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The PG Benchmarks team

Anita Dufalla, who designed the cover for PG Benchmarks, is art director at the Post-Gazette. She has worked at the PG for 11 years. Prior to that, she was an art director for two different advertising agencies. She has won three Print Design Awards and numerous Society of Newspaper Design awards for both illustration and design.

Dan Fitzpatrick joined the Post-Gazette in 1998 after working previously for the Pittsburgh Business Times as well as publications in Missouri and Kansas. At the Post-Gazette, Fitzpatrick covers commercial real estate, economic development and print media, as well as writing for PG Benchmarks. He has won awards from the Associated Press, the Kansas Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation.

Paul Flora is an associate editor on the Post-Gazette’s editorial board. He joined the paper in 1997, after working nine years as the regional economist at PNC Bank Corp. and several years as a regional planner in Virginia. Flora holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from William & Mary, a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from Virginia Tech and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Douglas Heuck is the Post-Gazette’s Benchmarks Editor. He conceived the project in 1995 after eight years as an investigative reporter for the PG and the Pittsburgh Press. Heuck has penned 12 series on such issues as the homeless, St. Clair Village housing project, welfare reform, children in city schools and the life of Jonas Salk. He has placed first in three national journalism competitions and has won numerous state honors including, twice, the G. Richard Dew Award, the highest recognition given by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association. He has also won three Keystone Distinguished Writing Awards, given annually for the best newspaper writing in Pennsylvania. Heuck is a graduate of Kenyon College.

Steve Thomas, who designed the graphics for this section, started work at the Post-Gazette last September. He graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s of science degree from the School of Visual Communications specializing in Informational Graphics. In the 1998 College Graphics Reporting and News Art Competition, he won a first place gold star and an honorable mention in the passive diagrams category.

Steve Urbanski designed this section. He joined the Post-Gazette as a page design editor in 1993 after working at The Pittsburgh Press. He has held various editorial positions at The Sun-Tattler in Hollywood, Fla., the Dallas Times-Herald, the Uniontown Herald-Standard, the Punxsutawney Spirit, the Sayre (Pa.) Evening Times and the Grafton (W.Va.) Mountain Statesman. He received a bachelor’s in journalism from West Virginia University and a master’s in communication from Duquesne University.

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