Isabella Abbott
Production AssistantIsabella is a rising senior at Duquesne University majoring in multiplatform journalism and communications and is a division one rower on their women's rowing team. She's had many articles published as the Features Editor for Duquesne's student-run newspaper, The Duquesne Duke. In her free time, she enjoys running, watching new shows and reading.
Funding of the Internship Program is made possible with a grant from the American Eagle Outfitters Foundation.
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In response to global soil shortages, war, and climate change, regenerative farming techniques are becoming more common in small scale farming operations around the world. That includes a five-acre apple orchard just north of Pittsburgh. -
Although organizers haven't officially announced where or when they’ll be starting women’s pro teams, local hockey players and coaches are excited about Pittsburgh as a possibility. -
Members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, an indigenous tribe in the region, are urging state lawmakers to formally recognize their existence. -
Student-athletes at colleges in Pittsburgh will soon be able to make money from the use of their own names and images on products, ads and promotions. -
The Homewood Children’s Village, Awaken Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh’s Center on Race and Social Problems have created mindfulness training for those caring for children and families in Homewood. -
Squirrel Hill is now home to a new Tree of Life memorial mural. The artwork on Phillips Avenue commemorates the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the largest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. -
Their first concert of the three-part series explores multiple Cuban music genres, including Bolero, Son, Guaracha, Changüi and Nengón. -
A recent report from the region’s four refugee resettlement agencies with federal contracts, which includes AJAPO, said that between October 2021 and October 2022, agency leaders in the region helped relocate more than 1,000 people fleeing conflict, persecution and disaster. -
Juneteenth marks the day when the last enslaved Black people in the U.S. learned they had been emancipated in 1865. It became a state holiday in 2019, and a city and federal holiday in 2021. WESA has curated a list of events happening this weekend and on the holiday. -
The electric vehicle advocacy group Route Zero Relay made their stop in Pittsburgh on Monday to advocate for cleaner vehicles in the city.
