Trib Total Media launches Pittsburgh-based investigative newsroom led by Andrew Conte

A new investigative newsroom focusing on original accountability reporting launches this month at Trib Total Media, the latest step in its expansion in the Pittsburgh market, Trib officials announced Thursday.

The newsroom, which will be based in Pittsburgh’s North Shore, will be directed by award-winning journalist Andrew Conte, who spent the last decade at the helm of Point Park University’s Center for Media Innovation.

The project, named Newsworks Lab, is anchored by a $1.25 million seed investment from Trib Total Media, whose goal is to produce in-depth, high-impact reporting on emerging issues of importance to Western Pennsylvania communities.