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Welcome to the PPS Newsroom!The Office of Public Information coordinates news coverage for the Pittsburgh Public Schools and is responsible for handling official communications between the District and the news media by providing story ideas to media outlets and helping to arrange appropriate interviews.
The office is responsible for the following:
- Responding to media inquiries;
- News releases on district and school activities;
- News conferences and briefings;
- Radio and television broadcasts;
- Sharing of District news on the PPS website and through social media channels.
Please view the District News Media Relations policy.
MEDIA CONTACTSEbony R. Pugh
Director, Public Relations and Media Content412-529-3616
District News
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Nearly 600 Student Leaders from Elementary to High School To Attend Pittsburgh Public Schools Student Envoy Summit
Close to 600 student leaders will head to the Pittsburgh Greenway Professional Development Center for the two-day Student Envoy Summit. The Summit creates space for elementary, middle, and high school student leaders from 30 schools to come together and learn from each other to sharpen their leadership skills.
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‘Identity matters’: City schools celebrate ancestry, culture in African American history bowl
As school districts across the country weigh whose perspectives should be taught in schools, Pittsburgh Public Schools’ top leader says it's committed to embracing multiple identities and teaching their histories.
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With help of Post-Gazette article, Dick's Sporting Goods grants Westinghouse football $75,000
Westinghouse High School football coach Donta Green was in ABC television studios Wednesday morning in New York, being interviewed by Ginger Zee on the “Good Morning America” show.