March 07, 2022
A former reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wants to drop her federal lawsuit claiming she was taken off covering the Black Lives Matter protests for racial reasons, citing difficulties with potential evidence in court filings Monday.
September 14, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to fast-track its appeal of his decision denying the newspaper's motion to dismiss a Black reporter's racial bias and retaliation lawsuit, finding that the paper fell short of meeting the criteria needed for an interlocutory appeal.
September 08, 2021
Claiming the First Amendment as a defense shouldn’t be the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s ticket to a Third Circuit appeal of a Black ex-reporter’s bias lawsuit following her removal from Black Lives Matter coverage, the reporter’s attorney argued to a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday.
August 31, 2021
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked to go straight to the Third Circuit for a ruling on whether the First Amendment protected it from liability when it refused to let a Black reporter cover Black Lives Matter protests because of a tweet, arguing the district court was wrong to claim it could have been a personnel decision.
August 17, 2021
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette can't dodge a Black ex-reporter's claims it discriminated against her when it punished her for a tweet sarcastically comparing damage from last year's Black Lives Matter protests to a trash-strewn country music concert, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
February 11, 2021
Counsel for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette told a federal court on Thursday that the First Amendment protects the newspaper's editorial decisions and should shield it from an ex-reporter's discrimination claims and an investigation by the city's civil rights commission.
October 19, 2020
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette pushed back against a Black former reporter's racial bias and retaliation lawsuit, saying it barred her from covering racial justice and police brutality protests because of its journalistic standards.
June 16, 2020
A black Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter slammed the newspaper with a retaliation and racial bias lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday that alleges she was wrongly barred from covering police brutality protests following a tweet.