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James Barger

Executive Consultant Sports Dept. at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

James Barger has extensive experience in sports journalism, currently serving as an Executive Consultant for the Sports Department at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since September 2022. Prior to this role, Barger held various editorial positions, including Managing Editor at DKPittsburghSports.com and Executive Sports Editor at The Press Democrat. Barger’s career spans several major publications, such as ESPN, where the title was Associate Director of Stats and Analysis, and earlier roles included Sports Editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Las Vegas Sun. Education was completed at Point Park University between 1972 and 1975. Since retiring in August 2019, Barger has maintained an active involvement in the field.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Post-Gazette is an American newspaper that offers the latest local, international, and sports news.Western Pennsylvania's largest newspaper and post-gazette.com is the region's most visited news website, together reaching nearly 1 million people each week. The Post-Gazette also provides reporting and commentary onPittsburgh's sports teams - the Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, and the University of Pittsburgh. The Post-Gazette is owned by Block Communications and its sister paper is The Blade of Toledo, Ohio . Block Communications properties include Block Electronic News Network (BENN), which helps smaller newspapers create digital revenue.Post-Gazette is headed by Publisher and Editor-In-Chief John Robinson Block and David M. Shribman. The paper is based in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.


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