The Pittsburgh City Paper is Pittsburgh's

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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 leading alternative weekly

Alternative weekly

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 newspaper

Newspaper

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 which focuses on local news, opinion, and arts and entertainment. It bought out In Pittsburgh Weekly in 2001.

The Pittsburgh City Paper is a free publication and is distributed in most neighborhoods throughout the Greater Pittsburgh Area every Wednesday, with about 70,000 copies printed weekly.

The City Paper was originally based in Duquesne, Pennsylvania

Duquesne, Pennsylvania

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, and the paper is in its nineteenth year of print. Like most alternative weeklies, the publication tends toward a left-wing

Left-wing politics

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 viewpoint. Pittsburgh City Paper's slogan is "All Paper, No Plastic."

The Pittsburgh City Paper is independently and locally owned by Steel City Media, and has no business relationship with other "City Paper"s found in other cities such as the Washington City Paper

Washington City Paper

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 and Philadelphia City Paper

Philadelphia City Paper

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Editorial

• Chris Potter, Editor
• Charlie Deitch http://www.charliedeitch.com, News Editor
• Bill O'Driscoll, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• Andy Mulkerin, Music Editor
• Al Hoff, Associate Editor
• Chris Young, Staff Writer
• Lauren Daley, Staff Writer
• Margaret Welsh, Listings Editor
• Heather Mull, Staff Photographer

Art

• Kevin Shepherd, Director of Operations
• Lisa Cunningham, Art Director
• Julie Skidmore, Production Director
• Sheila Letson, Graphic Designer
• Jennifer Miriello, Graphic Designer
• Michael Artman, Graphic Designer

Awards and recognition

In 2010, the CP news staff won 10 awards out of 11 nominations from the Press Club in western Pennsylvania. Individual winners included Charlie Deitch for Business Writing, Chris Young in Health and Medical reporting,Chris Potter for Columns and Bill O'Driscoll for Best Feature and Science and Technology writing. The News Staff also won an award for its coverage of the 2009 G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit

2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit

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