Pittburgh’s PublicSource

EQT’s Gas Play: There is Something Wrong Under New Freeport

Quinn Glabicki

“This story has it all,” an INNYs judge said of Quinn Glabicki’s reporting for PublicSource. The story includes “the human impact, a smoking-gun video obtained from a records request, and a class-action lawsuit that cites this reporter’s coverage,” the judge continued. 

Glabicki investigated how EQT, a corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is the nation’s largest producer of fracked natural gas, pledged to tackle climate change while its fracking operations harmed rural communities in northern Appalachia.

Judges praised how the reporting clearly details a complex issue. “The reporter crafts a narrative that is both accessible and powerful, stripped of unnecessary jargon and overloaded context,” one judge said. “The journalist includes only the most essential information, giving readers a clear, informed view of the issue through the voices of those most affected.”

The stories are “a brilliant example of the power of local reporting.”

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There is something wrong under New Freeport

New Freeport residents in court demanding clean water from EQT