Press Club of Western PA Announces 2008 Golden Quill Winners

PITTSBURGH, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania announced the winners of the 2008 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 2008 Golden Quills are:

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 O'Toole, H Magazine

Finalists:
"Wonderlust," Cara J. Hayden, Pitt Magazine
"Making Choices," Christine O'Toole, H Magazine

Feature, Non-Daily Newspapers
Winner:

"Tech, t'fillah ... Energizes Jewish Worship," Lee Chottiner, The Jewish Chronicle

Finalists:
"Finding a Purpose," Brandon Szuminsky, Greene County Messenger
"Bill Dorsey's Blues," Bill O'Driscoll, 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
"Farmer's 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

"Alicia's 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 O'Driscoll, 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 Gold's Bonanza Creates Silver Lining for Pennsylvania," Robin Acton, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Finalists:

"A Lifetime of Savings Evaporates With Bank's 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 Ash's 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: It's 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:

"June's 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 O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Online Multimedia News
Winner:
"Diabetes Crisis," Multimedia Team, Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Finalists:
"New Bishop," Multimedia Team, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"In Harm's 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 It's 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 Pittsburgh's Hospitality Industry," Tim Schooley, Pittsburgh Business Times

"Fatal House Fire," Brandon Szuminsky, Greene County Messenger

Continuing Coverage, Radio
Winner:

"Earth's 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 President's 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.

The lead sponsors of the 2008 Golden Quill awards ceremony are Burson-Marsteller, Columbia Gas, Dominion, PR Newswire, ReedSmith, and Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Potter, Tribune Total Media and the University of Pittsburgh.

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