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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

2018-2019 Staff

Elizabeth Donnelly

I am a Senior Staff Writer who is graduating with a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree in April 2023. I've been with TPN since 2017, when I started as a Staff Writer for the Culture Desk. I have since transitioned to writing for ...

Eli Savage

Eli Savage is a native Pittsburgher, and one of two head layout editors at The Pitt News. Savage began at The Pitt News as a staff illustrator in spring 2018 and joined the layout desk in spring 2019. He is a studio arts major...

Anne Marie Yurik

Anne Marie Yurik

Anne Marie Yurik is a senior studying German and Spanish. She's been at The Pitt News since her first year. She's pre-law and usually writes about women and sexuality.

Josh Beylinson

Josh is a sophomore columnist studying political science, writing mostly on public policy and general politics. He hopes to attend law school upon graduation. He also really wishes he had a beard.

Leah Mensch

Leah Mensch

Leah Mensch (they/she) is the opinions editor at The Pitt News. A Pittsburgh native, they will graduate in 2021 with degrees in Nonfiction Writing and English Literature. Before becoming the opinions editor, Leah served as assistant...

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Devi Ruia

Devi is a Senior Staff Columnist at The Pitt News. She’s a senior studying political science and she mainly writes columns about politics (go figure). You can contact her to share your hot takes about politics, comedy, where...

Neena Hagen

Neena is a senior staff writer at The Pitt News who has covered Pitt's graduate student and faculty union campaigns since January 2019. Originally from West Philadelphia, Neena plans to graduate in 2022 with an interdisciplinary...

Mary Rose O’Donnell

Mary Rose O'Donnell is an Assistant News Editor at The Pitt News. A West Chester, PA native, Mary Rose plans to graduate in 2021 with a B.S. in Information Science and Digital Narrative and Interactive Design. She worked as a...

Erica Guthrie

Assistant news editor Erica Guthrie is a sophomore linguistics and Russian language student hailing from Montgomery County, Maryland. When not working at the Pitt News, Eri is most likely to be found studying, working, or eating...

Alexa Marzina

Alexa is a senior pursuing an English writing degree and a certificate in American Sign Language. She originally joined TPN as a copy desk staffer, but expanded her involvement to write for the news and sports desks. She’s ...

Remy Samuels

Remy Samuels is a staff columnist, and formerly a news writer, for The Pitt News. She is a senior Nonfiction Writing major, with a minor in French and a certificate in Global Studies, and hopes to pursue a career in journalism....

Jon Moss

Jon Moss is the fourth-ever editor-in-chief of The Pitt News to work for two terms. He reports on Pitt's upper administration and how its actions impact students, faculty, staff and the wider University community. A native of...

Emily Wolfe

Emily Wolfe is the digital manager at The Pitt News. An Ashburn, Virginia native, Emily plans to graduate in 2022 with majors in fiction writing, French and religious studies. She worked as a student government beat reporter before...

Maggie Durwald

Maggie Durwald, from Buffalo, NY, is a senior staff columnist at The Pitt News. She started at TPN in September 2017 as a columnist, writing primarily about politics and social issues. Durwald is a sophomore at Pitt majoring in...

Delilah Bourque

Delilah Bourque

Delilah Bourque is a senior English Writing major with a concentration in fiction and a certificate in public and professional writing. She started as a writer for the Opinions desk in February of 2018, where she wrote mostly...

Brian Gentry

Brian Gentry is from Portland, Oregon, and is a junior mechanical engineering student with minors in mathematics and chemistry. He started as a columnist with The Pitt News in fall 2017 and served as the Online Visual Editor in...

Elise Lavallee

Elise Lavallee

Hello! As you can see above, my name is Elise Lavallee. I am a third year political science major at the University of Pittsburgh. I hope one day to do some form of international or political journalism. Most of my writing focuses...

Thomas Yang

Thomas Yang, from Nutley, New Jersey, is the assistant visual editor at The Pitt News. He joined the paper as a freshman nursing major and has stayed with the visual section ever since, although he is no longer in the nursing...

Joanna Li

Joanna Li is the layout editor at The Pitt News. From Indiana, PA, Li began at TPN in the fall of 2017 as a culture writer and previously served as assistant sports editor, assistant news editor and news editor. Aside from working...

Hannah Schneider

Hannah Schneider is a staff writer at The Pitt News. She will graduate in April 2019 with degrees in nonfiction English writing and gender, sexuality and women’s studies, as well as a minor in Legal Studies. Schneider joined...

Sarah Shearer

Sarah is graduating from Pitt in spring 2019 with degrees in English nonfiction writing and French. She  previously worked at TPN as an opinions columnist, assistant opinions editor and assistant news editor. She loves using wr...

Janine Faust

Janine Faust is the managing editor of The Pitt News and will graduate in April 2020 with a degree in nonfiction English writing and a certificate in digital media. She joined The Pitt News in September 2016 as a news writer and...

Kim Rooney

Kim Rooney is the copy chief of The Pitt News and editor in chief of Collision Literary Magazine. She also contributes as a writer to The Pitt News, and she previously worked as assistant copy chief and a copy editor. As a senior...

Christian Snyder

Christian Snyder is the editor in chief of The Pitt News. He will graduate in April 2019 with a degree in politics and philosophy. Christian joined The Pitt News as a second-year student writing columns before working as the opinions...