Andrew Conte is a reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review who covered the legalization of casino gambling in Pennsylvania and the Penguins’ bid for an arena.

He has won numerous national and state awards for his writing, including the Carnegie Science Award and first-place honors from the Inland Press Association, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors and the Associated Press Society of Ohio. Two times the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Journalists has recognized Andrew with the Spotlight Award, its top prize for investigative reporting. The Tribune-Review has twice named him its reporter of the year.

Andrew received a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Andrew teaches journalism as the founding director of a news service program at Pittsburgh’s Point Park University. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.