The shelter’s operator previously expressed willingness to keep it open. “This shelter is filling a need,” said Jon Colburn, the church’s parish administrator. “If people are here by choice then it’s gotta be pretty bleak for their other options.”
Author Archives: Stephanie Strasburg
Stephanie Strasburg is a photojournalist and documentary filmmaker at PublicSource. Her recent work includes an investigation on sexual abuse in the Amish and Mennonite communities for which she and her fellow Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters were named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting and awarded a Mid-Atlantic Emmy. She is part of the team that received the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting for coverage of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre. Her other projects examine the generational imprint of overdose, industry's impact on Pennsylvania's small cities and child poverty. A believer in photography’s ability to connect community, she serves as the education liaison for the Pittsburgh chapter of Video Consortium and is on a constant quest to pay it forward.
