2012 Quills Winners and Finalists
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2012 GOLDEN QUILL WINNERS AND FINALISTS News Illustration Winner: Tom Worthington II, Altoona Mirror, “The End of an Era” Finalists: Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “The Great Organ Bazaar” Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “The Trouble With Independents” Feature Illustration (Livolsi-Schriner Award) Winner: Bob Newell and Elizabeth Kane-Jackson, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Troy in Six Parts” Finalists: Mark Bender, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Spring Cover Daniel Marsula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “A Little Fright Music” Editorial Cartoon Winner: Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Charlie Gadhafi” Finalists: Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Blinders of Penn State” Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Pope JoePa” Best Cover Design, Magazines Winner: Frank Walsh, Chuck Beard and Julie Talerico, Pittsburgh Magazine, December 2011 Cover Finalists: Landesberg Design, h magazine, Issue 1, 2011 Pittsburgh Quarterly, Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter Quest Fore Design Group, Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, Ben Franklin Cover Helen Worsing and George Mendel, Mt. Lebanon Magazine, April 2011 Feature, Magazines Winner: Jennifer Bails, Nancy Polinsky Johnson and Karen DeTurk, Shady AVE, “Alumni Teachers Make the Grade” Finalists: Lynda Guydon Taylor, h magazine, “Wise Rhymes” Christine O’Toole, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “Touch of Gray” Feature Article or Series, Nondaily Newspapers Winner: Patrick Varine, Penn Hills Progress, “Ride to the Finish” Finalists: Stacey Federoff, Laurel Group, “Local Group Holds Public Homing Pigeon Race” Abby Mendelson, Pittsburgh City Paper, “Hollowed Out” Photography, Magazines Winner: John Beale, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “Faces of Marcellus Shale” Feature, Radio Winner: Jenelle Pifer, The Allegheny Front, “How It All Began: The Geology of the Marcellus Shale” Finalists: Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front, “Women Take Charge of Their Woods” Emily Reddy, WPSU-FM, “How to Drill a Marcellus Gas Well” Personality Profile Feature, Magazines Winner: Katie Green, MacKenzie Hoops and Duane Reider, Whirl, “Brett Keisel” Finalists: Allison Hydzik, Jennifer Bails and Nancy Polinsky Johnson, Shady AVE, “His Best Days Ever” William S. Dietrich II, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “In the American Grain: The Amazing Story of Henry Ford” Photo Essay/Special Photo Winner: Michael Henninger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “The Kelly Miller Circus” Finalists: John Beale, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “Faces of Marcellus Shale” Michael Henninger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Powdermill Bird Banding” Feature photography (Harry Coughanour Award) Winner: Guy Wathen, Tribune-Review, “Taking Steps to Raise Awareness” Finalists: Darrell Sapp, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Icy North Shore” Darrell Sapp, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Serene Scene” Fashion/Style/Home Feature, Magazines Winner: Marylynn Uricchio, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “Homefront” Finalists: Nancy Polinsky Johnson, Karen DeTurk and Melody Farrin, Shady AVE, “Grandeur Restored” Christine Tumpson, Beth Stern and Howard Stern, Whirl, “A Perfect Ten: Beth Stern Photographed by Howard Stern” Documentary, Television Winner: David Solomon and Paul Ruggieri, WQED-TV, “Long Road Home” Finalist: Alicia Schisler and Frank Caloiero, WQED-TV, “The Last Chapter” Feature Article or Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation under 45,000 Winner: Chris Rosenblum, Centre Daily Times, “Rambling Man: Nature Lover’s Life Full of Peaks, Valleys” Finalists: Rex Rutkoski, Valley News Dispatch, “Getting a Proper Welcome” Mary Ann Thomas, Valley News Dispatch, “Dinner and a Show” Feature, Television Winner: John Shumway and Ian Smith, KDKA-TV, “Farmers’ Almanac” Finalists: David Highfield and Ian Smith, KDKA-TV, “Storage Battles” Paul Martino and Ian Smith, KDKA-TV, “Piano Prodigy” Feature Article or Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation 45,000 and Over Winner: Mark Roth, Timothy McNulty and Mackenzie Carpenter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Being Middle Class” series Finalists: Michael Fuoco and Rebecca Droke, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Addiction Batters a Thriving Family”/“Long Road of Remorse and Recovery” Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “9/11 Then and Now” Special Section Community Service, Magazines Winner: Jeffery Fraser, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “The Cost of Blight” Finalists: Laura Pace Lilley, Mt. Lebanon Magazine, “Share and Share Alike” Deborah Weisberg, Jennifer Bails and Nancy Polinsky Johnson, Shady AVE, “Happy Campers” Public Affairs/Community Service, Radio Winner: Ann Murray, The Allegheny Front, “Grocery Stories: Food Access And Sustainable Communities” Community Engagement News, Online Winner: Staff, Centre Daily Times, “Live Twitter Coverage of Today’s Preliminary Hearing” Finalists: Heidi Dezayas, Zandy Dudiak and Staff, Patch, “Mother, Two Daughters From Plum Drown During Flash Flooding on Friday” Jessica Fera and Scott Ripper, WPXI-TV, “UPMC, American Heart Association Team up for Free Heart Screenings” Public Affairs/Community Service, Television Winner: Michael Bartley and Frank Caloiero, WQED-TV, “Teen Dating Violence: The Murder of Demi Cuccia” Finalists: Pierina Morelli, WQED-TV, “Bullying: The Cruelty Crisis” Minette Seate, Chris Moore and Paul Ruggieri, WQED-TV, “For Jeron” Business/Technology/Consumer Article or Series, Magazines Winner: Katrina Perkosky and Kimberly F. Williams, Johnstown Magazine, “OMG TMI!!! Keeping Your Kids Safe in the World of Social Networking” Finalists: Sean D. Hamill, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “Blockbuster” Melissa Rayworth, Pittsburgh Magazine, “G-whiz” Business/Technology/Consumer Article or Series, Nondaily Newspapers Winner: Tim Schooley, Pittsburgh Business Times, “The Fight for Financing” Finalists: Lauren Daley and Charlie Deitch, Pittsburgh City Paper, “Stripping Away: Will Tighter Rules Make Strip Clubs Safer or Extinct?” Tim Schooley, Pittsburgh Business Times, “Big Vacancies Mar Otherwise Strong Downtown Office Market” Business/Technology/Consumer Article or Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: Kay Stephens, Altoona Mirror, “Flight Risk: Scrutiny of Airport Subsidies Could Affect Altoona, Johnstown” Finalists: Michael Aubele, Valley News Dispatch, “Train Needs Funds to Stay on Track” Tom Yerace, Valley News Dispatch, “Uninsured Strain NK Clinic” Business/Technology/Consumer Story, Television Winner: Susan Koeppen, Steve Willing and Martin Rodgers, KDKA-TV, “The Danger With Wi-Fi” Finalists: Robin Taylor and Scott Dobson, WPXI-TV, “Digital Dangers” Robin Taylor and Scott Dobson, WPXI-TV, “Computer Concerns” Business/Technology/Consumer Article or Series, Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation 45,000 and Over Winner: Lou Kilzer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “China Syndrome” Finalists: Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Mystery Buyer Adds a Fifth-Forbes Parcel” Thomas Olson, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Struggling Homeowners Get a Lifeline” Health/Science/Environment Article or Series, Magazines Winner: Geoffrey W. Melada, Pittsburgh Magazine, “A Man and His Mission” Finalists: Kelly Casey, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “Health Insights” Christine O’Toole, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “High-Tech Sylvania” Health/Science/Environment Article or Series, Nondaily Newspapers Winner: Bill O’Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper, “Race for the Cause” Finalists: Morgan Kelly, Pitt Chronicle, “Table to Farm: Composting System in Pitt’s Market Central Puts Waste to Good Use” Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Business Times, “Focus on the Patient: Independent Surgery Centers Compete with Hospitals to Offer Safe, Efficient Care” Health/Science/Environment Story, Radio Winner: Ann Murray, The Allegheny Front, “The Fight for Water Well Construction Rules in Pennsylvania” Finalists: Ann Murray, The Allegheny Front, “How Pennsylvania’s Water Users Save Water” Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front, “The Gas Boom Comes to the Forest” Health/Science/Environment Article or Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: Rex Rutkoski, Valley News Dispatch, “Second Chance” Finalist: Staff, Centre Daily Times, Ongoing Coverage of Marcellus Shale Health/Science/Environment Story, Television Winner: Andy Sheehan and Dave Forstate, KDKA-TV, “Bromides: Disturbing Discovery” Finalists: Maria Kakay, Bob Lubomski and Amy Grove, WQED-TV, “Teens & Bariatric Surgery” Alicia Schisler, Frank Caloiero and Ryan Krumm, WQED-TV, “Living With Autism” Health/Science/Environment Article or Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation 45,000 and Over Winner: Andrew Conte and Luis Fabregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Code Green: Bleeding Dollars” Finalists: Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “County Jail Death Rate Is Among Highest” stories Timothy Puko, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Drilling Down: Marcellus Shale” History/Cultural Article or Series, Magazines Winner: Greg Nichols, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “Forged in November” Finalists: Betty Bettencourt Dodds, Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, “‘I do not believe I was born to be shot by an Indian’ -- Tom McClelland’s Pursuit of Fortune” Peter Rutkoff and Will Scott, Pittsburgh Quarterly, “The Black Diamond” History/Cultural Article or Series, Nondaily Newspapers Winner: Chris Potter, Pittsburgh City Paper, “In Focus” Finalists: Bobby Cherry, Sewickley Herald, “100th Anniversary of Sewickley Bridge” Dona S. Dreeland, North Journal, “Unitarian Universalist Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary” History/Cultural Article or Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000 Winner: Brad Hundt, Observer-Reporter, “A Tragic Opus” Finalists: Brian Rittmeyer,