Post- Gazette staff wins 23 Golden Quills

2 best- of- show awards also won

The Pittsburgh Post- Gazette won two best- of- show honors and 23 Golden Quills — first- place finishes — at the 56th annual Golden Quill Awards, a virtual ceremony that aired Thursday night on public access station PCTV and was livestreamed on www. pctv21. org. Sponsored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, the contest recognizes excellence in print, broadcast, photography, videography and digital journalism, as well as communications in Western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in Ohio and West Virginia.

The Post- Gazette also had 34 finalists for Golden Quills.

In the best- of- show categories for Quill winners, the PG’s Growing up Through the Cracks Team won the Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for daily publications for a series that delved into communities in which half of the children live in poverty, and Steph Chambers won the Ed Romano Memorial Award for Photography for her series on high school football in Western Pennsylvania.

Also during the awards presentation, the Press Club recognized philanthropic leader, former newspaper editor and bestselling author Maxwell King and KDKA Radio, PCNC- TV and WQED- TV talk show host Chris Moore with the President’s Award for career achievement in the field of journalism. The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and its president, Michael A. Fuoco, were honored with the Service to Journalism Award, as was KDKA Radio, in honor of the station’s centennial. The Club also gave special recognition to Pittsburgh Black Media Federation and its president, Brian Cook Sr., for working to raise awareness about and increase racial diversity in newsrooms and in news coverage throughout Western Pennsylvania and beyond.

Sponsors of the Golden Quill virtual presentation were The Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Post-gazette, Trib Total Media and Point Park University School of Communication.

Here is a list of the Postgazette’s winners:

Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Spot News Photo: “Port Authority Bus Falls Into Downtown Sinkhole,” Andrew Rush

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Spot/breaking News: “In the Death of Antwon Rose,” Death of Antwon Rose Team

Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Illustration: News or Feature: “Jared’s Narrowed Life,” Stacy Innerst

Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Page Design, Print: “A PG Guide to Living (More) Green,” Maura Losch Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Cover Design, Print: “Jeff Goldblum Jazzed to be Coming Home,” Daniel Marsula,

Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Animation/motion Graphics: “The Curtain Rises: Kennywood’s Record-setting Roller Coaster Ready for Riders,” Ed Yozwick, Sam Underwood and Chance Brinkman-sull

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — News Feature: “Killing The Strip: What Will The Development Boom Mean for the Merchants That Keep The Strip District Funky?” Mark Belko and Jessie Wardarski

Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Photo Essay: “High School Football Personifies Western Pennsylvania,” Steph Chambers

Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Feature Videography: “Diagnosed With AFM in October, Bryson Ackermann, 6, Is on the Road to Recovery,” Steph Chambers

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Traditional Feature: “‘I Am the Blues’ – August Wilson Was the Blues, and Ma Rainey Was His Muse,” Sharon Eberson

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Profile: “Dreams of a Dreamer,” Gretchen Mckay Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Public Affairs/politics/ Government: “Tearing Down History,” Sean D. Hamill

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Education: “In Leechburg, an Elementary School Stands Against a Tide of Poverty,” Matt Mckinney

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Business/technology/ Consumer: “Disgruntled Customers Say They Were Taken for a Ride by Limo Booking Business,” Patricia Sabatini

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Medical/health: “Blood Money: Selling Plasma Spackles Holes in Fraying

Personal Budgets,” Kris B. Mamula

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Science/ Environment: “Years After Record Marcellus Shale Fine Was Dropped, Gas Leak Continues in Lycoming County,” Laura Legere

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Arts/ Entertainment: “There Are Black People in the Future,” There Are Black People in the Future Team

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Lifestyle: “Wedding Soup Is Marriage Made in Heaven,” Gretchen McKay

Excellence in Audio Journalism — Sports: “Field Study Podcast: It’s Not Just a Bad Dream,” Matt Moret and Stephen J. Nesbitt

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Sports: “How Randy Bates Beat Cancer and Kept It ‘ Within the Family,’ ” John McGonigal

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Editorials, Karen Kane

Excellence in Visual Craft Achievement — Digital Presentation: “Blood Money: Selling Plasma Spackles Holes in Fraying Personal Budgets,” Daniel Marsula and Laura Malt Schneiderman

Excellence in Written Journalism, Daily — Enterprise/ Investigative: “Growing up Through the Cracks,” Growing up Through the Cracks Team

Ed Romano Memorial Award — Photography: “High School Football Personifies Western Pennsylvania,” Steph Chambers

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award — Daily: “Growing up Through the Cracks,” Growing up Through the Cracks Team