Irina Zhorov
Keystone Crossroads ReporterIrina Zhorov was WESA’s reporter for Keystone Crossroads, a statewide public media initiative focused on issues in older Pennsylvania communities.
Irina is a Philly native but joined Keystone Crossroads from Wyoming, where she covered energy, the Wind River Indian Reservation, and all things cowboy for Wyoming Public Radio. Her work has been recognized by Public Radio News Directors Incorporated awards.
Irina is eternally reading and trying to write books, gardening, biking, and plotting trips.
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On a recent weekend stroll at Point State Park, in Pittsburgh, visitors sunned themselves in the grass and along the low walls of the park. The park is a… -
Christoph Mertz spends his days looking at cracks in the street.“Once you’re involved in something like this, you see every crack in the road, every… -
Homer City Police Chief, Louis Sacco, is one of just three people – two active and one retired – in his pension plan. He drives around the tiny borough,… -
As we were reporting on the problem of unfunded pensions in Pennsylvania, it occurred to us to ask: How did pensions come about, anyway? Who ever thought… -
Standing in a sun-drenched room, Jim Rosipal pointed to a framed assemblage on the wall. In it, a police officer’s uniform shirt, a medal for valor, a gas… -
Pittsburgh is the latest Rust Belt city hoping to lure high-skilled immigrants into its labor force by helping refugees and other immigrants land the kind of jobs they held back home.
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This is the third story of our three-part series on the state's bridges.About seven years ago, the Bridge Maintenance Engineer for the South Carolina… -
Ronell Guy oscillated between admiration and admonishment as she drove around the California-Kirkbride neighborhood in Pittsburgh. She’s the Executive… -
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto announced that he wants to use the city’s stock of aging buildings as a tool for economic development. Beyond Pittsburgh,…
