Hi, I’m Romita Das and I’m a senior Biological Sciences major, minoring in Neuroscience and Chemistry, with a Certificate in Public and Professional Writing. I love nature and portrait photography and I have been photographing...

Ananya Pathapadu is a senior majoring in psychology and neuroscience with a minor in chemistry. She enjoys listening to music and cooking.

Rachel Soloff is a senior Political Science major, English literature minor and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies minor has worked on the opinions desk since 2019. She is interested in comedy, vinyl collecting and is usually...

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 ...

Diana Velasquez is a Senior Staff Writer at The Pitt News. A New York native, she will graduate in 2023 with degrees in English Writing, Classics, and a Medieval and Renaissance Studies certificate. She joined the culture staff...

Ashton Crawley is an Assistant News Editor at The Pitt News. A Pittsburgh native, she plans to graduate in April 2022 with degrees in History and Political Science and a minor in French. She joined the news staff as a staff writer...

Natalie Frank is the News Editor at The Pitt News. An Ohio native, she plans to graduate in April 2023 with degrees in Urban Studies and Anthropology, a minor in Political Science and a certificate in Public and Professional Writing....

Michael Clifford is a sophomore studying economics, political science, and mathematics. He writes mostly on economic policy, and is proud of his Hawaiian shirt collection.

Martha Layne is an Assistant News Editor at The Pitt News. A Pittsburgh (Pine-Richland) native, she plans to graduate in April 2022 with degrees in Finance and Accounting and minors in Economics and English Literature. She joined...

Rebecca Johnson is the editor-in-chief of The Pitt News. A Western Pennsylvania native, she plans to graduate in April 2023 with degrees in political science and economics and a certificate in global studies. She's worked as a...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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 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 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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

Sarah Connor is the social media/online engagement editor at The Pitt News and a senior double majoring in communications and English nonfiction writing. She served as TPN's culture editor throughout her junior year and was a staff...