Data Archives - PublicSource

A grid of portraits of this summer's PublicSource interns

Inside our Newsroom

Intern inspirations range from Pride and Prejudice to Charlie Brown

by Rich Lord June 6, 2023June 5, 2023

Students and recent grads join PublicSource for a summer of reporting, fact-checking and data work in pursuit of a better Pittsburgh.

Nick Liadis, an avian ecologist and founder of Bird Lab, disentangles a magnolia warbler from netting strung up at a research outpost in Hays Woods, above the Monongahela River, on May 17.

Signals from songbirds: How feathered migrants help scientists save local ecosystems

by Quinn Glabicki May 25, 2023May 29, 2023

Tim Stevens speaks beside Dale Snyder at a rally

Local Government

Turnout data show marginalized communities often have quietest voice in Allegheny County elections

by Charlie Wolfson and Ladimir Garcia November 7, 2022November 8, 2022

Local Government

More than $1 million has gone into Pittsburgh’s mayoral race. Where did it come from?

by Satvika Neti, Charlie Wolfson and Juliette Rihl May 14, 2021May 14, 2021

Dr. Jamie Wright leans over a metal railing inside UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. She is wearing a white coat, black sweater and yellow face mask. The wall behind her is yellow.

Could the pandemic bring a baby boom to the Pittsburgh region? Early data is mixed.

by Juliette Rihl and Oliver Morrison March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

Pittsburgh Police in riot gear block Black Lives Matter protestors from walking up the Fort Pitt Bridge ramp on Saturday, July 4, 2020. (Photo by Nick Childers/PublicSource)

Local Government, PUBLIC SAFETY

Pittsburgh provides new look at allegations against police, but not at resulting discipline

by Rich Lord December 14, 2020November 5, 2021

Left to right: Alberto Benzaquen, of Pittsburgh's Commission on Human Relations; Cori Frazer of the City-County Task Force on Disabilities; and Morgan Overton of the Gender Equity Commission are helping to diversify the region's power structure in ways that weren't even envisioned 15 years ago. (Photos by Jay Manning/PublicSource)

All on board? Powerful Pittsburgh-area panels are more diverse, but progress is uneven

by Rich Lord November 9, 2020November 5, 2021

A sign along McKnight Road in the North Hills reminds people to practice social distancing to limit the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Kimberly Rowen/PublicSource)

Is staying home during the pandemic a luxury? Here’s what Pittsburgh-area data shows.

by Juliette Rihl May 2, 2020May 8, 2020

A patient sample that is awaiting testing for the coronavirus. (Photo by Kimberly Rowen/Public Source)

While Black Americans are disproportionately dying of COVID-19, Allegheny County and PA lack local race data

by Juliette Rihl April 8, 2020April 20, 2020

DATA, Local Government, SALARIES DATA

Pennsylvania 2016 state salaries

by J. Dale Shoemaker and Natasha Vicens April 13, 2017February 26, 2018