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Fashion Bloggers Take the Pittsburgh Scene by Storm

February 8, 2018December 18, 2018

By: Brittany Maniet, Point Park News Service This story is the first part of a series about local fashion bloggers. Read Part 2 here. Sydney Carver took a chance starting a fashion blog after taking a marketing and public relations class at James Madison University. Forsaking the corporate world when she moved to Pittsburgh, Jessa Gibboney began blogging, styling customers... Read More

Young and Single Mothers: Episode Two

February 1, 2018December 18, 2018

By: Gracey Evans, Point Park News Service Young and Single Mothers is a series following Abbey Lovett on her journey while raising her son as a young and single mother. She gave birth to her son Grayson when she was 19 and has taken care of him by herself ever since. This series shows the good and bad about how it... Read More

Finding a home for eSports in Pittsburgh

January 29, 2018December 18, 2018 esports, James O'Connor, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Knights

By: Brandi Ogrodowski, Point Park News Service When James O’Connor was in the Marines, he injured his shoulder playing football and had to stop playing the sport he loved. After a friend recommended the online computer game Counter-strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), O’Connor, played it to pass the time and quickly fell in love. He loved it so much that... Read More

Burgeoning podcast business grows

January 26, 2018December 18, 2018 Frank Murgia, Hardcore History, Joe Coohill, Matt Petras, Pittsburgh Podcast Network, Professor Buzzkill, Steve Cuden, StoryBeats, Wrestling Reality, YaJagOff!

By: Matt Petras, Point Park News Service Frank Murgia works over 70 hours between his two jobs as the Pittsburgh Podcast Network executive producer, and Talent Network, Inc.’s digital media creative director. He frequently listens to motivational podcasts and identifies the podcasting business as tough. “There’s many days I think kind of jumped the shark a little bit... Read More

Four Mile Run is a place one could get lost

December 7, 2017December 15, 2017 Big Jim’s, Four Mile Run, Pittsburgh

Video submitted by Emma Federkeil, Point Park News Service By Lauren Ortego, Point Park News Service: Tim Weber, a bartender at Big Jim’s restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Four Mile Run neighborhood, has one distinct advantage: he grew up there. Big Jim’s greets visitors to the Run with a large brick building and the bar’s name along with – “Est. 1977” –... Read More

Possible Solutions to Pennsylvania’s Gerrymandering Conundrum

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 carnegie mellon university, Fair Districts PA, Gerrymandering, Lawsuit, PA Supreme Court

Research from Carnegie Mellon University inspires proposed protocols to end issue By: Kimberly Keagy, Point Park News Service: When Carnegie Mellon University mathematician Alan Frieze started thinking about why half the state voted Democrat, he wondered why the Democrats only had 5 seats in Congress? This prompted him to look into a more fair way of drawing districts. He and... Read More

Man’s best friend, but wait, not that one

November 29, 2017 cute, dogs, Emma Federkeil, pit bulls, proper pit bull

By: Emma Federkeil, Point Park News Service: Morgan Meeder, learned first hand just how sweet pit bulls could be when she adopted Dozer, a two-year-old pit bull in 2015. “I feel like dogs almost choose you. I definitely think that he chose us. Sometimes they find you and you get this incredible connection and that would have never happened had... Read More

First-time female candidate, now mayor-elect, a fresh face in Bellevue

November 17, 2017December 18, 2018 Emily Marburger, feature, Profile, Victoria Bails

By: Victoria Bails, Point Park News Service: Following the 2016 Presidential Election, first-time female candidate Emily Marburger attended the Million Women March in Washington, D.C. It was there she decided it was time to get more involved in local government, specifically in her hometown of Bellevue, Pa. “Oh, I can be the person to do this,” Marburger said after looking... Read More

Night of Fights at Carnegie Music Hall goes to Round 2

October 31, 2017 boxing, Carnegie Music Hall, music hall, Pittsburgh, Ty Polk

By Tyler Polk, Point Park News Service: Pro Boxing returns to the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead on Nov. 4. Integrity Fighter Management and the Conn-Greb Boxing Gym present the event following the first successful pro boxing night held at the venue back in March. Mike McSorley, a promoter, and trainer at Conn-Greb said they choose to return to the... Read More

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Dracula: Not for the Faint of Heart

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 April Osburn, Ballet, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Halloween, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Preformance, Romance, Vampire

By April Osburn, Point Park News Service: For those who enjoy being spooked and live for Halloween, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s production of “Dracula” will return for the 2017-2018 season opener gracing audiences at the Benedum Center over Halloween weekend. The dynamic performance, based on the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, takes you on a journey with Count Dracula to fulfill his... Read More