PITTSBURGH, May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Press
Club of Western Pennsylvania
announced the winners of the 53rd Golden Quill Awards during an
awards presentation tonight at the Sheraton Hotel, Station Square,
Pittsburgh. The Golden Quills
competition recognizes professional excellence in print, broadcast,
photography, videography and digital journalism in Western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in
Ohio and West Virginia.
Winners and finalists of the 2017 Golden Quills are:
Spot News Photography:
Winner: Stephanie Strasburg, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
"Trump Defeats Odds to Reach the White House"
Finalists:
Roberto
Esquivel, The Herald-Standard, "I Can't Believe My Eyes"
Matt Freed, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
"Hillary Clinton Hugs President Obama"
Thomas Slusser, Tribune-Democrat,
"Trump Rally Coverage: Your Jobs Will Come Back"
News Videography
Winner: L. David Colabine, KDKA-TV, "Canonsburg
Funeral"
Finalists:
Steve
Mellon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Journeys Out of Darkness:
Navigating the Landscape of Loss"
Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Voter Voices"
Katie Roupe, Observer-Reporter,
"Saying Goodbye to Scott
Bashioum"
Spot/Breaking News, Radio
Winner: Staff, KDKA
Radio, "Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting"
Spot/Breaking News, Digital
Winner:
Dan Majors and Molly Born, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Multiple
People Shot in Wilkinsburg"
Finalists:
Aaron
Aupperlee and Nate Smallwood,
Tribune-Review, "West Virginia Floods"
Liz Navratil and Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Two Police
Officers Shot in Canonsburg"
Staff, WPXI, "Canonsburg Officers
Shot"
Spot/Breaking News, Television
Winner: Staff,
WTAE-TV, "Psychiatric Clinic Stabbing Rampage"
Finalists:
Marlisa
Goldsmith, Aaron Saks and
Ryan Minutello, WPXI-TV, "Kidnapping
Suspect Standoff"
Moe Jetter and Jennifer Tomazic, WPXI-TV, "Canonsburg Officers Shot"
Amy Wadas, KDKA-TV, "Mental Health
Facility Stabbing"
News Illustration
Winner: Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "The
Left Won the Culture War"
Finalists:
Daniel
Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Will Technology Drive Us
to the Burbs?"
Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "The U.S. Is Riding Europe's Superpower
Coattails"
Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Six Dead in Wilkinsburg"
Feature Illustration
Winner: Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "The
Internet of Things"
Finalists:
Daniel
Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Fall Arts Preview
Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Tracy Morgan: Picking
Up the Pieces"
Ed Yozwick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
"Countdown to College"
Editorial Cartoon
Winner: Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Too
Late"
Finalists:
Tim Menees,
Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Gloaming"
Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
"News Hole"
Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
"Trump Olympics"
Best Cover Design, Magazines
Winner:
Chuck Beard, Pittsburgh Magazine,
July 2016 — Best of the 'Burgh
Finalists:
Chuck
Beard, Pittsburgh Magazine, August
2016 — The New Downtown
Mark Bender and Jennifer McNulty, Pittsburgh Quarterly,
"Pittsburgh Showers, Warhol Flowers"
Brian Butko, Liz Simpson and Bryan
Vorp, Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, Winter 2016-17
#Pixburgh Special Edition
Page Design, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: Mary Beth
Eastman, Beaver County Times,
"There's More Than One Way to be Strong"
Finalists:
Mary Beth
Eastman, Beaver County Times,
"Who Says It Ain't No Thing?"
Jon Hodge, Altoona Mirror, "Ace in
the Hole"
Lindsey Shinn, Altoona Mirror, "It's
Been a Journey"
Page Design, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Steve
Ziants, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Arnold Palmer: A Royal Legacy"
Finalists:
Daniel
Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Here Come the Young"
Tyler Pecyna, Diane Juravich and Ben
Howard, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Men Who Made Moments"
Tyler Pecyna, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Wilkinsburg Mourning"
Feature, Magazines
Winner: Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "The Death
of a Homeless Man"
Finalists:
Tom
Imerito, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Christmas in Utopia"
Merle Jantz, Mt. Lebanon, "Risky Business"
Valentina Vavassis and Debra Smit, Pittsburgh Magazine, "The Next Hot
'Hoods"
Feature, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner:
Rebecca Addison, Pittsburgh City
Paper, "Adult Child-Abuse Victims ad Allies Are Fighting to
Eliminate the Statute of Limitations"
Finalists:
Toby
Tabachnick, Jewish Chronicle, "Mah Jongg's Clickety-Clack
Gets Louder"
Patty Tascarella, Pittsburgh
Business Times, "Exempt or Not Exempt"
Patrick Varine, Murrysville Star,
"Penn Township Organist Reaches Career High Note"
Feature, Radio and Podcasts
Winner:
Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front,
"Eating Crickets Is Good for You and the Planet"
Finalist: Deanna Garcia,
WESA, "In Need of New Lungs, a Woman Turns to Social Media"
Personality Portrait Photo
Winner:
Nate Guidry, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "The Face of a Child, Honoring the Virgin of
Guadalupe"
Finalists:
Michael
Henninger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Donald Trump Closes Out
RNC"
Justin Merriman, Tribune-Review,
"Miss Cleo"
Renee Rosensteel, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Jim Withers"
Profile, Magazines
Winner: Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "The Death
of a Homeless Man"
Finalists:
Betsy
Deiseroth, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "South Side Visions"
Patrick Doyle, Pittsburgh Magazine,
"Cornered"
Cristina Rouvalis, Pittsburgh
Magazine, "Anything Is Possible: Kellee
Maize"
Photo Essay
Winner: Sally Maxson, Beaver County
Times, "Dimantae Bronaugh"
Finalists:
Michael
Henninger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Donald Trump Wasn't
Expected to Win, But He Did"
Michael Henninger, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting"
Kelly Tunney, The Herald-Standard,
"Stewards of the Streams"
Fashion/Style, Magazines
Winner: Hilary Daninhirsch, Shady AVE, "High Art"
Finalists:
LaMont Jones
Jr. and Becky Thurner
Braddock, Pittsburgh Magazine, "Choreographed Style"
Matthew Milligan, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Strutting Its Stuff"
Feature Photography
Winner: Celeste Van Kirk, Observer-Reporter,
"Dog-Beat-Dog World"
Finalists:
Steph
Chambers, Tribune-Review, "Sky's the Limit"
Rebecca Droke, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Catching the Dog in Action"
Larry Roberts, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Saying 'I Miss You' to Her Father"
Homes, Magazines
Winner: Jessica Sinichak and Cory Morton, Pittsburgh Magazine, "Building a
Home for Bennett"
Finalists:
Nancy Polinsky
Johnson, Shady AVE, "An Uplifting Experience"
Tawnya Panizzi, Shady AVE, "Hip
Habitats"
Richard Snodgrass, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Tunnels of Love"
Feature, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under 45,000)
Winner: Barbara Miller,
Observer-Reporter, "Never Forgotten"
Finalists:
Patrick
Cloonan, The Herald-Standard, "In God We Trust"
Kayleen Cubbal, New Castle News, "A
Living Legacy"
Neil Strebig, Point Park University News Service, "'Littlest
Angels' Helps Parents Remember Babies"
Feature Videography
Winner: Christopher Kunicki,
KDKA-TV, "Horses for Hope"
Finalists:
L. David
Colabine, KDKA-TV, "Coats For Kids"
Marsha Keefer, Beaver County Times, "A Grandfather's Calling:
'He's With Us Everywhere'"
Kelly Tunney, The Herald-Standard,
"In the Moment: Casey Phelan"
Feature, Digital
Winner: Jeffrey Benzing, Ryan
Loew and Natasha Khan,
PublicSource, "Gun Violence Is a Public Health Crisis in
Pittsburgh. Why Hasn't It Been
Solved?"
Finalists: Patrick Doyle
and Megan Harris, WESA, "How
Teaching Ex-Cons to Lay Brick Can Help Rebuild Their Lives"
Pete Marovich, Carnegie Museum of
Art, "In Aliquippa, Life Persists in the Wake of Big Steel's
Collapse"
Steve Mellon and Zack Tanner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "A Life on
the Hill: The Journey of Sala Udin Mirrors the Experience of Many
African-American Pittsburghers"
Feature, Television
Winner: Rick Sebak, Kevin
Conrad and Frank Caloiero,
WQED-TV, "Another Trip Downtown"
Finalists: Heather Abraham
and Christopher Kunicki, KDKA-TV,
"Horses for Hope"
Mike Clark, Andy Benesh and Shawn
Quinlan, WTAE-TV, "15 Years After 9/11: Lynn Boris"
Amy Wadas and Aaron Sledge, KDKA-TV, "Bride Meets Organ
Recipient Who Has Father's Heart and He Walks Her Down the
Aisle"
Feature, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Ben
Schmitt, Tribune-Review, "Boy's Will to Recover, Faith, Play
Role in Fast Healing Severed Arm"
Finalists:
Bill
Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Penn State's Mike the Mailman Calls It Quits After
48 Years"
Chris Togneri, Tribune-Review,
"Camera, Not Autism Defines Crafton Artist"
Chris Togneri, Tribune-Review,
"Terminal Cancer Doesn't Stop High School Sweethearts From Making
Vows"
Public Affairs/Community Service, Radio and Podcasts
Winner: Staff, The Allegheny Front, "The Allegheny
Front"
Finalists: Patrick Doyle,
WESA, "How Teaching Ex-Cops to Lay Brick Can Help Rebuild Their
Lives"
Andrew Fillipponi, KDKA-FM, "History
of Negro Leagues in Pittsburgh"
Public Affairs/Community Service, Television
Winner: Maria Kakay,
Rebecca Jean Born and Chris Moore, WQED-TV, "Hope After Heroin:
Fighting the Epidemic"
Finalists:
Cara Sapada and Terri Flippin, WPXI-TV, "Drug Court
Graduation"
Minette Seate, Rebecca Jean Born and Chris Moore, WQED-TV, "The State of Black
Pittsburgh"
WTAE Staff, WTAE-TV, WTAE Project Bundle-Up
Education, Magazines
Winner: Julia Fraser and Gregg
Behr, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Education Series
Finalist: Julia Fraser,
Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Keeping International Graduates"
Education, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: Marsha
Keefer, Beaver County Times,
"Aliquippa Tutorial, Mentoring Program Turning Boys to Men"
Finalists:
Michael
Boytim, Altoona Mirror, "Hyndman School Serves the
Community"
Mary Grzebieniak, New Castle News,
"Elementary Staff Save Girl From Choking to Death"
Education, Digital
Winner: Iris Samson, Frank
Caloiero and Paul Ruggieri,
WQED-TV, "Remake Learning"
Finalist: Courtney Linder,
Carnegie Museum of Art, "Youth Storytellers Discover New Narratives
at the Museum of Art"
Education, Television
Winner: Iris Samson, Paul
Ruggieri and Frank Caloiero,
WQED-TV, "Remake Learning: Network of Success"
Finalists:
Gina
Catanzarite, Rebecca Jean
Born and Zak Boyle, WQED-TV,
"iQ Smartparent: Celebrating Different Learning Styles"
Jon Delano, Steve Willing and Ian
Smith, KDKA-TV, "Cheap College, Big Salary"
Education, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner:
Molly
Born, Chris Potter and
Adam Smeltz, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Questions Raised About Superintendent's Resume" et
al.
Finalists:
Natasha
Lindstrom and Mike
Divittorio, Tribune-Review, "Penn
Hills School District Shoulders Huge Debt Load From Years of
Bad Decisions"
Natasha Lindstrom, Tribune-Review,
"Segregation in City Schools an Enduring Issue"
Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Learning Civil Argument in Uncivil Times"
Business/Technology/Consumer, Magazines
Winner: Jennifer Rignani,
Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Whistleblower"
Finalists:
Julia
Fraser, Jeffery Fraser and
Stuart Hoffman, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Pittsburgh Today and
Tomorrow"
Tom Imerito, Pittsburgh Quarterly,
"The Internet of Things"
Staff, Pittsburgh Magazine, "Made in Pittsburgh: The Brands That Built
Pittsburgh"
Business/Technology/Consumer, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner: Kim Lyons, Pittsburgh
City Paper, "Uber Just Celebrated Its Second Anniversary in
Pittsburgh, But Drivers Say
Working for the Company Is No Party"
Finalist: Ryan Deto,
Pittsburgh City Paper, "Has Pittsburgh's Focus on 'Whiz-Bang Tech
Startups' Left Manufacturing Companies out of the Big Picture?"
Business/Technology/Consumer, Radio and Podcasts
Winner: Patrick Doyle and
Megan Harris, WESA, "From Red-Hot
Steel to Red-Hot Tech: Reinventing an Old Industrial Site"
Finalists:
Katie
Blackley and Megan Harris,
WESA, "Natrona Bottling Company Thriving on Nostalgia and
Tradition"
Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front,
"Your Smart Phone Could Soon Tell You How Fresh Your Food Is"
Mark Nootbaar, WESA, "Pittsburgh
Tech Report"
Business/Technology/Consumer (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: Rick
Shrum, Observer-Reporter, "Down on the Farm"
Finalist: Chuck Biedka,
Valley News Dispatch, "After Three Years, Priest Walks"
Business/Technology/Consumer, Digital
Winner:
Daniel Moore, Michael Henninger and Zack Tanner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "World
Power Electric Grid"
Finalist: Daniel Moore,
Michael Henninger and Zack Tanner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "The Boom
and Bust of Pennsylvania's Coal
Towns"
Business/Technology/Consumer, Television
Winner: Susan Koeppen and
KDKA-TV Staff, KDKA-TV, "The Hidden Danger of Smoke Alarms"
Finalists:
Iris
Samson, Paul Ruggieri and
Frank Caloiero, WQED-TV, "Remake
Learning: The Maker Movement"
Lauren Silver, Lisa Sylvester and Ward
Hobbs, WPXI-TV, "Driverless Cars and Hacking"
Business/Technology/Consumer, Daily Newspapers (Circulation
45,000 and Over)
Winner: Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "PAA
Struggles to Regain Footing"
Finalists:
Mark
Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Friendly Cities Make for
Friendly Skies"
Laura Legere, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Picturesque Tioga County Resumes Quieter Life"
Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Insurers See Reversal of Fortune in Health
Marketplace"
Health/Science, Magazines
Winner: Laura Pace Lilley, Mt.
Lebanon, "Heroes and Heroin"
Finalists:
Kelly Casey
and Nick Keppler, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, Health Insight Series
Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh
Magazine, "Born at the Right Time: Karen
Wolk Feinstein"
Rachel Wilkinson, Pitt Magazine,
"Our Neighborhoods, Our Cells"
Health/Science, Nondailies
Winner:
Lydia Nuzum, Pittsburgh Business
Times, "Chasing the Dragon"
Finalist: Toby Tabachnick,
Jewish Chronicle, "As Smoke Clears From Medical Marijuana Debate,
Relief Sets in for Advocates"
Health/Science. Radio and Podcasts
Winner:
Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front,
"Is the Natural Gas in Your Home Upping Your Radon Risk?"
Finalists:
Deanna
Garcia, WESA, "Fecal Matter Transplants a Growing Treatment
Option"
Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front,
"What Your Kids Are Learning About Climate Change"
Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front,
"The Hunt for Methane Leaks Goes High-Tech"
Health/Science, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: Staff, Tribune-Democrat, "Seeking a
Fix" Heroin Response Series
Finalists: Chuck Biedka
and Andrew Erickson, Valley News
Dispatch, "Legionella Found in Brackenridge Nursing Home"
Marsha Keefer, Beaver County Times, "'Tragic' Bond: Mother,
Daughter Faced Cancer Diagnoses Together"
William Kibler, Altoona Mirror,
"Getting Personal With Patients"
Health/Science, Digital
Winner: Staff,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Overdosed: How Doctors Wrote the Script
for an Epidemic"
Finalists:
Rebecca
Addison, Pittsburgh City Paper, "Despite the Number of
Americans Living With ME/CFS, Little Is Known About the
Debilitating Illness"
Kristina Marusic, PublicSource, "PA
Schools Aren't Required to Test for Lead or Radon, So Many
Pittsburgh-Area Districts Don't"
Steve Mellon, Zack Tanner and Ben
Howard, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Journeys Out of Darkness:
Navigating the Landscape of Loss"
Health/Science, Television
Winner:
Shannon Perrine and Tim Lohle, WTAE-TV, "Brain Computer
Interface"
Finalists:
Mike
Clark and Andy Cunningham,
WTAE-TV, "Pushing Parkinson's: Fit 4 Boxing"
Michael Holden, Paul Feiling and Ward
Hobbs, WPXI-TV, "Infant Botulism"
Paul Martino and KDKA Staff,
KDKA-TV, "Food Trucks: Trendy Eateries or Dirty Dining?"
Health/Science, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Chris
Togneri, Tribune-Review, "Kenny"
Finalists:
Jill Daly,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Back to the Old Ways"
Jill Daly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
"Changing Attitudes About Obesity"
Ben Schmitt, Tribune-Review,
"Transplant Tragedy: Parents Recall Daughter's Heartbreaking
Ordeal"
Environment, Magazines
Winner: Deborah Weisberg, Shady AVE, "The Birds &
The Bees"
Finalists:
Jeffery
Fraser and Evan Pattak,
Pittsburgh Quarterly, Sustainability Series
Mike May and Pittsburgh Filmmakers,
Pittsburgh Magazine, "Air Apparent"
Environment, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner:
Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City
Paper, "A Renowned Expert, a Local Experiment in Permaculture"
Environment, Radio and Podcasts
Winner:
Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front,
"Why Coal's Recent Slide Makes It Harder to Clean Up Its Dirty
Past"
Finalists:
Reid
Frazier, The Allegheny Front, "Are We Heading for a
Hydropower Boom on the Three Rivers?"
Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front,
"Why Big Industry Is Paying Small Farmers to Cut Pollution in the
Ohio River"
Megan Harris, WESA, "Elk Mating
Really Gets Pennsylvania Going"
Environment, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: William
Kibler, Altoona Mirror, Recycling Series
Finalist: Olivia Goudy,
The Herald-Standard, "Quebec Fire
Aftermath"
Environment, Digital
Winner: Megan Harris, WESA, "Elk Mating Really Gets
Pennsylvania Going"
Finalist: Natasha Khan,
PublicSource, "We Helped Residents Near a Fracking Site Test Their
Air Quality. Here's What We Found."
Environment, Television
Winner: Paul Van Osdol, WTAE-TV, "Hazardous Waste
Landfill"
Environment, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Diana Nelson
Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "A Solution Beyond Just
Floodgates"
Finalists:
Don
Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Air Will Be Alive With
Sound of Cicada"
Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
"Brine Problem: Amish Oppose Wastewater on Roads"
History, Magazines
Winner: Jennifer Rignani, Pittsburgh Quarterly,
"Whistleblower"
Finalists:
Tom
Imerito, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Once Upon a Tunnel"
Niles Laughner, Brian Butko and
Liz Simpson, Western Pennsylvania
History Magazine, "The Affliction of War: Aviator William A.
Hoeveler, Jr., in World War I"
History, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner:
Adam Reinherz, Jewish Chronicle, "An
Insight Into the City's Scrap History as Assembled By Its
Dealers"
Finalists:
Abby
Badach, Faith Erie, "Letters
From the Front"
Cody McDevitt, Our Town,
"Rosedale and the Struggle for
Civil Rights"
History, Radio and Podcasts
Winner: Staff,
WYEP, "Music and the Civil Rights Movement"
Finalist: Sarah Schneider,
WESA, "Mellon's Orchard: A Parking Lot With a History of
Redevelopment Dreams"
History, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under 45,000)
Winner: Park Burroughs,
Observer-Reporter, "Mercy Has a
Human Heart"
Finalists:
William
Kibler, Altoona Mirror, "Altoona Native Receives Medal for
World War II Service"
Cody McDevitt, Somerset Daily
American, "Answering the Call: Somerset During World
War II"
Sean Sauro, Altoona Mirror, "World
War II Veteran Reflects on Iwo Jima Experience"
History, Digital
Winner: Steve Mellon and Zack
Tanner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "A Life on the Hill: The
Journey of Sala Udin Mirrors the Experience of Many
African-American Pittsburghers"
Finalists:
Rami el Samahy, Matthew Newton and Shamus Fatzinger, Carnegie
Museum of Art, "Bob Pease: The Man
Who Helped Remake Postwar Pittsburgh"
Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "US PARKS: National Park Service at
100"
Lisa Wardle, PennLive, "Defunct
Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania"
History, Television
Winner: WTAE Staff,
WTAE-TV, "WTAE Chronicle: 15 Years After Flight 93"
Finalists:
Olga George
and Aaron Sledge, KDKA-TV, "1880's
Pittsburgh Police"
Brittny McGraw and David Clarke, WPXI-TV, "Tuskegee Airmen"
History, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Steve
Mellon and Zack Tanner,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "A Life on the Hill: The Journey of Sala
Udin Mirrors the Experience of Many African-American
Pittsburghers"
Arts & Entertainment, Magazines
Winner:
Charles Rosenblum, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Local Angles"
Finalists:
Vicky
Clark, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Hidden From History"
Margaret Krauss, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "A Long Romance"
Katie Wagner, Mt. Lebanon, "For the Love of Music"
Arts & Entertainment, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner: Margaret Welsh,
Pittsburgh City Paper, "After a Long Hiatus, and High-Profile
Coming-Out, Christian-Music Veteran Jennifer Knapp Moves
Forward"
Finalists:
Charlie
Deitch, Pittsburgh City Paper, "Three Decades in, The
Reverend Horton Heat Is Still Spreading His Psychobilly Gospel"
Pittsburgh City Paper Staff, Pittsburgh City Paper, "Three Days in
the Life: A Weekend Spent Exploring Pittsburgh's Musical
Offerings"
Toby Tabachnick, Jewish Chronicle,
"Intimate, Personal Connections Feed Photographer Lange's
Passion"
Arts & Entertainment, Radio and Podcasts
Winner: Rosemary Welsch and
Brian Siewiorek, WYEP, "A
Conversation With Rock and Blues Legend Bonnie Raitt"
Finalists:
Cindy
Howes, WYEP, "Live and Direct With Tegan and Sarah"
Cindy Howes, WYEP, "The Local
913"
Rosemary Welsch and Mike Sauter, WYEP, "Listener Roundtable:
Joni Mitchell's Blue"
Arts & Entertainment, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: Scott
Tady, Beaver County Times,
"Visually Impaired Beaver County Artists Share Vision With
Others"
Finalists:
Megan
Miller, Beaver County Times,
"Laugh, Cry and Hear Sappy Songs"
Tara Rack-Amber, The
Herald-Standard, "Art That Pops"
Scott Tady, Beaver County Times, "Could 'Fences' Open New Doors
for Pittsburgh and August Wilson's Legacy?"
Arts & Entertainment, Digital
Winner:
Matthew Newton and Ryan Loew, Carnegie Museum of Art, "Tony Buba: No Place but Home"
Finalists:
Lisa A.
Goldstein, Mt. Lebanon,
"Are You There, Judy Blume?"
Marylynne Pitz, Laura Schneiderman and Ben Howard, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "First in
First Class: 100 Years at the William Penn Hotel"
Lisa Wardle, PennLive, "Magician
Re-Creates Houdini's Historic Straitjacket Escape 100 Years to the
Date"
Arts & Entertainment, Television
Winner:
Andy Kelemen and Mike Rubino, WQED-TV, "The Comedy
Confluence"
Finalists:
Mike Clark
and Andy Benesh, WTAE-TV,
"Spotlight: Michael Keaton Exclusive"
Rick Dayton and Dan Vojtko, KDKA-TV, "The Miniature Side of the
Tracks"
Arts & Entertainment, Daily Newspapers (Circulation
45,000 and Over)
Winner: Marylynne Pitz and Jonathan Silver, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "How
Film Nonprofit Lost Focus: Merger of Arts Groups Led to Fiscal
Problems for Filmmakers"
Finalists:
Elizabeth
Bloom, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Standing Ovation Now a
Standard Reaction"
Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Women's Voices In Theater: Who Gets to Tell Our
Story?"
Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Joie de Vivre"
Lifestyle, Magazines
Winner: Tom Imerito, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Christmas in
Utopia"
Finalists:
Sean
Collier and Hal B. Klein,
Pittsburgh Magazine, "Brew Bravado"
Hal B. Klein, Pittsburgh Magazine,
"An Overview Shift"
Deborah Weisberg, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Old Ways May Be The Best"
Lifestyle, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner:
Celine Roberts and DJ Coffman,
Pittsburgh City Paper, City Paper Drink Issue: "Our Epic Bar
Crawl"
Finalists:
Tim
Schooley, Pittsburgh Business Times, "Artisans and
Crafts"
Mary Solberg, FaithLife, "A Yankees
Universe"
Adam Reinherz, Jewish Chronicle,
"All-Male Yoga and the Quest for Comfort"
Lifestyle, Radio and Podcasts
Winner:
Patrick Doyle and Megan Harris, WESA, "Behind the Scenes at
Smallman Galley"
Lifestyle, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: William
Kibler, Altoona Mirror, "Reporter Joins Run Through the
Woods"
Lifestyle, Digital
Winner: Celine Roberts, DJ Coffman and Ashley Murray, Pittsburgh City Paper City Paper
Drink Issue: "Our Epic Bar Crawl and Interactive Map"
Finalists:
Arthi
Subramaniam and Zack Tanner,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PGH Plate: Food Magazine
Lisa Wardle, PennLive, "Kennywood:
We Went On (Almost) All the Rides So You Don't Have To"
WQED Digital Production Team, WQED-TV, "Pittsburgh Eats"
Lifestyle, Television
Winner: Zak Boyle, Samantha
Gorsuch and Paula Zetter,
WQED-TV, "A Christmas Cookie Story"
Finalists:
Heather
Abraham and Scott Danka,
KDKA-TV, "Female Racers"
Susan Koeppen and L. David Colabine, KDKA-TV, "The Antique
Butcher"
Amy Wadas and Jeff Roupe, KDKA-TV, "Pet Perennials"
Lifestyle, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Doug
Oster, Tribune-Review, "Growing in Confidence"
Finalists:
Gretchen
McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Cool Whip"
Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Sassy Salsa"
Doug Oster, Tribune-Review,
"Ninety-year-old Fern Thrives; Memorial Garden Brings Peace"
Sports, Magazine
Winner: Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly, "Troutward
Bound"
Finalists:
Hilary
Daninhirsch, Shady AVE, "Homecoming"
Marino Parascenzo, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Golf's Gold Standard"
Sports, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner:
Charlie Deitch, Pittsburgh City
Paper, "Finding the Right Balance Between Data Analysis and Gut
Reaction Is Key to Pittsburgh Pirates' Success"
Finalists:
Eleanor
Bailey, The Almanac, "No More the Field of Dreams"
Adam Reinherz, Jewish Chronicle,
"Who's The Greatest? Best JCC Basketball Player Still Up in the
Air"
Sports, Radio and Podcasts
Winner:
Paul Guggenheimer, WESA, "1971
Pirates Reflect on Historic All-Black
Lineup"
Finalists:
Katie
Blackley, WESA, "Before the Steelers Had Six Super Bowl
Wins, They Had the Steelerettes"
Paul Guggenheimer, WESA, "Former
Pitt Coach Johnny Majors Remembers '76 Championship Season"
Sports Photography
Winner: Chris Horner, Tribune-Review, "Fastball Levels
Pitcher"
Finalists:
Kevin
Lorenzi, Beaver County Times,
"Championship Leap"
Katie Roupe, Observer-Reporter,
"That Sinking Feeling"
Kristina Serafini, Sewickley Herald,
"Baseball"
Sports, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under 45,000)
Winner: Cory Giger, Altoona
Mirror, "Precious Memories of a Vicious Game"
Finalists:
William
Kibler, Altoona Mirror, "Boxing Club Founder Honored"
Tom Reisenweber, Erie Times-News,
"Former At-Risk Teen Rallies"
Christopher Ward, Point Park University News Service, "Cameroon and Pittsburgh Meet on Soccer
Pitch"
Sports Videography
Winner: L. David Colabine, KDKA-TV, "Big Bully's Biggest
Battle"
Finalist: Tom Reisenweber,
Erie Times-News, "D-19 Football Coaches Discuss Move to Six
Classes"
Sports, Digital
Winner: Staff, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Steelers 2016 Preview"
Finalists:
J. Brady
McCollough, Laura
Schneiderman and Ben Howard,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "From 10 to Ben: Forty Years ago, the
Steelers Won Super Bowl X, a Decade Ago, They Took XL"
Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Penguins 50th Anniversary"
Sports, Television
Winner: Alby Oxenreiter and Dean
Iampietro, WPXI-TV, "Stanley Cup Win"
Finalist: Mike Clark,
Brian Caldwell and Sean Forester, WTAE-TV, "Kendall Strong: A Matter of Heart"
Sports, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Stephen J.
Nesbitt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Note to Self"
Finalists:
J. Brady
McCollough, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Ben's Quiet Quest"
J. Brady McCollough, Laura Schneiderman and Ben Howard, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "From 10 to
Ben: Forty Years Ago, the Steelers Won Super Bowl X, a Decade Ago,
They Took XL"
Stephen J. Nesbitt, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Death, Prison and a 'Village' of Support:
Rookie Artie Burns' Road to the Steelers"
Editorials, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under
45,000)
Winner: Brad
Hundt, Observer-Reporter, "See No Evil" and others
Editorials, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Joe
Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Confronting the Past,"
"Tainted CDC," "Taking Their Shots"
Finalists:
John
Allison, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Start Over City Schools,"
"Superintendent Hamlet," "Six-Pack Half-Measure"
Bob Pellegrino, Tribune-Review,
Selected Editorials
Tom Waseleski, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Test for Toomey," "Welfare State," "False
Promise"
Documentary, Radio
Winner: Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front, "As Coal
Fades, What's Next for Thousands of Miners?"
Documentary, Television
Winner: Iris Samson, Paul
Ruggieri and Walt Francis,
WQED-TV, "Pittsburgh's Melting Pot
Mission"
Finalist: Maria Kakay,
Paul Ruggieri and David Solomon, WQED-TV, "Hope After Heroin: The
Epidemic in Our Backyard"
Columns, Magazines
Winner: Hal B. Klein, Pittsburgh Magazine, The Work of
Dining Critic Hal B. Klein
Finalists:
Douglas
Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Columns
Virginia Montanez, Pittsburgh
Magazine, "PittGirl's Last Laugh"
Charles Rosenblum, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, "Local Angles"
Columns, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner:
Charlie Deitch, Pittsburgh City
Paper, "Pittsburgh Left"
Columns, Daily Newspapers (Circulation Under 45,000)
Winner: Mike Bires,
Beaver County Times, Sports Columns of
Mike Bires
Finalists:
Mark
Hofmann, The Herald-Standard, Hofmann's Columns
Tom Reisenweber, Erie Times-News,
"Sports Sure Has Its Moments," "Baseball and Memories of
Dad," "3 Athletes an Inspiration"
Frances Borsodi Zajac, The
Herald-Standard, "Catching up on the 'Gilmore Girls,'" "Enjoying
Virtual Travel Through Webcams," "Penn
State's Thon"
Columns, Daily Newspapers (Circulation 45,000 and
Over)
Winner: Brian
O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "The Brookline Pol Who Got
Fidel's Nod," "A Gentle Soul's Life on the Fringe," "How Plagiarism
Brings About Job Openings"
Finalists:
Len
Boselovic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Could the 'King of Good
Times' Be Dethroned?" "A Big Gulp of America Brought to You By Bud?" "Alcoa's
Reports: A Study in Spin"
Gene Collier, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "The Star & The Town: A Runaway to Futures Past,"
"Ali's Wisdom Sorely Missed Today," Pens Win 4th Cup"
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Why Firing Wendy Bell Was All Wrong," "Training
Police Dogs to Attack Is Cruel," "Chess Lessons in Hazelwood From a
Good Cop"
Continuing Blog
Winner: Rebecca Addison, Ryan
Deto and Charlie Deitch,
Pittsburgh City Paper, "Politicrap Blog"
Finalists:
Sean
Collier, Pittsburgh Magazine, "After Dark"
Heather Lang, KDKA.com, "Furry
Tails"
Best Newscast, Radio
Winner: Staff, KDKA
Radio, "Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting"
Best Newscast, Television
Winner: Sarah Kapis, producer; Joe Dimpfl, director; and KDKA-TV Staff;
KDKA-TV; "KDKA-TV News at 5 p.m."
Finalist: WTAE Staff, WTAE-TV, "Pittsburgh's Action News 4: Officers Ambushed
11/10/2016"
Best Multimedia/Multiplatform Entry, Digital
Winner: Staff, Observer-Reporter, "Mental Health
Matters"
Finalists:
Steve
Mellon, Julian Routh and
Laura Schneiderman, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, "Voter Voices"
Staff, Observer-Reporter, "Officer Killed"
Staff, WPXI, "Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting"
Enterprise/Investigative, Nondaily Newspapers
Winner: Paul J. Gough,
Pittsburgh Business Times, "How Horsehead Broke Stride"
Finalists:
Luke
Campbell, The Almanac, "A Growing Concern"
Paul J. Gough, Pittsburgh Business
Times, "Cracker Chronicled"
Toby Tabachnick and Adam Reinherz, Jewish Chronicle, "Jews and
Opioid Addiction: No One Is Immune"
Enterprise/Investigative. Radio and Podcasts
Winner: Reid Frazier, The
Allegheny Front, "Could Shell's Ethane Cracker Erase Recent Gains
in Air Quality?"
Finalists:
James
Garrity, KDKA Radio, "Homelessness in Pittsburgh"
Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front,
"Eminent Domain Is Becoming a Crucial, Controversial Part of the
Gas Pipeline Boom"
Enterprise/Investigative, Daily Newspapers
(Circulation Under 45,000)
Winner: Staff,
Observer-Reporter, "Mental Health Matters"
Finalists:
Brandy
Hadden, Beaver County Times,
"Animal Matters Series"
Eric Morris, The Herald-Standard, "A
Look at Student Homelessness in Fayette
County"
Dave Sutor, Tribune-Democrat, "Grip
of Poverty"
Enterprise/Investigative Project, Digital
Winner: Daniel Moore,
Michael Henninger and Zack Tanner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "World
Power Electric Grid"
Finalists:
Ryan Deto,
Pittsburgh City Paper, "Import Export: Martín Esquivel-Hernandez
Travelled More Than 5,000 Miles To Be With His Family, But Five
Years Later He Faces Deportation"
Liz Navratil, Andrew Rush and Zack
Tanner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Missing Fugitives:
Agencies Across The Country Often Lose Track of Probation and
Parole Violators. The Consequences Can Be Deadly"
Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Overdosed: How Doctors Wrote the
Script for an Epidemic"
Enterprise/Investigative, Television
Winner: Paul Van Osdol,
WTAE-TV, "Pennsylvania Turnpike Investigation"
Finalists:
Mike
Drewecki and Rick Earle,
WPXI-TV, "Missing Water Bills"
Andy Sheehan and Ian Smith, KDKA-TV, "Church or Cult?"
Enterprise/Investigative, Daily Newspapers
(Circulation 45,000 and Over)
Winner: Brad Bumsted, Carl
Prine and Aaron Aupperlee,
Tribune-Review, "ICA & Henry
Sciortino" et al.
Finalists:
Sean
Hamill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Charity Care Cost Drops at
Hospitals" et al.
Joe Smydo and Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "No Safe
Harbor" Series
Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Overdosed: How Doctors Wrote the
Script for an Epidemic"
The following Quill Award winners also received best-of-show
awards:
Ed Romano Memorial Award:
Photography
Stephanie
Strasburg, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Trump Defeats Odds to
Reach the White House"
Ed Romano Memorial Award:
Videography
David Colabine,
KDKA-TV, "Canonsburg Funeral"
Ed King Memorial Award:
Radio
Staff, WYEP, "Music and the Civil Rights
Movement"
Ed King Memorial Award:
Television
WTAE Staff, WTAE-TV, "WTAE Chronicle: 15 Years
After Flight 93"
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award:
Magazines
Douglas Heuck,
Pittsburgh Quarterly, "The Death of a Homeless Man"
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award:
Nondaily Newspapers
Rebecca
Addison, Pittsburgh City Paper, "Adult Child-Abuse Victims
ad Allies Are Fighting to Eliminate the Statute of Limitations"
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award:
Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under
45,000
Staff, Observer-Reporter, "Mental Health
Matters"
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award:
Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation 45,000 and
Over
Winner: Brad Bumsted,
Carl Prine and Aaron Aupperlee, Tribune-Review, "ICA &
Henry Sciortino" et al.
Also during the awards presentation, The Press Club recognized
retired KDKA-TV reporter/anchor Mary Robb
Jackson and retired KDKA-TV chief photographer Michael
Challik with the President's Award for their career achievements in
the field of journalism. Chris
Moore, producer/host at WQED Multimedia and the founder of
the Frank Bolden Urban Journalism Workshop -- now the Frank Bolden
Multimedia Workshop -- of the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation,
was honored with this year's Service to Journalism Award for
contributions to the field of journalism.
Ellie Hartleb of Erie, a senior
at American University, was recognized
as recipient of the 2017 Bob Fryer Memorial Scholarship.
Beaver Falls native Emily Kohlman, a senior at Penn State University, received The Press Club
Scholarship.
The premier sponsor of the event is the Center for Media
Innovation at Point Park University.
Lead sponsors are Frank, Gale, Bails, Murcko & Pocrass, P.C.,
and Cision.
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412-281-7778.
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