ABC WTAE: “A new coalition has formed in Pittsburgh to address the impending closure of the Post-Gazette.

Members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh at the Post-Gazette and community members have announced the formation of the Pittsburgh Alliance for People-Empowered Reporting.

“We are trying to make sure that your access to news does not depend on your proximity to power, that your stories are able to get to be told,” said Tanisha Long with the Abolitionist Law Center.

PAPER is not a newspaper. Its goal is to organize alternatives to the Block-owned Post-Gazette. Just a few weeks ago, Block Communications announced it would cease operations in May.

‘To reach out and engage everyday people in solving looming problems, like the city’s loss of a major source of news and information. That’s the spirit in which PAPER was born,’ Steve Mellon, a Post-Gazette photographer, said.”

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