Jakob Lazzaro
Digital ProducerJakob Lazzaro is a digital producer at WESA and WYEP. He comes to Pittsburgh from South Bend, Ind., where he worked as the senior reporter and assignment editor at WVPE and had fun on-air hosting local All Things Considered two days a week, but he first got to know this area in 2018 as an intern at WESA (and is excited to be back). He graduated from Northwestern University in 2020 and has also previously reported for CalMatters and written NPR's Source of the Week email newsletter.
Jakob grew up mostly in Charleston, South Carolina, but was born in Stockholm, Sweden and lived in Sydney, Australia for several years in the late 2000s. When he's not helping write Inbox Edition or moving stories around on WESA's homepage, he can be found admiring Pittsburgh's geography and architecture, trying out local restaurants with his partner and petting their cat, Pistachio.
He can be reached at jlazzaro@wesa.fm.
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Research shows supply of more housing, even if it’s just luxury apartments, decreases pressure on the overall market. -
WESA spoke with six current or former luxury apartment dwellers to understand why they chose to rent in such a building and their thoughts on the overall experience. -
Pittsburgh Regional Transit says the East Busway will remain closed between the Strip District and Oakland until at least early next week. -
Pittsburghers flocked to Schenley Plaza Thursday for the annual World Refugee Day celebration, which included a naturalization ceremony for 16 new U.S. citizens. -
The large arc of flat land curving through Pittsburgh's East End seems out of place, but it's actually an ancient riverbed marking where the Allegheny and Monongahela once flowed. -
The sun broke through the morning's clouds in western Pennsylvania, providing area residents the chance to see the solar eclipse on Monday. -
It’s likely due to a convergence of factors, including a historical industry, the timing of architectural trends and tastes, and a now-dead local company that once made much of North America’s glass blocks. -
Twenty years ago, Pittsburgh installed a futuristic toilet on East Carson Street. It failed, but should inform the city’s new pilot project. -
Customers in Bloomfield, East Liberty, Friendship, Garfield, Highland Park, Homewood North, North Point Breeze, Shadyside and South Oakland no longer need to boil their water. -
Willy McKain has served as county manager for more than 10 years.
