The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won two best-of-show honors and 22 Golden Quills - first-place finishes - at the 54th annual Golden Quill Awards banquet Thursday night. Sponsored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, the contest recognizes excellence in written, visual, broadcast and online journalism.
In the best-of-show categories for Quill award winners, the Post-Gazette’s Steve Mellon and Stephanie Strasburg won the Ed Romano Memorial Award, Photography, and Michael A. Fuoco and Ashley Murray won the Ed King Memorial Award, Radio and Podcasts.
The Post-Gazette also had 47 finalists in assorted categories in the Golden Quill contest.
The PG's first-place winners are:
Spot News Photography: Pam Panchak, “Our Hearts Are Heavy Today.”
News Illustration: Daniel Marsula, “What Makes Kim Jong Un Tick?”
Editorial Cartoon: Rob Rogers, “Faceoff.”
Animation: Ed Yozwick and James Hilston, “The Land Alcoa Dammed: From Bauxite to Refinery.”
Page Design: Daniel Marsula, “Steelers vs. Evil Empire”
Photo Essay: Steve Mellon and Stephanie Strasburg, “Life and Death on Santron Avenue.”
Feature Photography: Steph Chambers, “Big Hug.”
Education: Bill Schackner and Adam Smeltz, “PSU Fraternity Members Charged in Pledge’s Heartbreaking Death.”
Business/Technology/Consumer, Digital: Anya Litvak, Andrew Rush and Zack Tanner, “Preparing for Chemical Valley -- Life Between Two Shell Plants.”
Business/Technology/Consumer: Mark Belko and Antonella Crescimbeni, “Seattle Prime -- Amazon Brings its Home City Jobs, Investment and Some Headaches.”
Health/Science: Gretchen McKay, “A Different Kind of Runner’s High.”
Environment, Digital: Don Hopey, “Manganese Can Stunt Intelligence in Children”
Environment: Don Hopey, “Sealing a Rich Deal for Mineral Rights.”
History: Maria Sciullo, “Sorrow of 1977 Evansville Plane Crash Felt in Pittsburgh.”
Arts & Entertainment, Digital: Staff, “Break Thru: A Half-Decade After Mac and Wiz, the Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Scene Is Still Waiting for its Moment.”
Arts & Entertainment: Scott Mervis, “Nick Cave hits Oakland With a ‘Skeleton Tree’ Show We’ll Never Forget.”
Lifestyle: Arthi Subramaniam, “Master of the Flame: At Tessaro’s, Courtney McFarlane Has Learned to Perfect Grilling Burgers From a Lot of Practice and Mistakes.”
Sports, Digital: Brian Batko, “For Better, for Worse, Forever.”
Sports: Stephen J. Nesbitt, “The Wait of a New World.”
Editorials: Joe Smydo, “Out of Order,” “Dr. Starzl, Life-giver,” “Foul, but No Crime.”
Columns: Gene Collier, “Goodbye Mr. Rooney,” “ A Story of a Man, a Gym and Two Boxers,” “Enduring Another Weekly Dose of Carnage on the Football Field.”
Enterprise/Investigative. Radio and Podcasts: Michael A. Fuoco and Ashley Murray, “Three Rivers, Two Mysteries.”
In addition, the PG’s assistant managing editor/multimedia, Andrew Russell, won or shared two Golden Quills, for Best Multimedia/Multiplatform Entry, Digital, and for News Videography, and he won the best-of-show Ed Romano Award for Videography for his work at the Tribune-Review.
First Published: May 25, 2018, 1:48 a.m.
