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Author Archives: TyLisa C. Johnson

TyLisa C. Johnson is the Audience Engagement Editor at PublicSource. She’s passionate about telling compelling human stories that intersect with complex issues affecting marginalized groups. Before joining PublicSource, she wrote stories about a range of issues from poverty and hunger to crime and public libraries at publications around the country, including The Dallas Morning News, Tampa Bay Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She has freelanced for publications including Business Insider and The Points Guy. She’s a proud 2017 graduate of Florida A&M University, and can often be found planning a trip somewhere new or crocheting a scarf. Pronouns: She/her

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Fix the bridges, stop the violence: 2022 challenged Pittsburgh to find answers

by TyLisa C. Johnson and Rich Lord December 27, 2022January 2, 2023

From some angles, it was a rocky year, with ongoing pandemics, crumbling infrastructure, tax inequities and creeping threats to our environment. Beneath the crust, however, were gems of hope and glimmers of possibility in the form of solutions. 

Posted inHEALTH

Monkeypox in Pittsburgh? Here’s what you need to know

by TyLisa C. Johnson August 3, 2022April 5, 2023
Construction in Oakland on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Lucas Zheng/PublicSource)
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY

A summer of orange cones, delays, pedestrian peril … and hope?

by TyLisa C. Johnson July 12, 2022July 11, 2022
Protesters gather in front of the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that established the right to abortion nationally. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)
Posted inHEALTH

Roe v. Wade is gone. Share your abortion story.

by TyLisa C. Johnson July 6, 2022July 5, 2022
Milroy Street Bridge
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY

Pittsburgh’s ‘bridge guy’ tells residents not to panic following Fern Hollow

by TyLisa C. Johnson June 22, 2022September 7, 2022
A Port Authority bus was on the Fern Hollow Bridge when it collapsed. (Courtesy: Tracy Baton)
Posted inDEVELOP PGH

The Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed four months ago. We look back— and forward.

by TyLisa C. Johnson June 7, 2022September 7, 2022
Photo of the supreme court and pink colored state of Pennsylvania icon.
Posted inHEALTH

Tell us: We want to hear from you about abortion rights and restrictions.

by TyLisa C. Johnson May 3, 2022September 7, 2022
Donte Lane, Jr., a third grader at Fulton PreK-5, works on English Language Arts school work at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania's Lawrenceville location on Feb. 24. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

Tell us: How will your kids spend summer vacation?

by TyLisa C. Johnson and Jourdan Hicks April 26, 2022April 14, 2022
grid of faces of people who wrote in covid stories
Posted inCOVID-19

‘Here we still are’: Pittsburghers reflect on life with COVID and the future

by Jourdan Hicks and TyLisa C. Johnson March 7, 2022March 7, 2022
Posted inCOMMUNITY STORYTELLING

Black history, gold merit: Read the stories of 4 local Black pioneers

by Jourdan Hicks and TyLisa C. Johnson February 24, 2022February 24, 2022

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