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Jimmy Cloutier

@jrcloutier.com

Level 33 human | Investigative Data Reporter @post-gazette.com | Previously at @opensecrets.org, News21 | RPCV Armenia 🇦🇲 | Québécois + American Signal: @jrcloutier.92

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Tory Wegerski@producertory.bsky.social · 7d ago

Back in March, KDKA Investigates checked out a community's complaints that their air smelled like nail polish remover, and found a major environmental violation by the nearby Sherwin-Williams plant. Today, the PA DEP announced a $124K civil penalty and a consent agreement.

Sherwin-Williams to pay $124,700 penalty after Beaver County residents say air smells of "pure chemicals"

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company entered into a consent order and agreement.

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Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 3w ago

In 2017, a global network of online accounts coordinated a social media harassment campaign against a Pittsburgh pediatric practice after it posted a video promoting the HPV vaccine. The online attack — the largest of its kind at the time — was a prelude to the coming battles over vaccines.

The viral online attack on Pittsburgh doctors that sparked a national debate over vaccines

One by one, the faces of the doctors splashed across the screen in a dramatic video created to reach thousands of viewers with a simple message. The HPV...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette@post-gazette.com · 2mo ago

As Pa. measles outbreak worsens, state health officials issue strong call to action: 'We are not just sitting back and watching this virus spread'

As Pa. measles outbreak worsens, state health officials issue strong call to action: 'We are not just sitting back and watching this virus spread'

LANCASTER, Pa. — State Health Secretary Debra Bogen on Friday issued a strong call to action in the wake of a measles outbreak not seen in Pennsylvania...

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Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 2mo ago

Amid a spike in measles cases, Pennsylvania House Democrats plan to reintroduce legislation that would require parents seeking school vaccine waivers for their children to first consult a doctor before the start of every year.

How Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to tighten school vaccine exemptions as measles cases spike

With the spread of dangerous childhood diseases rising across Pennsylvania, top lawmakers say they want to rein in the legal exemptions that have allowed...

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Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 3mo ago

The latest episode of Widow’s Bay has one of the most haunting shots I’ve seen in a while, and it flashes on screen so quickly my wife missed it. This show is so good.

Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 3mo ago

The Venetoulis Institute, the new owner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, plans on holding listening sessions in the coming to months to learn how the region’s largest news organization can better serve the community.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Note to Readers The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which started The Baltimore Banner four years ago, takes ownership Monday of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to ensure that Western Pennsylvania maintains access to high-quality local journalism. We're grateful to the Block family for its civic leadership over nearly a century and take seriously our obligation to serve the community with fairness and integrity. As newcomers to Pittsburgh, we have been careful to fill the organization with top-notch journalists and business leaders from the old Post-Gazette. We'll rely on them to help us get to know this great city and region. We'll also begin this spring hosting community listening sessions throughout the area to make sure we hear directly from you about what you need and want in your news organization.Venetoulis was founded in response to the nationwide erosion of local news, with so many newspapers shutting down or being purchased by hedge funds with a single-minded focus on financial returns. We are driven, first and foremost, by a civic mission to bring trusted local reporting to communities that need it most. We're also determined to create a successful model for local journalism that can be refined in Maryland and replicated here in Pittsburgh — and perhaps elsewhere in the coming years. Progress at The Banner suggests we are on the right path, with strong business growth, an expanding newsroom, and a Pulitzer Prize last year in local reporting.Over time, you will notice some changes in the PG as we take vital steps to build an even more relevant, compelling, and sustainable news organization that, on its best days, will serve as something of a town square for this community. For example, as a nonprofit organization, Venetoulis does not endorse candidates or, as an institution, take positions on matters of policy. That means we will be ending the Opinion section, though we are committed to vigorously reporting on key issues so that you can be an informed citizen, and we will continue to have columnists. At the same time, being a nonprofit allows us to raise donations from the community, which has proven to be an important ingredient in Maryland for building a resilient news business. We'll still be coming out twice weekly in print as well as delivering the daily e-edition. We're committed, as ever, to local news, sports, and investigative work. And we'll focus on upgrading the experience on the website and app to better appeal to the growing base of digital readers.
Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 4mo ago

This week was difficult. We had braced for cuts, but nothing prepares you to watch talented colleagues — some of the finest reporters and photographers in Pennsylvania — lose their jobs. The expertise they brought and the community relationships they built can’t easily be replaced.

Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 4mo ago

A lot has been written about falling vaccination rates across the U.S. Our latest investigation found that in Pennsylvania, hundreds of school leaders are contributing to the decline by failing to enforce the state’s school vaccine laws. newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/pennsylvania...

How Pa.'s falling school vaccination rates and enforcement failures put thousands of children at risk

A six-month Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation found that school leaders have allowed thousands of children into schools without all the required vaccines even though they had no special exemptions...

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Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 4mo ago

Incredibly grateful to @healthjournalism.org for recognizing our investigation on black lung disease. Kudos to @michaeldsallah.bsky.social, @wereschagin.bsky.social, and the @medillschool.bsky.social student journalists who contributed to the investigation. healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/04...

AHCJ announces winners of 2025 health journalism awards

Now in its 22nd year, the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism recognizes the best of health care reporting across all platforms.

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Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 4mo ago

Some good news for Pittsburgh: the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute, which owns @thebaltimorebanner.com, has acquired the @post-gazette.com, ensuring the future of Western Pennsylvania’s oldest and largest newspaper. www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group

Toledo, Ohio-based Block Communications Inc. is selling the Post-Gazette assets to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Banner.

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Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 6mo ago

Incredibly honored that our reporting on the black lung epidemic and the federal government’s regulation of silica — or lack thereof — has been recognized alongside some of the best investigative journalism of last year. Some truly remarkable and important work on this list.

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy@shorensteinctr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are so excited to share the semifinalists for this year's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! This group represents the top 30 entries that our judges deemed to be of extremely high quality and in keeping with the Prize's criteria for impact on US government: https://loom.ly/b1vGj3s

Jimmy Cloutier@jrcloutier.com · 6mo ago

In his last piece for the @post-gazette.com, @benkail.bsky.social covers Pennsylvania’s role in the battle over voting reforms and the Trump administration’s efforts to “nationalize” elections ahead of the midterms. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...

Pennsylvania on front lines of election power battle ahead of midterms

When he was mayor of Hazelton a few years before heading to Capitol Hill, former Rep. Lou Barletta left an international conference of mayors in Barcelona...

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