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Matt Stroud

Matt Stroud is an investigative reporter and author of Thin Blue Lie. He writes about journalism, power, and how stories get made, drawing on two decades of reporting for national outlets and long-form investigative projects.

After the Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Journalism Problem Is Structural, Not Existential

After the Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Journalism Problem Is Structural, Not Existential

Watch a haphazard episode of the Amphibian Happy Ahr discussing this column here. When the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced it would cease operations this spring, the first question everyone asked was the wrong one. “Who replaces it?” That question assumes a newspaper is a personality. Or a brand. Or a vibe.