Press Club of Western PA Announces 2009 Golden Quill Winners
Press Club of Western PA Announces 2009 Golden Quill Winners
PITTSBURGH, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania announced the winners of the 45th annual Golden Quill Awards during an awards presentation tonight at the Hilton Pittsburgh, Downtown Pittsburgh. The Golden Quills competition recognizes professional excellence in written, photographic, broadcast and online journalism in Western Pennsylvania.
Winners and finalists of the 2009 Golden Quills are: News Illustration
Winner: "Drilling a Tunnel," Ed Yozwick, James Hilston and Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "Connector Construction," Robert Newell, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Flu Vaccination," Ed Yozwick and James Hilston, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Livolsi-Schriner Award for Feature Illustration Winner: "Cand(i)date Land," Stacy Innerst, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Finalists: "Jack O' All Trades," Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "A Season's Cruel Turn," Ed Yozwick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Cartoon Winner: "At Last We Meet," Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Finalists: "Loaves and Fishes," Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Portfolio, Tim Menees, Pittsburgh Quarterly Feature, Magazines Winner: "The Smallest Soldiers," Ervin Dyer, Pitt Magazine Feature, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Escape Artist," Melissa Meinzer, Pittsburgh City Paper Finalists: "Long Road Back," Sean D. Hamill, Pittsburgh City Paper "The War According to Ms. Haynes," Morgan Kelly, Pitt Chronicle Radio Feature/Documentary Winner: "This Musical City," Bob Studebaker, WDUQ-FM Finalists: "Muslim Women in Pittsburgh," Alexandria Chaklos, WDUQ-FM
"Pittsburgh: Making History for 250 Years," Alexandria Chaklos, Kevin Gavin, Mark Nootbaar and Charlee Song, WDUQ-FM
Photo Essay or Story Winner: "Afghanistan," Justin Merriman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Finalists: "Flames, Fumes," Erica Galvin, New Castle News "Pittsburgh's Three Seasons," John Beale, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Harry Coughanour Award for Feature Photography, Newspapers, Wire Services or Magazines
Winner: "Smoke Break," Justin Merriman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Finalists: "Aligning Perfection," Jason Bridge, Valley News Dispatch "A Soldier's Eye," Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Feature/Series, Videography Winner: "Mass Transportation: Beyond the Pump," Tim Holoman, WPXI-TV Finalists: "Poetic Pool," Dave Crawley and Dave Forstate, KDKA-TV "Ron Mueck at The Warhol," Pierina Morelli, WQED-TV Feature, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: "War Bonds," Chris Rosenblum, Centre Daily Times Finalist: "Finding Peace," Rex Rutkoski, Valley News Dispatch Feature, Television
Winner: "Kanzius Machine," David Highfield, Marty Rodgers, Mike Regan and Dave Colabine,
KDKA-TV Finalists: "A Lifetime of Songs," Pierina Morelli and Mike Lee, WQED-TV "Poetic Pool," Dave Crawley and Dave Forstate, KDKA-TV Feature, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: "Busy Time for Repo Man," Cristina Rouvalis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "Hijacked," Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Mother of Mother's Day," Cristina Rouvalis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Public Affairs/Documentary, Television
Winner: "50 Best in Pittsburgh's 250 Fest," Mark Barash, Brian Leopold and Steve Fogle, WPXI-TV
Finalists: "Gardens of Pennsylvania," Nathalie Berry, Doug Oster and David Cohen, WQED-TV
"Gettysburg: Stories From the Battlefield," David Solomon and Paul Ruggieri, WQED-TV
Online Multimedia Feature Winner: "Creature Feature," Andrew Rush, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Finalists: "Camp for Amputees," Michael Henninger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Brynn Marie Performs for the Troops," Dean Iampietro, WPXI-TV Business, Magazines Winner: "Bond Shelter," Jeffery Fraser, H Magazine Business, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: "Region's Fastest Growing Firms Brace for Uncertainty in 2009," Pittsburgh Business Times Staff, Pittsburgh Business Times
Finalists: "New Arms Race," Steve Sampsell, Pittsburgh Sports Report "Room With a View," Lee Chottiner, The Jewish Chronicle Business, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: "Natural Gas Rush," Anne Danahy, Jennifer Thomas and Dena Pauling, Centre Daily Times
Finalist: "Scooter Sales," Michael Aubele, Valley News Dispatch Business, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: "Mill's Closure Devastating Blow for Hard-Luck Town," Robin Acton, Tribune-Review
Finalists: "Absentees at Port Authority," Joe Grata, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Little Bite Put in Restaurant Inspections," Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"On Guard," Gerry Weiss, Erie Times-News Health/Medical, Magazines
Winner: "Radio X," Bonnie Sanford M.D, John G. Benitez M.D. and Linda G. Allison, Western Pennsylvania History Magazine
Finalist: "Sports Concussions," Holly Schultz, mtl magazine Health/Medical, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Chronic Conditions," Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper Finalists: "Playing Patient," Kimberly K. Barlow, University Times
"Trend Toward Retail Clinics Reflects Needs," Zandy Dudiak, Gateway Newspapers
Health/Medical, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: "Heartfelt Decision," Rex Rutkoski, Valley News Dispatch Finalists: "The Hidden Pain," Dawn Keller, Observer-Reporter "Troubled Minds," Randy Griffith, The Tribune-Democrat Health/Medical, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000 Winner: "Rare Disease, Rarer Minds," Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "Drugs May Halt Types of Lung Disease," Allison Heinrichs, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Waves of Change," David Bruce, Erie Times-News Science/Technology, Magazines
Winner: "Steel and Science Bring Dinosaurs Into the 21st Century," Maureen Byko, TMS
Science/Technology, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Chasing the Buzz," Justin Hopper, Pittsburgh City Paper Science/Technology, Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000 Winner: "Going Greener," Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "Hoping to Tap a Gas Bonanza," Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Tangling Over Turbines," Allison Heinrichs, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Cultural, Magazines Winner: "Individual Investment," Monica Haynes, H Magazine Cultural, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Uncommon Senselessness," Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper Cultural, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: "Night of the Living Dead," Brad Hundt, Observer-Reporter Cultural, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000 Winner: "Name This Tune," Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "The Art of Failure," William Loeffler, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"The Rock of Aged," Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Criticism, Magazines Winner: "Reading Room," Sandra Levis, Pittsburgh Quarterly Finalist: "Buddy Movies," Elaine Wertheim, mtl magazine Criticism, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: Theater Reviews, Robert Isenberg, Pittsburgh City Paper Criticism, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000 Winner: Restaurant Criticism, China Millman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "'King Lear' Is an Intimate Tragedy," Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Movie Criticism, Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sports, Magazines Winner: "Who's the One?" Frank Bodani, Town & Gown Finalist: "Queens of the Court," Jodi Diperna, Pittsburgh Quarterly Sports, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Building a Movement," Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper Finalist: "Cap Control," Bob Grove, Pittsburgh Sports Report Sports Reporting, Radio Winner: "Steel City Derby Demons," Katherine Fink, WDUQ-FM Sports Reporting, Television Winner: "Steelers Monday," Michael Challik and Jory Rand, KDKA-TV
Finalist: "The Jerome Bettis Show," WPXI Sports Team/Dean Iampietro, producer, WPXI-TV
Sports Photography, Newspapers, Wire Services and Magazines Winner: "Left Behind," Barry Reeger, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Finalists: "By His Finger Tips," Matt Freed, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Losing Feeling," Eric Felack, Valley News Dispatch Sports Videography Winner: "Steelers Monday," Michael Challik and Jory Rand, KDKA-TV Sports, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: "Black and White," Cory Giger, Altoona Mirror Sports, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: "High School Athlete Transfers," Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "The Greatest Comeback," Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Running out of Innings," Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial, Magazines Winner: "Stocks and Pedestals," Doug Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly Editorial, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: Editorials, Alan Wallace, The Times Express Radio Commentary/Editorial
Winner: "The Half-Truths of Politics," Robert W. Dickey and Robert McCully, KQV RADIO
Editorial, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: "Tax-Cut Lotharios on Prowl," Steven Carpenter, Altoona Mirror Commentary/Editorial, Television Winner: "Paris Flights/Progressive City," Rick Henry, WTAE-TV Editorial, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000 Winner: "WVU-Gate," Tom Waseleski, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Finalists: "Primary Endorsement," Reg Henry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Spare Us the Drive!" Bob Pellegrino, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Column, Magazines Winner: "What Do I Know?" Jeff Sewald, Pittsburgh Quarterly Column, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: Columns of Tony Defazio, Pittsburgh Sports Report Column, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: Columns of Mike Kilroy, Butler Eagle Finalist: Columns of Mitchel Olszak, New Castle News Column, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000 Winner: "Diaspora Report," Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Finalists: "Myron Cope," Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Walker Fulfills ..." Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Online Multimedia News
Winner: "Election Day/Night Coverage," Multimedia Team, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "North Shore Connector," Caroline Hirt And Steve Adams, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Transplanting Too Soon," Jason Lanza, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Enterprise/Investigative Series, Magazines
Winner: "Pittsburgh Regional Indicators," John G. Craig Jr., Pittsburgh Quarterly
Enterprise/Investigative Series, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Bridging the Gap," Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Business Times Enterprise/Investigative Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: "Lagrotta Series," Pat Litowitz, New Castle News Finalist: "Forest Area Financial Crisis," Sheila Boughner, The Derrick Enterprise/Investigative Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: "Transplanting Too Soon," Luis Fabregas and Andrew Conte, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Finalists: "Bonusgate," Dennis Roddy and Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Lessons From Louisville," Erica Erwin, Erie Times-News "PIAA Ref Checks," Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Enterprise/Investigative Article, Magazines
Winner: "The Truth About Pittsburgh's Air," Jeffery Fraser, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalists: "Independence Day," Douglas Root, H Magazine "Pool, What Next?" Susan Morgans, mtl magazine Enterprise/Investigative Article, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Pet Cause," Charlie Deitch, Pittsburgh City Paper Finalists: "Flood of Interest," Adam Fleming, Pittsburgh City Paper "Vocational Education," Gateway Newspapers Enterprise/Investigative News, Radio
Winner: "Reducing Gun Violence: One Goal, Many Paths," Katherine Fink, WDUQ-FM
Finalists: "FTC Looks at Carbon Offset Sales," Jennifer Szweda Jordan, The Allegheny Front/WYEP-FM
"On the Fringe," Larkin Page-Jacobs, WDUQ-FM Enterprise/Investigative Article, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: "Who Is This Guy?" Kirk Swauger and Kecia Bal, The Tribune-Democrat
Finalist: "Mold Problems Kept Quiet," Dena Pauling, Centre Daily Times Enterprise/Investigative News, Television
Winner: "Watching the Watchdogs," Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross and Michael Lazorko, WTAE-TV
Finalists: "Marcellus Shale," Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross and Michael Lazorko, WTAE-TV
"Principal Fraud," Marty Griffin, KDKA-TV Enterprise/Investigative Article, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: "Twenty Years of Devastation," Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Finalists: "Merger Answers Difficult," Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Wives Put Through the Wringer," Cristina Rouvalis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Spot News, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: "Market Takes Investors on Wild Ride," Patty Tascarella and Tim Schooley, Pittsburgh Business Times
Spot News, Radio
Winner: "Election Night," KQV News Team/ Frank Gottleib, News Director, KQV RADIO
Finalist: "Consolidate?" Mark Nootbaar, WDUQ-FM Spot News Photography, Newspapers, Wire Services or Magazines Winner: "My Sister Was Killed," Darrell Sapp, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Finalists: "A Mother's Tears," Joe Appel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Teen Dead in Apparent Burglary," Andrew Russell, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Spot News, Television Winner: "Route 28 Car Chase," Channel 4 Action News, WTAE-TV Finalists: "FBI Agent Killed," KDKA-TV News Staff, KDKA-TV
"Plum House Explosion," WPXI-TV News Staff/Corrie Harding, News Director, WPXI-TV
Spot News, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: "Gunman Killed," Centre Daily Times Staff, Centre Daily Times Spot News, Videography Winner: "Naked Man Running," Dave Colabine, KDKA-TV Spot News, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000 Winner: "Wedding Night Brawl," Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Finalists: "Crash Kills 2, Hits House," Lindsey Poisson, Erie Times-News "CMU Prof Who Inspired Millions Dies," Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Continuing Coverage, Magazines
Winner: "Pittsburgh's Leading Women," Aradhna Dhanda, Jeffery Fraser and John Buckman, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalist: "Pittsburgh 250," Pittsburgh Quarterly Staff, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Continuing Coverage, Non-Daily Newspapers Winner: "Covenant Deal Challenged," Toby Tabachnick, The Jewish Chronicle Finalists: "CBA Coverage," Chris Young, Pittsburgh City Paper "Open Access Series," Kimberly K. Barlow, University Times Continuing Coverage, Radio
Winner: "Clearing the Air in Pittsburgh," The Allegheny Front Staff, The Allegheny Front/WYEP-FM
Finalists: "Conserving Land in Pennsylvania, The Allegheny Front Staff, The Allegheny Front/WYEP-FM
"The Dawn of the Pennsylvania Gas Rush," Ann Murray, The Allegheny Front/WYEP-FM
Continuing Coverage, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: "Straw Hat Robbery," Chuck Biedka and Tom Yerace, Valley News Dispatch
Finalists: "County Whipped By Winds," News Staff, Butler Eagle "Tiger Ranch," Francine Garrone, Valley News Dispatch Continuing Coverage, Television
Winner: "Cures in the Trash," Rick Earle, Tim Holoman and Ward Hobbs, WPXI-TV
Finalists: "An Affair of the Heart," Scott Bremner and Dave Hetrick, WSEE-TV
"Baby Cut From Womb," Marcie Cipriani, John McKee, WTAE-TV Continuing Coverage, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: "Baby Thief," Sadie Gurman, Jerome Sherman and Joe Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: "Battle for Afghanistan," Betsy Hiel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Pay to Play," Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The following Quill Award winners also received best-of-show awards: Ed Romano Memorial Award: Photography/Videography "Afghanistan," Justin Merriman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Ed King Memorial Award: Television
"Watching the Watchdogs," Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross and Michael Lazorko, WTAE-TV
Ed King Memorial Award: Radio "This Musical City," Bob Studebaker, WDUQ-FM Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Non-Daily Newspapers and Magazines "Bridging the Gap," Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Business Times
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
"Gunman Killed," Centre Daily Times Staff, Centre Daily Times Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation over 45,000
"Transplanting Too Soon," Luis Fabregas and Andrew Conte, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Also during the awards presentation, the Press Club honored Fred I. Young, retired senior vice president of Hearst-Argyle Television Inc., with the President's Award, recognizing him for his contributions to the field of journalism.
Brittany Hoke of Mt. Pleasant, a junior at Point Park University, received the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania scholarship, given to an aspiring journalism student.
The lead sponsors of the 2009 Golden Quill awards ceremony are Dominion; PR Newswire; Reed Smith; Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky; and Trib Total Media.
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