Ilana Yergin is a freelance multimedia journalist living in Pittsburgh, Pa. She received a master's degree in multimedia journalism from the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism in December 2010 and a bachelor's degree in English from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in May 2009. She currently produces content for The Allegheny Front, a weekly environmental radio show on 90.5FM Essential Public Radio, The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle and multiple Patch.com websites. She is also an adjunct instructor at Point Park University.