Post-Gazette has strong showing in state contests

Batko; photographer Peter Diana; Mr. Ziants in page design; Kate Giammarise, Rebecca Droke and Laura Malt Schneiderman for a news feature called “Sheltered Workshops”; Anya Litvak, Mr. Rush and Mr. Tanner for a series on “Life between two Shell plants”; sports writer Jason Mackey’s profile of Penguins goalie Matt Murray; the In The Lead/Top 50 special section; and Mr. Rush and Mr. Mellon for a timelapse video on Steelers fans.

Here are the winners from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Media Editors contest:

First place honors went to Bill Schackner’s coverage of the struggles of the schools in the state System of Higher Education; “The Land Alcoa Dammed,” an investigative piece by Len Boselovic, Rich Lord, Ms. Strasburg and Mr. Tanner; “Life between two Shell plants,” a business piece by Ms. Litvak, Mr. Rush and Mr. Tanner; Ms. Chambers and Stephen J. Nesbitt piece “A good call: MLB umpire saves suicidal woman”; Elizabeth Bloom’s sports story on Pennsylvania dirt that’s used in most MLB stadiums and “Riding OD Road,” a package of stories written by Rich Lord, with photo and video by Mr. Mellon and Ms. Strasburg, for multimedia storytelling.

Also given first place awards were Mr. Marsula’s illustration “Dangerously Dependent” as well as his full page design “Family, Faith Football”; Ms. Chambers’ feature photo of the young hockey fan; Mr. Diana’s sports photo of the Penguins celebrating another Stanley Cup; Ms. Strasburg and Mr. Mellon’s photo story “Riding OD Road,” as well as their video “1601 Brighton Road”; and Ms. Strasburg’s short video “Saying Goodbye on Santron Avenue.”

The Post-Gazette took first place for digital presentation.

Second place prizes went to Peter Smith and Nate Guidry’s “Unsettled in America” enterprise reporting; “Riding OD Road” for both special section and for public service; Mr. Batko’s sports story “For better, for worse, forever”; Mr. Hilston and Mr. Yozwick for graphic design; Ms. Chambers for spot news photo; Matt Freed for sports photo and Ms. Strasburg for short video.