• ABOUT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • Donate
  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  • ECONOMY & HOUSING
  • ENVIRONMENT
  • EDUCATION
  • GENDER & IDENTITY
  • HEALTH
  • COMMUNITY STORYTELLING
  • INVESTIGATIONS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • SPECIAL PROJECTS
  • DEVELOP PGH
  • CIVIC BRIEFS
  • BOARD EXPLORER
  • FIRST-PERSON ESSAYS
  • SELVES NEWSLETTER
  • FROM THE SOURCE PODCAST
  • PUBLIC-SERVICE GUIDES
  • KNOW PITTSBURGH. FOR REAL.
  • INSIDE OUR NEWSROOM
  • ABOUT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • OUR MISSION
  • CONTACT US
  • STAFF
  • PITCHES/TIPS
  • LEAK TO US
  • EVENTS
  • JOBS
  • FAQS
  • LOCAL EVENTS
  • PARTNERS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
  • WHO SUPPORTS US
  • DONATION/MEMBERSHIP FAQ
  • REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES
  • WORKING WITH PUBLICSOURCE
  • INTERN TESTIMONIALS
  • SPECIAL PROJECTS
  • DEVELOP PGH
  • CIVIC BRIEFS
  • BOARD EXPLORER
  • FIRST-PERSON ESSAYS
  • SELVES NEWSLETTER
  • FROM THE SOURCE PODCAST
  • PUBLIC-SERVICE GUIDES
  • KNOW PITTSBURGH. FOR REAL.
  • INSIDE OUR NEWSROOM
  • ABOUT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • OUR MISSION
  • CONTACT US
  • STAFF
  • PITCHES/TIPS
  • LEAK TO US
  • EVENTS
  • JOBS
  • FAQS
  • LOCAL EVENTS
  • PARTNERS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
  • WHO SUPPORTS US
  • DONATION/MEMBERSHIP FAQ
  • REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES
  • WORKING WITH PUBLICSOURCE
  • INTERN TESTIMONIALS
  • ABOUT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • Donate
  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  • ECONOMY & HOUSING
  • ENVIRONMENT
  • EDUCATION
  • GENDER & IDENTITY
  • HEALTH
  • COMMUNITY STORYTELLING
  • INVESTIGATIONS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • SPECIAL PROJECTS
  • DEVELOP PGH
  • CIVIC BRIEFS
  • BOARD EXPLORER
  • FIRST-PERSON ESSAYS
  • SELVES NEWSLETTER
  • FROM THE SOURCE PODCAST
  • PUBLIC-SERVICE GUIDES
  • KNOW PITTSBURGH. FOR REAL.
  • INSIDE OUR NEWSROOM
  • ABOUT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • OUR MISSION
  • CONTACT US
  • STAFF
  • PITCHES/TIPS
  • LEAK TO US
  • EVENTS
  • JOBS
  • FAQS
  • LOCAL EVENTS
  • PARTNERS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
  • WHO SUPPORTS US
  • DONATION/MEMBERSHIP FAQ
  • REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES
  • WORKING WITH PUBLICSOURCE
  • INTERN TESTIMONIALS
Skip to content

Sign up for our free weekly newsletters

PublicSource

PublicSource

Stories for a better Pittsburgh.

Donate

Stories like this take time, talent, and tech to produce.

We're proud to provide high-quality local journalism without paywalls — everyone deserves access to information that affects them. But each resource it takes to create these stories comes with a cost. Protect our ability to keep producing journalism you value — please donate today.

SUPPORT OUR NONPROFIT NEWSROOM

Category: FIRST PERSON

Todd Feiler wears a galaxy-style romper and claps for a performance with a group of people.
Posted inGENDER & IDENTITY

Fox Chapel Pride: Would my teenage self have believed it was possible?

by Todd Feiler June 16, 2023June 26, 2023
Eric Miskovitch, seen from behind in a black and grey shirt, looks through a window of the former State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Marshall-Shadeland. Miskovitch used to be incarcerated at the institution, and he’s now pitching that the vacant building could be part of the solution to the housing crisis. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inFIRST PERSON

Why I want to get back into a prison I left some 20 years ago — and then open it up to those in need

by A first-person essay by Eric Miskovitch, as told to Rich Lord June 9, 2023June 11, 2023
Posted inFIRST PERSON

Deselected: My time on the jury pool in the Tree of Life shooting showed why juries are so homogeneous

by First-person comic by Andrea Shockling June 3, 2023June 2, 2023
Jordan Corcoran, founder of Listen, Lucy, sits for a portrait in front of some of the brainstorming she’s done with audiences, in her office on Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Troy Hill. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inFIRST PERSON

After a decade spent talking about mental health in schools, I felt like giving up. Instead, I’m giving more.

by First-person essay by Jordan Corcoran June 2, 2023June 1, 2023
Kalilah Stein, 14, on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in her neighborhood of Carrick. Kalilah learned to shoot at a young age from her grandfather. Now she lives in a neighborhood that has seen two young people shot fatally this year. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inFIRST PERSON

I learned how to pull a trigger, and the same lessons are crucial to addressing gun violence

Kalilah Stein (Courtesy of Kalilah Stein) by First-person essay by Kalilah Stein May 26, 2023May 28, 2023
Polk State School & Hospital, later renamed Polk State Center, in Polk, Venango County, in an undated photo. (Historic American Buildings Survey/Library of Congress)
Posted inMENTAL HEALTH

50 years ago this month, we exposed a state institution. It’s finally closing.

by First-person essay by Robert Nelkin April 28, 2023April 30, 2023
A man plays the saxophone on the Andy Warhol Bridge as Pittsburgh Pirates fans walk across to get to PNC Park on Friday, April 7th, 2023. (Photo by Amaya Lobato-Rivas)
Posted inCOMMUNITY STORYTELLING

For a time, it seemed the 31st Street Bridge was all mine. Why not give a Pittsburgh bridge to the people?

by First-person essay by Laura Walsh April 13, 2023April 16, 2023
Aim Comperatore stands for a portrait at their Pressley Street High Rise apartment on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in East Allegheny. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inFIRST PERSON

Fear not gender-neutral pronouns! They can be fun.

Aim Comperatore wears a black suit and a tie with the stripes of the transgender pride flag while posing for a portrait at Comperatore's Pressley Street High Rise apartment. by First-person essay by Aim Comperatore April 7, 2023April 6, 2023
An illustration of a woman holding her hands open and looking to the sky on a yellow background.
Posted inGENDER & IDENTITY

Teaching myself to be unbothered: My Black Women’s History Month lesson 30 years in the making.

by First-person essay by Tahirah J. Walker March 24, 2023March 23, 2023
Mersin, Turkey, seen here on December 30, 2022, sits 175 miles from the epicenters of the Feb. 5 earthquakes that left tens of thousands dead and many more homeless in Turkey and Syria. (Photo courtesy of Müge Kökten Finkel)
Posted inFIRST PERSON

‘All Turkish was a battle cry against time’

by First-person essay by Müge Kökten Finkel February 16, 2023February 17, 2023

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 … 23 Older posts
PublicSource
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • PublicSource
  • 1936 Fifth Avenue,
    Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  • info@publicsource.org

Donate

  • ABOUT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • OUR MISSION
  • CONTACT US
  • STAFF
  • PITCHES/TIPS
  • LEAK TO US
  • EVENTS
  • JOBS
  • FAQS
  • LOCAL EVENTS
  • PARTNERS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
  • WHO SUPPORTS US
  • DONATION/MEMBERSHIP FAQ
  • REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES
  • WORKING WITH PUBLICSOURCE
  • INTERN TESTIMONIALS

 

 

 

 

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
© 2023 PublicSource. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic