On this special episode of PI Sources, host Carmen Gentile talks to documentary filmmaker Nick Childers, before audience of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Nick, who also works with Postindustrial, went to Ukraine after Russia invaded the country in 2022 and began filming for an independent documentary and photographing the early stages of the conflict. 

Postindustrial led a workshop through Pitt's Global Studies program that culminated in this episode — and students had plenty of questions for Nick.

Who funds the news? Jim Brady is vice president of journalism for the Knight Foundation, a leading nonprofit funder of journalism in the United States. Hear what he has to say about the state of the media — how startups are funded, and public trust in what they read. Brady's experience ranges from leading major brands such as washingtonpost.com and Digital First Media to starting a company that built local news sites in three cities. 

In the first episode of PI Sources, we talk to independent photojournalist Justin Merriman, who has traveled throughout the world to document pivotal events for the world's leading publications.

After years of overseas work, Merriman has turned his camera towards the places he calls home. Working extensively in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, he is working on telling the stories of the communities throughout the region and the issues that they are facing.  He is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.