June 4, 2021
An alumnus and “semi-retired reporter” from Pittsburgh has given $25,000 to Indiana State University to fund scholarships for journalism students with financial need.
The William “Bill” Zlatos Scholarship in Communication will also be funded by a contribution from his estate. Zlatos, now a freelance writer, worked at newspapers including the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. He graduated from ISU in 1972. He received the Chasteen Pickerl Scholarship, helping him cover the cost of his degree. That made an impression, Zlatos said. She helped me, and then I could put that on my resume. I thought, Man, I want to do that for someone else.
The elected district attorney in Pittsburgh is defending his decision to stop offering plea deals to clients of a Black criminal defense lawyer who accused the prosecutor's office of racial bias in court last month.
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