Michael Dillon is ‘on the road’ for good: Journalism professor retires after 27 years

Charlotte Shields-Rossi | a&e editor The Oracle, the official student newspaper of SUNY New Paltz published an article on May 7, 1998, about the departure of Michael Dillon, a literary journalism professor at the university. “Professor Michael J. Dillon, the much admired and respected SUNY Journalism professor, is leaving at the end of August to go back to the coal-mining region of his Pennsylvania roots … Continue reading Michael Dillon is ‘on the road’ for good: Journalism professor retires after 27 years

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Staff Editorial: The end is no longer near for Pittsburgh journalism

Local journalism took a serious hit earlier this year when it was announced that The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh City Paper, both owned by Block Communications Inc. (BCI) would be shutting down. The latter of the two was shut down effective almost immediately and has been out of print since the start of the new year, but it wasn’t the end of an era. … Continue reading Staff Editorial: The end is no longer near for Pittsburgh journalism

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Pittsburgh shouldn’t have to close any more schools

Eliyahu Gasson | opinions editor | Pittsburgh Public Schools is downsizing … again. But they shouldn’t have to. Charter schools continue to mooch off of the district’s resources putting unfair strain on communities who rely on their local public schools as a center of community. PPS has closed 42 school buildings in the past two decades. The 2006 PPS Right-Sizing Plan involved the closure of … Continue reading Pittsburgh shouldn’t have to close any more schools

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