Stephanie Strasburg

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What feels overlooked?
What would help you better understand what’s happening around you?
If local journalism worked perfectly for you, what would it do?

You Have the Floor: 7 town halls in 7 days Public Source invites Pittsburgh-area residents to share what information communities need most and what local news can do for them.

If you care about information sharing in the Pittsburgh region, join our discussion series to share your vision for a better PGH newscape.

Neighbors talking about what information they need, what feels overlooked and how journalism can better serve the public:

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Antonio Paris joined the Riverview school board after being targeted as a gay, Black man. Last month, when ICE agents detained an elementary school father in Oakmont, he quickly pushed through a student safety plan. How he did it/who he is: www.publicsource.org/antonio-pari... @publicsource.org

Up the river from Pittsburgh, 2 boroughs have seen high-profile detentions of immigrants. One is cooperating with ICE while the other voted against collaboration, as area schools try to keep immigration enforcement at arm’s length. Both councils met tonight: www.publicsource.org/springdale-o...

The protest organizers emphasized an appreciation for the police response. Springdale's Borough Council meets Tues. night, as does the school board. Questions around the boro police's 287(g) agreement w/ ICE will come up, said school board member & organizer Amy Sarno. More to come @publicsource.org

During an ICE protest in Springdale Boro today a man in a truck parked in front of protestors, punched a person w/ a camera in the face 2x & attempted to knock the camera out of his hands. On the sidewalk, an 8yo girl cried as her father responded in the street: www.publicsource.org/springdale-i...

Punches thrown by counterprotester at Springdale anti-ICE demonstration A protest spurred by Springdale Borough’s stop, and ICE’s detention of a man originally from Peru drew a counterprotester who threatened and punched participants.

A protest against the federal immigration crackdown led to punches thrown by a lone counterprotester and a police response in Springdale Borough in the wake of the detention of a local man earlier this week. @stephstrasburg.bsky.social was there www.publicsource.org/springdale-i...

After deadly explosion, safety and environmental lapses at U.S. Steel’s flagship coke works now rest with Nippon U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Nippon’s plans to address safety and environmental concerns aren’t yet public.

When Nippon Steel bought U.S. Steel, it took on the Clairton Coke Works' safety record, emissions challenges and complex history with regulators. @joshkelety.bsky.social and @quinnglabicki.bsky.social explored the plant's future 6 months after a deadly explosion www.publicsource.org/us-steel-cla...

Springdale arrest and ICE cooperation prompt Allegheny Valley schools to weigh options After Springdale police reportedly assisted an ICE detention, Allegheny Valley parents urge school protections to keep immigration agents out.

Judah didn't know she'd be in tears in front of the school board last night. Marroquin wants the board to show it will keep ICE officers out of playgrounds & classrooms, not just for her 8yo Latino daughter, but for the trauma it could impart on her schoolmates.

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Turn-signal stop prompts ICE detention for father of two in Springdale The Peruvian national’s family said he was legally in the country and complying with asylum processes when local police pulled him over and turned him over to ICE. The borough has an agreement with th...

New from @jamiewiggan.bsky.social and @stephstrasburg.bsky.social : Turn-signal stop prompts ICE detention for father of two in Springdale www.publicsource.org/ice-detains-...

“If enough LGBT people start carrying & being loud & visible about it, that will make bigots & extremists & people who might be motivated to commit a hate crime think twice before they try to attack an LGBT person." See full video/article here:
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‘Armed queers don’t get bashed’: Pink Pistols Pittsburgh marks year as Second Amendment community Pink Pistols Pittsburgh formed one year ago, joining 50 chapters of an international LGBT gun rights group that promotes queer visibility and firearms training.

VIDEO: “We teach queer people to shoot. Then we teach others that we have done so.” A pro-gun, pro-gay group is growing in Pittsburgh & nationwide in the wake of national unrest. Hear why Pink Pistols Pittsburgh is selling out firearms classes in their own words: www.publicsource.org/pink-pistols...

‘Armed queers don’t get bashed’: Pink Pistols Pittsburgh marks year as Second Amendment community Pink Pistols Pittsburgh formed one year ago, joining 50 chapters of an international LGBT gun rights group that promotes queer visibility and firearms training.

Their quest for empowered queer visibility is embodied in the Pink Pistols’ motto: “Armed queers don’t get bashed.” @stephstrasburg.bsky.social followed the Pittsburgh chapter through much of their first year www.publicsource.org/pink-pistols...

January 1941: Steelworkers sons in the snow in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (about 20 miles northwest of Pittsburgh). John Vachon, photographer. From the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov/item/2017811...

Love this photo.

Protesters bundled outside of Sen. John Fetterman’s Pittsburgh office, braving freezing temps to press him on DHS funding. Fetterman (D-PA) supports impeachment of DHS's Sec. Noem, but not a government shutdown as rage over ICE killings burns. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p... @publicsource.org

I love how they've painted the ground there...

Snowy Strawberry Way. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Driving through Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville this morning on my way from photo-ing the storm across the city. Glad we made it back when we did, it's super slippy out there. Updates: Giant Eagle closing at 4pm, PRT buses delayed & PPS closed tomorrow. Snow still coming dahn. More @publicsource.org.

Scenes from the snow storm across Pittsburgh this morning. The storm sweeping half of the nation is expected to drop a foot of snow across Southwestern Pennsylvania, making travel unsafe and potentially challenging utilities. Read more: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-u... via @publicsource.org

The White House disseminated a photo of an arrested Minnesota protester crying. @nytimes.com ran it through an A.I. detection system and concluded that it showed signs of manipulation, including depicting the protester as crying and darkening her skin. AI @ right:
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About half of empty Downtown storefronts to be filled ahead of NFL Draft Downtown leaders hope the draft can lure in businesses and are subsidizing their rent in hopes they'll stay beyond the three-day event.

The NFL Draft is coming, but is downtown Pittsburgh ready? A local nonprofit is racing to fill dozens of vacant storefronts before April. From the Pittsburgh Media Partnership Newsroom. buff.ly/42UkwUf

The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into classified material, people familiar with the matter said. It is exceedingly rare for federal agents to search a journalist’s home. trib.al/tKsg85n

Black Photojournalism Closing Celebration Join us for a day of connecting the photographs within Black Photojournalism to the histories we live in the wake of, the questions we ask now, and the way we envision our futures.

Excited to see my former colleague & @gettyphotography.bsky.social photog @msantiagophotos.bsky.social in conversation w/ Dr. Ervin Dyer & Renata Cherlise at Carnegie Museum of Art's Black Photojournalism exhibit at in Pittsburgh. Check the show out before it closes: carnegieart.org/event/black-...

What should Pennsylvania government tackle in 2026? Tell us your priorities. This midterm election year also brings contests for the Pennsylvania governor and the General Assembly. What do you want Harrisburg to tackle in 2026?

With control of Pa. gov't up for grabs this year, what do you want to see on Harrisburg's agenda? Let @publicsource.org know www.publicsource.org/federal-midt...

More than 40 news sources remain in Pittsburgh’s fragmented media landscape The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may be closing, but the city still has more than 40 news sources for local journalism that matters to you.

That said, the media landscape has changed in the decade-plus I've hung my cameras up nightly here. I've mourned losses past, but I've also been excited to see how we can innovate/pool resources to serve the region. Here's a list of some orgs doing that today: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...

🧵: The second time I moved here, I was only supposed to stay a week. Some 15 years later, I've been on staff at the Pittsburgh Trib, the Post-Gazette, and now @publicsource.org, where we regularly collaborate with a variety of publications locally, and when it makes sense, on a wider scale.

🧵: I've moved to Pittsburgh twice. Both times, I first found my social footing by haphazardly choosing from the events listings in the City Paper that I thought might attract interesting people. I read the left-behind editions of local publications in the Beehive, trying to learn my once new city.

“The funny thing about freight train hopping without a cellphone was that I rarely knew where I was.”
So it came as a surprise to Sarah Velázquez when she settled in Pittsburgh, years after spotting the city’s beauty from a passing train.
📸 for @publicsource.org:
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