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Did you know that our region ranks 1st nationally in major league sports appreciation? Read about it.

We now publish 3 interactive charts with hourly readings from the 4 major rivers. Read about it.

Have you seen our Economy indicators on Hotel Occupancy? Read about it.

The local economy is less dependent on Tourism than other benchmark regions. Read about it.

Farewell to a friend: remembering John G. Craig Jr. Read about it.

The Regional Indicator welcomes Doug Heuck as our new Program Director. Read about it.

Check out real-time water quality readings thanks to our friends at 3Rain.org. Read about it.

For the first time in decades, domestic in-migration in the region exceeded out-migration! Read about it.

Despite recession, the regional labor force shows continued growth, contributing to a high unemployment rate. Read about it.

Want to become involved with PittsburghTODAY?? Read about it.

Pittsburgh ranks third in the number of LEED-certified buildings. Read about it.

A reasonably effective way to evaluate overall health status is to simply ask. Read about it.

A Little Good News, At Last. Read about it.

Did you know that 45,000 jobs in SW PA are dependent upon the waterway transportation system? Read about it.

Our neighbors in Ohio and West Virginia lead the region in classical music attendance. Read about it.

Pittsburgh trails Baltimore, St. Louis and Denver in number of cultural institutions. Read about it.

Educational and Health Services is Pittsburgh’s largest job sector. Read about it.

Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate lower than all benchmark regions for a fourth month in a row. Read about it.

Registered nurses pay is low in Pittsburgh by national standards. Read about it.

Pittsburgh last among benchmark regions in startup firms. Read about it.

No benchmark region has as high a high school graduation rate as Pittsburgh. Read about it.

A bad air day in Pittsburgh is still bad. Read about it.

Local spending on schools is low by benchmark standards. Read about it.

Rush hour traffic in Pittsburgh is less congested than in most cities? Read about it.

Have you found all 100 plus charts? Read about it.

We've recently added a sitemap to quickly find content. Read about it.

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Director's Articles

John G. Craig, Jr. was the Program Director of the Regional Indicator and the PittsburghTODAY initiative until May 2010. As the retired editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he wrote regularly for regional and national publication.

Other authors who write regularly for the site and regional press include: Harold Miller of Future Strategies LLC, Dr. Bernard Goldstein of Pitts’s Graduate School of Public Health, Dr. Granger Morgan, chair of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy and Dr. George W. Dougherty Jr. of Pitts’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.


Out of the Ashes

05/16/2009

John G. Craig from Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Pittsburgh's lesson for Milwaukee: Evolutions in the economy take time

To: Detroit, From: Pittsburgh

03/22/2009

John G. Craig from The Washington Post

The bottom was falling out of Pittsburgh's economy in 1979, but you'd never have known it from the face we presented to the world.

Initiative works to gauge condition of Pittsburgh.

12/19/2007

John G. Craig from Post-Gazette

John G. Craig Jr.'s theory is that the only way for Pittsburghers to figure out where we are going is to first learn where we are.