Jon is an award-winning reporter, currently covering breaking news and other topics at the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Before that, he was a copy editor and reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He graduated magna cum laude in spring 2022 from the University of Pittsburgh, and was the fourth-ever editor-in-chief of The Pitt News to serve for two years. During his time at TPN, Jon was the anchor of upper administration coverage with deeply sourced reporting, working collaboratively with staff members and editors. He managed and trained a team of up to 19 editors and 170+ staff members. Jon also combined expertise in web development and journalism to write and edit data-driven articles.
Jon has won a combined 16 national and state journalism awards, either for work done individually or as part of a team.
Clips:
- Jury Convicts Man in Killing of 11 in Pittsburgh Synagogue (New York Times, June 2023)
- How firefighters kept a fire at the top of Syracuse’s 20-story hotel from getting out of control (Syracuse Post-Standard, February 2024)
- A ‘huge problem’: Thousands of city and URA properties stuck in limbo, off the market and tax rolls (Pittsburgh Union Progress, August 2023)
- Pittsburgh region faces increasing rain, flood risks as planet warms (Pittsburgh Union Progress, July 2023)
- SEIU, progressives on verge of biggest win yet in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh Union Progress, May 2023)
- Allegheny Valley district crucial in battle for control of Pa. state House (Pittsburgh Union Progress, November 2022)
- 'Humanity' shined through in 9/11 response, Jill Biden says at United Flight 93 memorial (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 2022)
- Every vote is important, candidates tell rural Democrats (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 2022)
- Pittsburgh Regional Transit faces diverging ridership trends on bus, light rail (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 2022)
- Hill District arts nonprofit celebrates renovation of historic Kaufmann Center (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 2022)