Tom Barnes (September 1, 1946 – October 11, 2016) was an American journalist, who worked for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as Harrisburg Bureau Chief.
[1] Barnes, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, earned a B.A.
[1] Following graduation, he worked for The Hartford Courant for 10 years.
[1] He began working at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1984, where he has covered Pittsburgh Mayors Richard Caliguiri and Sophie Masloff before taking the "development beat" in the mid-1990s, to cover the construction of Heinz Field, PNC Park, the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, and neighborhood development issues.
He died at home on October 11, 2016, from prostate cancer at the age of 70.