Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2002 National Awards Winners

Clarion Awards (The Association for Women in Communications)

Special Section or Special Edition (Circulation more than 100,000)
First Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Flight 93 Coverage Team – "Flight 93"

Photo Essay
First Place: Franka Bruns – "Grandma Terry"

NABJ Awards (National Association of Black Journalists)

Graphics/Art & Design
First Place: Stacey Innerst – "Country Music Blacklist"

Sports
Second Place: Edward G. Robinson – "Hockey in the Hood"

National Headliners Awards

Illustrative Graphics
Second Place: Daniel Marsula – "With a Grain of Salt", "Winter Arts Preview", "A Decision that Lives in Infamy", "Riding out the Storm", "My Silent Enemy"

Associated Press Sports Editors Contest

Daily Section (Category 100,000-250,000)
One of the top 20 in the country (No overall winner)

Special Sports Section (Category 100,000-250,000)
One of the top 10 in the country: "PNC Park" (No overall winner)

Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards (Formerly Penney-Missouri Awards)

Consumer Affairs
First Place: Lawrence Walsh – "A hard look at Dimple Rock"

Society of Newspaper Design

Page Design
Silver Award: Kim Germovsek - "Read My Bod"
Award of Excellence: Bill Pliske – "Flight 93"
Award of Excellence: Diane Juravich – "Comforts of Home"
Award of Excellence: Diane Juravich – "Cool Jazz"
Award of Excellence: Diane Juravich – "Red Hot Lucy"

Illustration
Award of Excellence: Stacy Innerst - Illustration Portfolio
Award of Excellence: Daniel Marsula – "Cincinnati Riots"
Award of Excellence: Daniel Marsula – "Winter Arts Preview"
Award of Excellence: Stacy Innerst – "Comforts of Home"
Award of Excellence: Ted Crow – "Red Hot Lucy"

Photography
Award of Excellence: Annie O'Neill – "Pieces of Dan Robinson's Life"

National Press Photographers Association Awards (Poynter Institute)

Best of Photojournalism Awards
The Arts:
Third Place: Franka Bruns – Picture of naked individual making noises during the "Circumstantial Playing and Blindfold Tourism"

Best of Photojournalism Editing Awards
Newspaper Front Page 9/12/01 Edition
Second Place: Dave LaBelle, Chris Pett-Ridge, Jim Mendenhall

Newspaper Extra or Regular Edition 9/11/01
Second Place: Dave LaBelle, Chris Pett-Ridge and Photo Staff

Newspaper Picture Story
Third Place: Dave LaBelle, Sharon Eberson, Pam Panchak, Annie O'Neill – Mother/daughter kidney transplant

Pictures of the Year International (Missouri School of Journalism)

Best Photography Book
Award of Excellence: Annie O'Neill – "Mattress Factory"

Feature Picture Story
Award of Excellence: Franka Bruns – "Grandma Terri"

Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism

Project/Largest Newspapers
First Place: Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"

National Mental Health Association's 2002 Media Awards

First Place: Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens Are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"

National Institute for Health Care Journalism Award (NIHCM)

Second Place: Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens Are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

Outstanding Media Award for a Feature Series
Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens Are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"

Print Magazine

Graphic Design
Designer, Diane Juravich; Illustrator, Dan Marsula - 2001 Voters Guide cover
Designer, Kim Germovsek; Illustrator, Stacy Innerst - Black List, Sunday Mag
Designer, Diane Juravich; Illustrator, Ted Crow - Red-Hot Lucy, Sunday Mag
Designer, Diane Juravich; Illustrator, Anita Dufalla - Three for the Road, Weekend Mag
Designer, Kim Germovsek; Illustrator, Ted Crow - Summer Times, Weekend Mag
Designer, Bill Pliske - Flight 93 cover

Association of Food Journalists

Columns
Second Place: Suzanne Martinson – Three columns

Feature Writing
Third Place: Suzanne Martinson – "Home for Christmas Eve"

SERIES
Third Place: Marlene Parrish – "Foods of Spain"

Pass Awards (National Council on Crime and Delinquency)

Prevention for a Safer Society Award:
Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"

Prevention for a Safer Society Award:
Barbara White Stack – "Is This Justice?"

Inland Press Association News Writing Contest

Investigative Reporting
Second Place: Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"

Personality/Profile
Second Place: Lori Shontz – "Fast Forward"

Inland Press Association News Picture Contest

Picture Use Class: News
First Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – "Horror Mounts"
Second Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – "The Steelers Lose"

Photography Class: Illustrative
Third Place: Steve Mellon – Spring Fashion

Picture Stories
Third Place: Martha Rial – "Fast Forward"

Amnesty International's Newspaper Journalism Award

Spotlight Award
Steve Twedt: "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"

John Hervey Awards

First Place: Pohla Smith – "Harnessing Kids' Future"