The Allegheny Front is part of a news partnership with new website PublicSource, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The partnership’s first story reports on gas industry dollars funding university research. The Allegheny Front’s Jennifer Szweda Jordan interviews key players in this story: Allegheny Front reporter Reid Frazier, PublicSource editor Sharon Walsh, and Post-Gazette reporter Bill Schackner.

Audio length: 6:10

This story was made possible by donations to our independent, nonprofit newsroom.

Can you help us keep going with a gift?

We’re Pittsburgh’s Public Source. Since 2011, we’ve taken pride in serving our community by delivering accurate, timely, and impactful journalism — without paywalls. We believe that everyone deserves access to information about local decisions and events that affect them.

But it takes a lot of resources to produce this reporting, from compensating our staff, to the technology that brings it to you, to fact-checking every line, and much more. Reader support is crucial to our ability to keep doing this work.

If you learned something new from this story, consider supporting us with a donation today. Your donation helps ensure that everyone in Allegheny County can stay informed about issues that impact their lives. Thank you for your support!