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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