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Awards to honorees from WESA and The Allegheny Front, as well as winners from other Pennsylvania news organizations, will be presented during a luncheon on Oct. 17 in Harrisburg.

The Robert L. Vann Media Awards for journalism excellence, presented on June 13 at a dinner on the University of Pittsburgh campus, recognize coverage of Africana communities and individuals. The PBMF also honored 90.5 WESA at the Vann Awards event with a special salute “for its longstanding commitment to diverse journalism coverage.”

This PMJA Annual Award recognizes work produced and reported by WESA reporter Kate Giammarise in collaboration with Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA. Former WESA health & science reporter Sarah Boden also contributed to the series.

Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corp. and 90.5 WESA will host StoryCorps to record the stories of Pittsburgh residents through both in-person and virtual interviews, then preserve the stories in the Library of Congress

The WESA newsroom, its journalists and The Allegheny Front have been honored in 2024 with significant awards in state and regional competitions for journalism excellence.

Blackley is a member of Current’s inaugural cohort of Rising Stars — all early- and mid-career U.S. public media employees who have been recognized for the mark they are making on their media organizations and their communities.

The park remains closed on Sunday after the shootings, which drew police from multiple communities in response to reports of shots fired on the first night of its Halloween-themed Phantom Fall Fest.

WESA is part of a new community-powered journalism project answering your questions about how to vote in the upcoming midterms.

Air quality monitors did not detect "any adverse conditions" after the outage, and health department officials said they believe the outage "will either not affect or only minimally affect" emissions from the Mon Valley plant.

Masks are required for indoor events at Cultural Trust venues only when the COVID-19 community level for Allegheny County is at "high" status.