The enterprise journalist at Newsworks Lab lives by the motto of never picking up a press release or attending a press conference (unless it’s to find a source or hear an outcome of their own reporting). Instead, this person develops original story ideas by developing sources, being radically curious and using critical-thinking skills. The lab …
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Trib Total Media announces $1.25 million investment to launch Newsworks Lab; appoints award-winning journalist Andrew Conte, Ph.D., Editor and Director
NewsworksLab PRESS RELEASE PITTSBURGH, PA — May 7, 2026 — Trib Total Media today announces the launch of Newsworks Lab, a pioneering investigative newsroom established as a public benefit company. Backed by a $1.25 million operational seed investment from Trib Total Media, the Lab is dedicated to producing high-impact, accountability journalism as a free, open-source …
Community Creator
The community creator at Newsworks Lab develops audiences across social and virtual platforms and IRL with dynamic, engaging, interactive reporting that starts with listening to people and then creating compelling content that meets their interests and needs. This person will both pitch and develop their own original reporting, while also supporting the Newsworks Lab team …
Data Journalist
Newsworks Lab, a groundbreaking public-benefit newsroom for investigative reporting, seeks a data journalist who can make sense of complicated data to identify and deliver compelling narratives. The ideal candidate can quickly translate complex data sets into relevant public-accountability journalism and present their findings in compelling and innovative ways. The lab demands fast-paced, enterprise journalism, and …
Trib Total Media launches Newsworks Lab in Pittsburgh, led by Andrew Conte
A new investigative newsroom focusing on original accountability reporting launches this month at Trib Total Media, the latest step in an aggressive expansion in the Pittsburgh market, Trib officials announced. The newsroom, which will be based in Pittsburgh’s North Shore, will be directed by award-winning journalist Andrew Conte, who spent the last decade at the …
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Andrew Conte
Andrew Conte, Ph.D., editor and director of Newsworks Lab, previously founded the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University in 2016. He has worked as an investigative journalist and authored four nonfiction books, including The Color of Sundays and Death of the Daily News. At the CMI, Conte raised $8.5 million for community-engaged approaches to sustaining and growing …