Every civic news report geolocated to Pittsburgh, classified into an open problem vocabulary, and trended as a share of the city's total coverage.
The civic picture is improving on crime and immigration coverage, but road safety is moving the wrong way. Accidents took a bigger slice of the city's news (up 4.2 points), while industrial explosions were the fastest-growing specific problem (up 1.36 points).
| Category | News Reported | Share Change (points) | Action Rate | Fatal Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accidents Road Safety | 4,399 | +4.2 | 2.3% | 40.5% |
| Governance Policy | 1,727 | +1.9 | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| Disasters Emergencies | 328 | +1.2 | 0.3% | 11.3% |
| Policing Law Enforcement | 1,490 | +1.1 | 20.1% | 10.5% |
| Legal Judicial | 452 | +0.4 | 30.5% | 4.6% |
| Protest Civil Unrest | 424 | +0.4 | 5.9% | 7.3% |
| Corruption Fraud | 352 | +0.4 | 47.7% | 0.0% |
| Elections Politics | 195 | +0.4 | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| Infrastructure Utilities | 797 | +0.3 | 3.0% | 0.8% |
| Missing Persons | 448 | +0.3 | 18.5% | 5.6% |
| Public Safety | 2,042 | +0.2 | 1.2% | 8.9% |
| Environment Pollution | 300 | +0.1 | 7.3% | 1.7% |
| Terrorism Conflict | 98 | +0.1 | 21.4% | 49.0% |
| Labor Employment | 128 | -0.0 | 14.8% | 0.0% |
| Human Rights Social | 91 | +0.0 | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Education | 57 | -0.0 | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Public Health | 785 | -0.4 | 1.3% | 18.0% |
| Crime Violence | 14,394 | -4.3 | 28.2% | 24.8% |
| Immigration Border | 7,191 | -6.4 | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| Problem | News Reported | Δpp |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial Explosion | 105 | +1.36 |
| Homicide Attempted | 460 | +0.74 |
| Sports Injury | 48 | +0.55 |
| Assassination Attempt | 40 | +0.50 |
| Fire | 266 | +0.39 |
| Stabbing | 118 | +0.36 |
| Aircraft Diversion | 31 | +0.35 |
| Assault | 457 | +0.32 |
| Multi Vehicle Crash | 77 | +0.31 |
| Theft | 128 | +0.29 |
| Problem | News Reported | Δpp |
|---|---|---|
| Detention Release Death | 7101 | -7.23 |
| Homicide | 8418 | -7.21 |
| Bridge Collapse | 164 | -1.16 |
| Hate Crime Shooting | 856 | -1.12 |
| Shooting | 739 | -0.80 |
| Tent Collapse | 1248 | -0.76 |
| Coverage Month | Event Type | Deaths Reported | Corroborating News Reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01 | Homicide | 37 | 3 |
| 2018-10 | Hate Crime Shooting | 11–17 | 14 |
| 2018-11 | Aircraft Crash | 11–12 | 6 |
| 2023-04 | Hate Crime Shooting | 11 | 30 |
| 2019-02 | Hate Crime Shooting | 11 | 11 |
35,698 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed
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