Allegheny Independent Media has received 501(c)3 status from the Internal Revenue Service. This means that we are now an independent non profit news organization for the Alleghenies. To celebrate we are having an Allegheny Independent Media Launch Party. The party will be held on July 8 at Studio 404 at 7pm at 404 Messenger St. […]

Allegheny Independent Media is now affiliated with Nonprofit Partners. It is a subsidiary of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies. Thru the site you can donate to the website. It is essential to allow us to provide coverage to the critical issues facing the Alleghenies. You may donate to our site here. The Holidays are upon us. There […]

I was surprised by the sudden announcement of the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on May 4 of next year. This was after the announcement that Congress voted to cut funding for National Public Radio (NPR). Religiously, I relied heavily on the shows the Daily Show and the Colbert Report on my […]

With all of the horror at the cuts being made by the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), there are planned economic boycotts which can be seen in the image below. The cuts to Medicaid will do serious harm to many at the lower end of the economic scale. The Democrats are currently focused on maintaining […]

Yesterday I spoke with Point Park University graduate student Nick Tommarello on the upcoming Newsapalooza event in Pittsburgh. It is an event celebrating local journalism from September 26-28. The Facebook event page states that it is: A series of interactive events featuring local newsmakers, journalists, and esteemed public figures, Newsapalooza will celebrate the value of […]

This site focuses on events in and around the Alleghenies. Why Gaza matters to us? Before I get to that I will discuss this. The video above is from Al Jazeera plus’s YouTube page. It discusses the one sided coverage the U.S. media gives to Israel. It gives the example of media figures taking the […]

This evening I had a good discussion of new media ventures with Rob Kall of OpEd News. He is the founder of OpEd News. It is an open source progressive news site where with a model similar to the original Huffington Post where volunteers contribute articles and volunteers also edit them. We discussed the need […]

It has been one week since the Netroots Nation Conference. I wouldn’t have gone if it weren’t in Pittsburgh. I was hoping to meet more famous names. I did get to meet Rep. Ilhan Omar D-Mn. There were many good professional political operatives there. Her keynote address is below. I did get two interviews with […]

Hello. My Name is Paul Ricci, MS MA. I have been a statistician/blogger for 20 years who has written on a variety of topics in and around the Allegheny Mountain Region of Pennsylvania. This project is an expansion of these efforts to further study issues facing the area without fluff. Below is a video introduction […]

I have been tied up with other writing assignments to post on this blog lately.  I saw this video on Facebook from Real Time with Bill Maher where he criticizes comic book fans and thought I should comment. I posted it on my Facebook and got one negative comment and one positive one.  The negative […]