I mentioned in this feature a week ago that we're adding.
Well, we're really adding.
Please join Dali and me in welcoming two reporters, Amanda Filipcic-Godsey on the Steelers and Matthew Baldwin on the Riverhounds. Amanda will get going with us for the Steelers' rookie minicamp next weekend at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, and Matthew will do so with the Riverhounds' match tonight against Miami at Highmark Stadium.
Amanda's born and raised in Monongahela, Pa., hometown of Joe Montana, and she's a football ... well, you'll see. Before coming to us, she covered Pitt athletics for the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pa., for six years and served as that paper’s Steelers columnist for the past two seasons. She received her B.A. in radio/TV broadcasting at California University of Pennsylvania before attending nursing school. After a decade of real-life work as a nursing assistant and a registered nurse, she returned to her journalism roots.
As for this bloke ...
DALI KOVACEVIC / DKPS
Matthew Baldwin in front of 224 Fifth Avenue, Downtown.
Matthew's got the soccer thing down to a science: He's recently arrived into our city from England, he knows the sport inside out, and his writing reflects both, which is kinda cool, I've got to confess. Before coming to us, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Journalism at the University of East London and a Master's Degree in Sports Broadcasting from Staffordshire University, also in the U.K. He put both to use across several media outlets back across the pond, with one of his highlights covering the NFL's international games in London.
And just wait. There's more.
Told you guys last week: We're not messing around.
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