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Press Club of Western PA Announces 2008 Golden Quill Winners Press Club of Western PA Announces 2008 Golden Quill Winners PITTSBURGH, May 12 -- 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:
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