly blog dragging up ancient Pitt history. This week, News Editor Emily Wolfe takes us back to 1990 when campus groups tried to push Pitt to break ties with the ROTC because of its discriminatory sexuality policies.

Editorial: Why TPN didn’t endorse candidates for midterm elections

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 6, 2018

Here at The Pitt News, we don’t believe in endorsing electoral candidates — it’s wholly unnecessary and it tarnishes our image as an honest, objective newspaper.