ABOUT US

The Allegheny Front is an award-winning public radio program covering environmental issues in Western Pennsylvania, airing on WESA in Pittsburgh and on stations throughout the region.

The Allegheny Front began in 1991 on WYEP 91.3 FM as a new urban environmental consciousness was strengthening in Pittsburgh. As originally created by volunteer Lucy Laffitte, who coined the name after the major escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains east of Pittsburgh, the program provided environmental news, events and interviews with people active in the local environmental community.

Today, Allegheny Front reporters travel throughout the region, exploring environmental issues affecting the community through stories, interviews, news, and commentaries covering a wide variety of topics. We also produce special series and podcasts, including Trump on Earth, which, for four years, covered the environmental maneuvers of the Trump administration.

The Allegheny Front has been honored with 100+ journalism awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (formerly Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association), Radio Television Digital News Association and the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Editorial Guidelines

A Code of Ethics and Editorial Guidelines has been assembled to establish guidelines for upholding those standards by staff, independent journalists, volunteers, and student interns working for The Allegheny Front. It draws upon the Code of Ethics from other news organizations, including 905. WESA.

Fiscal Sponsor

Our non-profit fiscal sponsor is Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation (see 990 tax information and financial statements, board of directors and leadership team) which operates public radio stations WYEP and WESA in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny Front maintains editorial independence from PCBC and WESA.

Funds and donations for The Allegheny Front are separate from those for WESA and WYEP. The Allegheny Front receives no funding from PCBC.

Advisory Board

In lieu of a governing board, The Allegheny Front has an advisory committee made up of journalism experts and nonprofit professionals in the region for feedback and recommendations for its journalistic endeavors, audience development and engagement activities, organizational sustainability and diversity efforts.

Current members include:

Andrew Conte, Director, Center for Media Innovation, Point Park University
Don Hopey, retired environmental journalist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Cindi Lash, Vice President of News for WESA

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We participate in the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting. Find out more about how DEI is critical to our mission to serve all of Western Pennsylvania.

Corrections

When we make mistakes, we admit and correct them, either in the same venue in which they were made, such as an on-air broadcast, digital version of a report or program, such as the online version of a story or on-demand version of a program, or both.

We welcome comments and additional facts; if they add to the precision of what we present, we are committed to timely modifications.