Brian Conway

Brian Conway is an independent journalist based in Pittsburgh and founder of the Pittsburgh Independent. Published in Vice, the Daily Dot, and elsewhere, his investigative reporting into lead in Pittsburgh’s drinking water earned 2018 first prize in environmental reporting from the Keystone Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and prompted the water authority to strengthen its safe water drinking guidelines. His breaking news and investigative reporting into Pittsburgh’s Hays Woods parkland prompted resident outcry, which disrupted a high-end residential housing project planned for the site.

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Menards declines to purchase Century III Mall property

Century III Mall remains on the market. Wisconsin-based home improvement...

‘Incredibly misleading’—experts question Rich Fitzgerald’s clean air ‘victory lap’

“It’s really disingenuous for any leader to cherry-pick a statistic to make things sound like they're OK while there are clear health risks happening in the community."

Last week’s Pittsburgh news, today #28: “special interest terrorism”

The latest from East Palestine Another Ohio train derails. This time, its contents were nonhazardous, unlike the original derailment, which had hazardous chemicals aboard, even...

Last week’s Pittsburgh news, today #27: bomb train fallout continues

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The latest from East Palestine:  EPA takes charge of the wreck site. The AP reports. Local residents, distrustful of official tests, conduct their own. Emily Cochran...

Last week’s Pittsburgh news, today #25: toxic train car fallout!

Just how bad was it? Questions and concerns swirl following a Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, some 50 miles...

A scaled-down Deutschtown reemerges as Northside Music Festival

After its biggest and most challenging year, in which most artists and several vendors received partial payment or went unpaid, Deutschtown Music Festival (DMF)...
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