Susan Scott Peterson
Morning Edition ProducerSusan Scott Peterson is an audio producer and writer whose journalism, radio and literary work have appeared with Vox Media, New Hampshire Public Radio, Allegheny Front, The Texas Observer and The Rumpus. She produces longform oral history interviews for her business Extra/Ordinary Stories.
Before moving to Pittsburgh, she directed environmental sustainability for an affordable housing nonprofit in Austin, Texas, where she led the installation of a megawatt of solar power. She traveled nationally as an invited speaker and her work was recognized by the city with a Net Zero Hero award.
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At a listening session inside Squirrel Hill’s Allderdice High School on Monday, board members gathered parents to brainstorm ideas for the district's future. -
Leaders from Pittsburgh called on the more than 600,000 members of the Pittsburgh Diocese to pray for the Pope's soul following his death Monday. -
International students and recent graduates at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon have seen their visas revoked by the federal government. -
90.5 WESA’s Priyanka Tewari interviewed Gormley about his next act and the challenges facing higher education under the Trump administration. -
Gormley launched the largest capital campaign in the university's history, as well as opening Duquesne's new College of Osteopathic Medicine. -
The nonprofit’s fish fry is one of the most popular in the region, but it also provides job training to culinary students overcoming barriers to employment. -
Sala Udin reflects on his years of public service and career of activism. -
For Black History Month, Pittsburgh’s independent music station 91.3 WYEP interviewed local Black musicians about the artists who inspired them. 90.5 WESA’s Priyanka Tewari spoke with WYEP morning host Joey Spehar to learn about Pittsburgh artists’ favorite artists.
