Post-Gazette wins 17 Golden Quills, best of show

The staff members of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had 17 first-place finishes and won a best-of-show award Tuesday in the 58th annual Golden Quill Awards ceremony at the Rivers Casino.

In addition, the Post-Gazette had 36 award finalists.

The Golden Quills, sponsored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, recognizes excellence in print, broadcast, photography, videography and digital journalism in Western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in Ohio and West Virginia.

In the best-of-show category for Quill winners, Anya Litvak, Joyce Gannon, Lauren Rosenblatt and Kris B. Mamula won for “The Block” Project about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on four Pittsburgh business districts.

The Press Club also honored Lynne Hayes-Freeland, retired KDKA- TV and KDKA Radio talk show host, with its President’s Award, and Jennifer Bertetto, Trib Total Media president and CEO, and the late Curt Chandler, associate teaching professor at Penn State University, with Service to Journalism awards.

The premier sponsor of the 2022 Golden Quills is Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Allegheny Health Network. Underwriter sponsors are The Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Trib Total Media.

Here’s a list of the PostGazette’s winners:

• Excellence in Journalistic Craft Achievement, Spot News Photo — “‘All Right, Have a Good Night’: North Allegheny School Board Adjourns Meeting After Attendees Refuse to Mask Up,” Alexandra Wimley

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Spot/Breaking News — “‘A City Is Changed

With All of Us,’ Ed Gainey Says After Historic Win” and “Election Update,” Julian Routh and Post-Gazette Staff

• Excellence in Journalistic Craft Achievement, Animation/Motion Graphics — “Money Laundering Explained”; James Hilston, Ed Yozwick and Michael Sallah

• Excellence in Written Journalism, News Feature — “A Fight to Survive,” Kris B. Mamula

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Profile — “Channeling His Erie Roots By Restoring Griswold Cast-iron Skillets,” Gretchen McKay

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Public Affairs/Politics/Government — “Land Bank Fails to Fight Blight,” Ashley Murray and Joel Jacobs

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Education — “The Shrinking of the State System,” Bill Schackner

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Business/ Technology/Consumer — “The Block” Project; Anya Litvak, Joyce Gannon, Lauren Rosenblatt and Kris B. Mamula

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Medical/ Health — “Offspring of the Drug Crisis,” Kris B. Mamula

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Science/Environment — “Burning for Bitcoin: A Waste CoalBurning, Crypto- Mining Pirate Ship Sets Sail,” Anya Litvak

• Excellence in Written Journalism, History/Culture — “9/ 11 20 Years Later,” Post-Gazette Staff

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Lifestyle — “After 75 Years and Three Stadiums, He’s ‘The Mayor’ Behind Home Plate,” Abby Mackey

• Excellence in Audio Journalism, Sports — “Pod

of Steel: Who or What Is to Blame for the Steelers’ Failures?” Brian Batko and Ray Fittipaldo

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Sports — “Lost Money: High School Athletes Losing Scholarships Because of Pandemic and New NCAA Rule,” Mike White

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Columns/ Blogs — “Systemic Bullyi n g B y D A Z a p p a l a , ” “Parable of an Endless War” and “Look Within the Community to Make Long Overdue Changes,” Tony Norman

• Excellence in Journalistic Craft Achievement, Multi-Platform Project — Winner: “Dirty Dollars,” Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Excellence in Written Journalism, Enterprise/Investigative — “Housing Misery,” Joel Jacobs and Ashley Murray