Launched in March of 2006, Pop City is a weekly e-magazine and website that connects you--and the rest of the world--with the latest
growth and investment about Pittsburgh and its neighborhoods and
highlights the best of arts and cultural events weekly. Featuring
original stories and photography, Pop City will have you seeing
Pittsburgh differently.
As of December, 2008, more than 22,000 subscribe to Pop City with monthly readership topping 168,000. We are read in 7003 cities and 163 countries around the world.
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Publisher & Editor:
An award-winning writer
and former advertising agency exec, Tracy was founding editor of Pop City and became publisher as well in November, '07. Former editor of AIA Pittsburgh's Columns magazine, with her own writing and marketing business, she has written about topics
ranging from architecture and urban design to health and economics. A two-time boomeranger, she returned from Los Angeles where she worked in national media sales, with post-grad studies in writing and photography at UCLA. Born in Chicago, she has lived in the south, southwest and northeast. Her passions (besides her family and Pop City of course) include music, reading, photography, cycling and travel, especially as a Global Village trip leader for Habitat for Humanity. Like other transplants to this city, she is charmed by the many diverse and eclectic offerings of Pittsburgh--and welcomes the opportunity to showcase them through Pop City.
Pop Filter Editor:
Jennifer Baron
Jennifer, born in Neptune, NJ, was named after a Donovan tune. She worked as education director at the Mattress Factory for five years where she developed contemporary art programs and publications for schools and teachers, youth and families and the public. While living in NYC for ten years, Jennifer worked at the Brooklyn Museum, Dahesh Museum, Museums Magazine and ARTime. She is a founding member of The Ladybug Transistor, with whom she recorded numerous albums and toured the U.S. and Europe, and she has played in and recorded with Pittsburgh's New Alcindors. A fellow at Carnegie Mellon's STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Jennifer is working on a book with the Pittsburgh Signs Project, which received a Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections grant. An avid crafter, Jennifer helps run Pittsburgh's premiere indie craft fair, Handmade Arcade and writes a column on historic signs for Western Pennsylvania History magazine. Jennifer loves the topography, trees and tamburitza music of Pittsburgh.
Innovation News Editor:
Deb arrives at Pop City after two decades of work as an award-winning writer and editor. Her assorted past includes jobs as a newspaper reporter and editor, magazine writer, and writer/editor for Time-Life Books in Alexandria, Virginia. At TLB, she researched and wrote for the science series, Library of Curious and Unusual Facts, and Native American Indians. She also was the editor of street magazine,The South Street Star, in Philadelphia and freelanced for the Washington Post, Philadelphia newspapers, a California health care company, and the Bureau of National Affairs in Washington, D.C. Having lived in several U.S. cities, she has come to truly appreciate the quality of life and innovative spirit Pittsburgh offers. She is also a huge fan of Pittsburgh teams, except, of course, when they are playing against her Philadelphia hometown.
Development News Editor
Caralyn Green
A re-patriated, fourth-generation Pittsburgher, Caralyn is an alt-weekly veteran. After rising through the ranks at Penn State’s Daily Collegian, where she did her undergrad studies in journalism, women’s studies and English, Caralyn achieved her master’s degree in communication from University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. During her time on the other side of the state, Caralyn wrote two long-running, featured columns for Philadelphia Weekly, one on music, the other a feminist approach to pop culture. Having contributed to a number of magazines and newspapers, including Pittsburgh Magazine and Pittsburgh City Paper, Caralyn has also worked in book publicity, museum marketing and medical media relations. A vegetarian for almost 15 years, Caralyn is a foodie particularly obsessed with all things local, organic and smothered in cheese. After being away for awhile, Caralyn is excited to rediscover everything her hometown has to offer, particularly its farmers markets, coffee houses, dive eateries and live music venues.
Photographer:
Brian is a freelance photographer from London, England, where he gained his MFA in photography from the Royal College of Art. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Guardian newspaper, BBC Focus on Africa, and the British Journal of Photography. Brian's work has been exhibited widely, including at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England. He earned a Ph.D. in Art History at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Brian, his wife, and their four children moved to Pittsburgh in late 2006.
Intern:
Natalie Coccia moved to Pittsburgh after graduating from Westminster College in 2007 to pursue her dream to work in the fields of graphic design and public relations.She worked for a year at Datavibes, Inc. as an executive assistant in the IT Industry and is now communications coordinator where she is able to put both her knowledge of design and public relations to use. She enjoys internships (this Pop City gig is her third) but she is not all work and no play. She also enjoys open dance classes at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Dance Alloy as well as modeling for boutiques such as Jupe and ModCloth.com.
A sophomore at Mt. Lebanon High School, Andrew proofs the copy
and hyperlinks the features in Pop City. He has a passion for biology,
art and music and plays both the guitar and bass along with the
digeridoo, harmonica and assorted other instruments.
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