PITTSBURGH
QUARTERLY WINS 8 GOLDEN QUILLS
With eight 2008 Golden Quill Awards, Pittsburgh
Quarterly led
all regional magazines in the competition for the best journalism
in Western Pennsylvania. Sponsored by The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania,
the awards were announced May 12 at the Pittsburgh Hilton. Of all
media outlets -- print, television and radio -- Pittsburgh
Quarterly was
second only to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which
won 14 Golden Quills. (Click here for the Pittsburgh
Quarterly's 2007 Golden Quill Awards)
The 14 magazine winners are:
BEST OF SHOW FOR PHOTOGRAPHY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
AND THE ED ROMANO MEMORIAL AWARD
John
Beale, Pittsburgh
Quarterly,
for "Portrait
of the Allegheny"
BUSINESS
Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Quarterly,
for "The
China Syndrome."
ENTERPRISE/INVESTIGATIVE ARTICLE
Jeffery Fraser, H
Magazine, for "Trouble in the Air."
CULTURAL
Graham
Shearing, Pittsburgh Quarterly, for
"A
Frame to Conjure With."
CRITICISM
Sandy
Levis, Pittsburgh Quarterly,
for "Reading Room."
HEALTH/MEDICAL
Bo Schwerin, Pitt Magazine,
for "Danger Zone."
SPORTS
Adam Lynch, Pittsburgh
Quarterly, for
"For
the Birds."
EDITORIAL
Douglas
Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly,
for "Stocks and Pedestal."
CONTINUING COVERAGE
Merle
Jantz and Elizabeth Raffaele, Mt.
Lebanon Magazine, for "Environment."
COLUMN
Jeff Sewald, Pittsburgh
Quarterly,
for "What Do I Know?"
FEATURE
Christine
O'Toole, H Magazine,
for "One on One."
PHOTO ESSAY OR STORY
John
Beale, Pittsburgh Quarterly,
for "Portrait
of the Allegheny" (To see an online
slideshow, click here.)
ENTERPRISE/INVESTIGATIVE
SERIES
Lindsay Brooks and Kami
Buchholz, SAE International, for "State of Engineering."
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
Joe
Plummer, Pittsburgh Magazine,
for "Sci-Fi."
A list of winners and finalists in all categories
for print, radio and television follows:
News Illustration
Winner: The Exorcists, Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: Mommy Wars, Stacy Innerst, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette;
The Scariest Effect, Ed Yozwick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Livolsi-Schriner
Award for Feature Illustration
Winner: Stevie Wonderful, Daniel Marsula,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: Chicken Killing Day, Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
Winter Movie Forecast, Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Editorial
Cartoon
Winner: Loved Ones, Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists: Colonoscopy DVD, Tim Menees, Pittsburgh Quarterly; Dog
Sport, Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Feature, Magazines
Winner: One on One, Christine OToole, H Magazine
Finalists: Wonderlust, Cara J. Hayden,
Pitt Magazine; Making Choices, Christine OToole, H Magazine
Feature, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Tech, tfillah Energizes Jewish Worship,
Lee Chottiner, The Jewish Chronicle
Finalists:
Finding a Purpose, Brandon Szuminsky, Greene County Messenger
Bill Dorseys Blues, Bill ODriscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper
Radio Feature/Documentary
Winner: Green Golf Courses, Ann Murray, The
Allegheny Front, WYEP
Finalists:
Sports That Are Not Football: Championship Stone Skipping,
Cynthia Berger, WPSU
A Pennsylvania Cold Weather Wine, Ann Murray, The Allegheny Front,
WYEP
Photo Essay or Story
Winner: Portrait of the Allegheny, John Beale,
Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalist:
All Quiet on the Mexican Front, Andrew Russell, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Harry
Coughanour Award (for Feature Photography, Newspapers, Wire
Services or Magazines)
Winner: Among Women, Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Finalists:
Lunar Landscape, Darrell Sapp, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Farmers Life, Scott Spangler, Tribune-Review
Feature/Series, Videography
Winner: Stone Soldiers, Paul Ruggieri, WQED-TV
Finalists:
I Am a Runner, Dave Colabine, KDKA
Rehabbing the T-Rex, Lori Sperling, KDKA-TV
Feature, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Passages, Patti Conley, Beaver County
Times
Finalists:
Charlie No Face, Bob Bauder, Beaver County Times
"Faces of the Flood, Staff, The Tribune-Democrat
Feature, Television
Winner: Stone Soldiers, David Solomon, Paul Ruggieri,
Andy Masich, WQED-TV
Finalists:
Bingo Secrets, David Highfield, Tim Lawson and Sue Gaydos, KDKA-TV
The Darr Mine Disaster, David Solomon and Paul Ruggieri, WQED-TV
Feature,
Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Chicken Killing Day, Virginia Phillips, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Finalists:
Touching Evil Series, Michael A. Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Life Support, Gerry Weiss, Erie Times-News
Public Affairs/Documentary,
Television
Winner: "Celebrating Rodef Shalom, Michael Bartley, Nathalie Berry, Bob
Lubomski and Paul Ruggieri, WQED-TV
Finalists:
Channel 11: 50 Years of News, Dean Iampietro and Channel
11 News Staff, WPXI-TV
Alicias Message, David Solomon, Paul Ruggieri, Tonia Caruso, WQED-TV
Online
Multimedia Feature
Winner: Touching Evil, Steve Mellon and Michael
Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists:
Grumpy Old Editor, Park Burroughs, Observer-Reporter
Murder Ball, Philip G. Pavely, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Business,
Magazines
Winner: The China Syndrome, Dan Fitzpatrick,
Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalists:
Campaign With a Capital P, Jeffery Fraser, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Lawyers Guilty of Doing Good, Geoffrey W. Melada, Pittsburgh
Magazine
Business, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Non-Daily
Newspapers
Winner: A Tough Row to Hoe, Bill ODriscoll,
Pittsburgh City Paper
Finalist:
More Staying on the Job Past 70, Kim Lyons, Pittsburgh
Business Times
Business, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation
Under 45,000
Winner: Pouring Into the Centre Region, Jennifer
Thomas, Centre Daily Times
Finalists:
Jammin With the Guys, Larissa Theodore Dudkiewicz, Beaver
County Times
Time to Come Clean, Mary Ann Thomas, Valley News Dispatch
Business, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Black Golds Bonanza Creates Silver
Lining for Pennsylvania, Robin Acton, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Finalists:
A Lifetime of Savings Evaporates With Banks Collapse, Dan
Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Made in Mexico, Jim Martin, Erie Times-News
Health/Medical, Magazines
Winner: Danger Zone, Bo Schwerin, Pitt Magazine
Finalists:
Learning What Their Hands Already Know, Reid Frazier, Pitt Med
The Jet Set, Jeffery Fraser, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Health/Medical,
Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Defining Death Sparks Debate, Kris Mamula,
Pittsburgh Business Times
Finalists:
Bodies Stirs Consternation from Area Rabbis, Susan Jacobs,
The Jewish Chronicle
Pregnant Questions, Bonnie Schindler, Pittsburgh City Paper
Health/Medical, Daily
Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Playing Hurt, Randy Griffith, The
Tribune-Democrat
Finalists:
Dealing With Dialysis, Rex Rutkoski, Valley News Dispatch
To Sell or Not to Sell, Larissa Theodore, Beaver County
Times
Health/Medical, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services,
Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Giving Families Strength, Luis Fabregas,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Finalists:
Stars Aligned, David Bruce, Erie Times-News
The Cure, Allison M. Heinrichs, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Science/Technology,
Magazines
Winner: Sci-Fi, Joseph Plummer,
Pittsburgh Magazine
Finalists:
Proof of the Proof, Jennifer Bails, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Louis Comfort Tiffany, Maureen Byko, The Minerals,
Metals and Materials Society
Science/Technology, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Team Races Against the Clock, Kris Mamula,
Pittsburgh Business Times
Finalist:
State of the Arts, Justin Hopper, Pittsburgh City
Paper
Science/Technology, Newspapers and Wire Services,
Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Tiny Bug May End Ashs Long Hitting Streak,
Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists:
Healthy Rivers, Healthy Mussels, Don Hopey, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Bit by Bit, Computers Alter How We Read, Bill Schackner,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Cultural, Magazines
Winner: A Frame to Conjure With, Graham Shearing,
Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalist:
On the Edge, Cindy Gill, Pitt Magazine
Cultural, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Pipe Dreams, Aaron Jentzen,
Pittsburgh City Paper
Cultural, Daily Newspapers and
Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: The Mighty Wurlitzer, Brad Hundt, Observer-Reporter
Finalists:
Time Travel, Lisa Micco, New Castle News
Art Beat, Rex Rutkoski, Valley News Dispatch
Cultural, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Ovation Exploration, Regis Behe, Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
Finalists:
Pop Survivor, Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Salute to Sgt. Pepper, Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Criticism,
Magazines
Winner: Reading Room, Sandy Levis,
Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalist:
Say Seviche, Deborah McDonald, Pittsburgh Magazine
Criticism, Non-Daily
Newspapers
Winner: Sound Seen and Other Articles,
Adam Grossi, Pittsburgh City Paper
Criticism, Daily
Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Monty Full of Laughs, Brad Hundt, Observer-Reporter
Criticism, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation
Over 45,000
Winner: Jimmy Stewart: Its A Wonderful Legacy
and other reviews, Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalist:
Restaurant Reviews, Luis Fabregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sports,
Magazines
Winner: For the Birds, Adam Lynch,
Pittsburgh Quarterly
Sports, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Life Cycle, Melissa Meinzer,
Pittsburgh City Paper
Finalist:
Hall of Fame Bound, Tony DeFazio, Pittsburgh Sports
Report
Sports Reporting, Radio
Winner: Steelers 75th Anniversary
Series, Eric Hagman, KQV Radio
Sports Reporting, Television
Winner: Flying With Rooney, Alby
Oxenreiter, Scott Dobson, Ward Hobbs, WPXI-TV
Finalists:
Sunrise at the U.S. Open, Rich Walsh, Tim Holoman,
Corrie Harding and Kerry McQuone, WPXI-TV Steeler Monday,
Mike Zappone and Michael Challik, KDKA-TV
Sports Photography, Newspapers, Wire
Services and Magazines
Winner: Driven, Andrew Russell, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Finalists:
Over the Falls, Lake Fong, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Winning Stretch, Philip G. Pavely, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sports
Videography
Winner: Steeler Monday, Michael Challik, KDKA-TV
Finalist: Sunrise at the U.S. Open, Tim Holoman, WPXI-TV
Sports, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Slapshot 30 Years Later, Mike Mastovich,
The Tribune-Democrat
Finalists:
Mike Tomlin: A New Direction, Mike Bires, Beaver
County Times
Ethnic Taunts Follow Player, Gavin Jenkins, Valley News
Dispatch
Sports, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation
Over 45,000
Winner: The Steelers at 75 Series, Robert Dvorchak,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalist: Ballparks Clean Up, Robin Acton, Tribune-Review
Editorial, Magazines
Winner: Stocks & Pedestal, Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalist: The Gift, Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Editorial, Non-Daily
Newspapers
Winner: Alan Wallace, Times Express
Finalist: Liza N. Beale, The Almanac
Radio Commentary/Editorial
Winner: New Taxes, Robert W. Dickey,
KQV Radio
Finalist: Traffic Jam, Robert W. Dickey, KQV Radio
Editorial, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Editorials, Mitchel Olszak, New Castle
News
Finalists:
Editorials, Lou Florian, Observer-Reporter
Editorials, Park Burroughs, Observer-Reporter
Commentary/Editorial,
Television
Winner: Viewpoint, Rick Henry,
WTAE-TV
Editorial, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services,
Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Junes Pleasures and other editorials,
Susan Mannella, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists:
Time to Be United, Reg Henry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
No. 21, Tom Waseleski, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Column, Magazines
Winner: What Do I Know?" Jeff Sewald, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Finalist:
Teresa Heinz Messages, Teresa Heinz, H Magazine
Column, Non-Daily
Newspapers
Winner: The Chosen 1s, Jonathan
Mayo, The Jewish Chronicle
Finalist:
Front Lines, Chris Potter, Pittsburgh City Paper
Column, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Marsha Keefer, Beaver County Times
Finalists:
Kayleen Cubbal, New Castle News
Paul Sunyak, Herald-Standard
Column, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services,
Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Eric Heyl Portfolio, Eric Heyl, Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
Finalists:
UPMC: At Odds with Itself" and other columns, Sally Kalson, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Want a Good Time? Join the Elks and other
columns, Brian ONeill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Online Multimedia News
Winner: Diabetes Crisis, Multimedia Team, Pittsburgh
Post Gazette
Finalists:
New Bishop, Multimedia Team, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In Harms Way, Dave Rafferty, Herald-Standard
Enterprise/Investigative
Series, Magazines
Winner: State of Engineering,
Lindsay Brooke and Kami Buchholz, SAE International
Finalist:
Report Card, John Craig, Jr., Pittsburgh Quarterly
Enterprise/Investigative
Series, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Becoming American, Zandy
Dudiak, Times Express
Finalist:
About Dam Time, Elizabeth Witte, Greene County
Messenger
Enterprise/Investigative Series, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Paycheck to Paycheck, Anne Danahy and
Chris Rosenblum, Centre Daily Times
Finalists:
Charter Schools, Bob Bauder, Lori DeLauter
and Tom Fontaine, Beaver County Times
Havoc on the Hill, Scott Beveridge and Amanda Gillooly, Observer-Reporter
Enterprise/Investigative
Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: State Bonuses Stun Rendall,
et. al, Tracie Mauriello, Tom Barnes and Dennis
Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists:
A Life Interrupted, Steve Levin, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Under the Influence, Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Enterprise/Investigative Article, Magazines
Winner: Trouble in the Air, Jeffery
Fraser, H Magazine
Finalists:
Hold That Thought/Now Its Time to Act, Mark
DeSantis and Jim Roddey, Pittsburgh Quarterly
Polluted Politics, Carmen Lee and John Altdorfer, H Magazine
Enterprise/Investigative
Article, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Over a Barrel, Violet Law, Pittsburgh
City Paper
Finalist:
Military Police, Charlie Deitch, Pittsburgh
City Paper
Enterprise/Investigative News, Radio
Winner: Coal Country Ponders a Landfill,
Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front, WYEP
Finalists:
The Rise of Coal Bed Methane, Ann Murray,
The Allegheny Front, WYEP
Wind Farms Sprout Controversy, Lisa Ann Pinkerton, The Allegheny
Front, WYEP
Enterprise/Investigative Article,
Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Benefits of Learning, Jay Young, Altoona
Mirror
Finalists:
Pushing the Public, Scott Beveridge, Observer-Reporter
Academic Red Flags/Subgroup Students, Angie
Oravec, Herald-Standard
Enterprise/Investigative News, Television
Winner: Dangerous Drinking Water,
Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross and Michael
Lazorko, WTAE-TV
Finalists:
Convention Center Collapse, Rick Earle, Scott Dobson
and Tim Holoman, WPXI-TV
Carnegie Financial, Andy Sheehan, KDKA-TV
Enterprise/Investigative Article, Daily
Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Pennsylvania Lawmakers
Budget Bulge, Mike Wereschagin, Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
Finalists:
The Girl in the Ditch, Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
MBA Mystery in Morgantown, Patricia Sabatini and Len
Boselovic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Spot News, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Floods Raise Fears, Tawnya Panizzi, The
Herald
Finalists:
Poverty, Lee Chottiner, The Jewish Chronicle
Debate, Susan Jacobs, The Jewish Chronicle
Spot News, Radio
Winner: Transit Cuts,
Kevin Gavin, WDUQ-FM
Finalist:
"August 9th Flooding," KQV News Team -- Frank Gottlieb, News
Director, KQV Radio
Spot News Photography,
Newspapers, Wire Services or Magazines
Winner: In the Line of Duty, Steve
Mellon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finalists:
Talking Her In, Rebecca Droke,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Gunman Surrenders Peacefully, Robert Esquivel,
Herald-Standard
Spot News, Videography
Winner: Boy Trapped, Chris Kunicki,
KDKA-TV
Finalist:
Etna Arson, Dave Colabine, KDKA-TV
Spot News, Daily Newspapers and
Wire Services, Circulation Under
45,000
Winner: Aliquippa Flood, Bob Bauder, Michael Pound
and Larissa Theodore, Beaver County
Times
Finalist:
Lightning Sparks Fire, Frank Sojak
and Kecia Bal, The Tribune-Democrat
Spot News, Television
Winner: Aliquippa Floods, News Staff,
WPXI-TV
Finalists:
Weather Triple Whammy, KDKA Staff
John Verrilli, News Director, KDKA-TV
Tragedy in Larimer, WTAE-TV
Spot News, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services,
Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Dangerous & Wild Ride, Kara Rhodes and Steven M. Sweeney, Erie
Times-News
Finalists:
I-90 Nightmare, Tim Hahn, Lisa
Thompson and Ed Palattella, Erie
Times-News
Meadville Mishap Defines Wrecking Ball, Steve Levin, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Continuing Coverage, Magazines
Winner: Environment,
Merle Jantz and Elizabeth Raffaele,
Mt. Lebanon Magazine
Finalists:
Public Safety, M.A. Jackson and Merle
Jantz, Mt. Lebanon Magazine
House & Garden, Janice Seigle and Carole Takach, Mt. Lebanon Magazine
Continuing
Coverage, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner: Real Estate Market Reacts to Capital
Crunch, Ben Semmes, Pittsburgh
Business Times
Finalists:
Issues Impacting Pittsburghs Hospitality
Industry, Tim Schooley, Pittsburgh Business
Times
Fatal House Fire, Brandon Szuminsky, Greene County Messenger
Continuing Coverage,
Radio
Winner: Earths Bounty: Continuing Series on Food
and the Environment, Jennifer
Szweda Jordan, The Allegheny Front, WYEP
Continuing Coverage, Daily
Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000
Winner: Interstate 99, Mike Joseph, Centre Daily
Times
Finalists:
Springdale Noise Ordinance,
Michael Aubele, Valley News
Dispatch
Ellwood City Police Chief, MaryAlice Meli, New Castle News
Continuing Coverage,
Television
Winner: State Agency Secrets, Jim Parsons,
Kendall Cross and Michael
Lazorko, WTAE-TV
Finalists:
China Trip, Scott Bremner and John
Christianson, WSEE-TV
Convention Center Collapse, Rick Earle, Scott Dobson
and Tim Holoman, WPXI-TV
Continuing Coverage, Daily Newspapers
and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000
Winner: Brian
Wells Stories, Ed Palattella,
Erie Times-News
Finalists:
High Stakes, Deep Secrets, Mark Gruetze,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Impossible Loan, Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The following
Quill Award winners also received best-of-show awards:
Ed Romano Memorial Award: Photography/Videography
Portrait of the Allegheny, John Beale, Pittsburgh
Quarterly
Ed King Memorial Award: Television
State Agency Secrets, Jim Parsons, Kendall
Cross and Michael Lazorko, WTAE-TV
Ed King Memorial Award: Radio
Transit Cuts, Kevin Gavin, WDUQ-FM
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Non-Daily
Newspapers and Magazines
Defining Death Sparks Debate, Kris Mamula, Pittsburgh Business
Times
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Daily
Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation
Under 45,000
Paycheck to Paycheck, Anne Danahy and Chris Rosenblum,
Centre Daily Times
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Daily
Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation over 45,000
The Steelers at 75 Series, Robert Dvorchak,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Also during the awards presentation, the Press Club
honored Aviva Radbord, weekend assignment editor/public affairs
producer, for KDKA-TV, with the Presidents Award, and
the organization awarded Toni Locy, Shott Chair of Journalism at West
Virginia University, with the Service to Journalism
Award. Both
were recognized for their contributions to the field of journalism.
Rossilynne
Skena of Level Green, a sophomore at Penn State University, received
the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania scholarship, given to an aspiring
journalism student.
