Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2002 State and Local Awards Winners

PNA Keystone Press Awards

Distinguished Visual Award
First Place: Dan Marsula – Three distinguished illustrations

Distinguished Writing Award
Second Place: Dennis Roddy – Three examples of writing

John V. R. Bull Freedom of Information Award
First Place: Barbara White Stack – "Open Justice"

September 11, 2001 Special Section
Second Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Flight 93 Team – "Flight 93"

Column
First Place: Tony Norman – Three columns
Second Place: Sally Kalson – Three columns

Spot News
First Place: Jonathan Silver, Johnna Pro and Cindi Lash – "Too much fire"

Personality Profile
First Place: Gary Rotstein – "Mr. Nice Guy"

Series/Special Project
Second Place: Jane Elizabeth – "A Substitute for Education"

Ongoing News Coverage
Second Place: Post-Gazette Murder of a Child Team – "Murder of a Child"

News Beat Reporting
Second Place: Anita Srikameswaran – Medical beat (Six samples)

Feature Beat Reporting
Second Place: Christopher Rawson – Theater beat (Six samples)

Sports/Outdoor Column
First Place: Bob Smizik – Three columns

Sports Story
Honorable Mention: Gene Collier – "Numbers couldn't measure the man" (Stargell)

Front Page Design
First Place: Chris Pett-Ridge, Tim Martin and Bill Pliske – Three samples

Page Design
First Place (Tie): Kim Germovsek – Three samples
First Place (Tie): Diane Juravich – Three samples

Feature Photo
Second Place: Annie O'Neill – "Shopping Cart"

PAPME Awards (Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors Association)

Investigative Reporting
First Place: Steve Twedt – "It's A Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens Are Trapped In Juvenile Lockups"

Editorial Writing
First Place: Reg Henry – "Another Sad Verdict"

Sports/Outdoor Column
Second Place: Ron Cook – "All Eyes Will Be On No. 10"

Business Writing
Second Place: Cristina Rouvalis - "Living Large"

Photo - Features
First Place: Annie O'Neill – "Shopping Cart"

PPPA Pictures of the Year Awards (PA Press Photographers Association)

911 War on Terrorism
Honorable Mention: Franka Bruns – "Heroes"

Spot News
Honorable Mention: Annie O'Neill – "Firewatch"

Feature
Honorable Mention: Annie O'Neill – "Fall guys"

Pictorial
Honorable Mention: Franka Bruns – "Hot"

Illustration
Second Place: Annie O'Neill – "Fell Like a Rock"
Honorable Mention: Bill Wade – "VCR Tomb"

Portrait/Personality
Third Place: Franka Bruns – "Fearful"

Feature Story
First Place: Franka Bruns – "Grandma Terri"
Honorable Mention: Lake Fong – "Face"

Sports Picture Story
First Place: Peter Diana – "Morning After"

Sports Portfolio
Honorable Mention: Peter Diana

News Photographers Association of Greater Pittsburgh

Photographer of the Year (Judged by portfolio)
First Place: Annie O’Neill
Third Place: Franka Bruns

Best of Show
Franka Bruns - "Grandma Terri" (for a portrait getting her hair combed)

Sports Portfolio
Second Place: Peter Diana

General News
First Place: Steve Mellon – "Empty Shelves"
Second Place: Franka Bruns – "Heroes"
Honorable Mention: Steve Mellon – "Checking Grandpa's Ride"

Spot News
First Place: Annie O'Neill – "Fire Watch"
Honorable Mention: Franka Bruns – "Untitled (firemen)"

Sports Feature
Honorable Mention: Peter Diana – "Moment of Silence"
Honorable Mention: Peter Diana – Steelers Win"

Feature
First Place: Annie O'Neill – "Fall Guys"
Honorable Mention: Steve Mellon – "Boys at the Board"

Pictorial
First Place: Annie O'Neill – "Lockers"
Third Place: Frank Bruns – "Hot Hats"

Portrait/Personality
First Place: Franka Bruns – "Grandma Terri"
Second Place: Bill Wade – "Beautiful Violence"
Third Place: Annie O'Neill – "Nick"
Honorable Mention: Gabor Degre – "Game Face"

Illustration
Second Place: Bill Wade – "Are VCR's Doomed?"

Sports Picture Story
First Place: Peter Diana – "The Morning After"

Feature Picture Story
First Place: Franka Bruns – "Grandma Terri"
Second Place: Annie O'Neill – "Unquiet Ruin"
Third Place: Lake Fong - "Can you fix my face?"

Golden Quill Awards (Press Club of Western Pennsylvania)

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award
Best of Show: Barbara White Stack - "Is this Justice?"

Enterprise/Investigative
First Place: Barbara White Stack - "Is This Justice?"

Business
First Place: Cristina Rouvalis – "Living Large"

Cultural
First Place: Diana Nelson Jones – "In The Shadows of the Zoo"

Editorials
First Place: Donald Hammonds – "Poor Excuse (Sala Udin Plays Race Card)"

Columns
First Place: Tony Norman – "The Best of Tony Norman"

Sports
First Place: Chuck Finder – "From Prison To Penguins: Tibbets Gets Second Chance"

News Illustration
First Place: Daniel Marsula, James Hilston and Steve Thomas – "And It All Falls Down"

Editorial Cartooning
First Place: Rob Rogers – "Consumer Patriotism"

Spot News Photography
First Place: Steve Mellon – "Goodbye Grandpa"

Matrix Awards (The Association of Women in Communications, Pittsburgh Chapter)

Investigative Reporting
First Place: Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime"
Honorable Mention: Barbara White Stack – "Open Justice"
Honorable Mention: Mike Bucsko and Timothy McNulty – "The Cost of Housing"

News Series
First Place: Barbara White Stack – "Is this Justice?"

Single News Story
Honorable Mention: Post-Gazette Flight 93 Coverage Team – "Flight 93"

Feature Story or Series
First Place: Jane Elizabeth – "A Substitute for Education"
Honorable Mention: Christopher Snowbeck – "Living Donor, Loving Daughter"

Editorial
Honorable Mention: Reg Henry – "Oh Lucky Man"

Column
First Place: Dennis Roddy – Three columns
Honorable Mention: Brian O'Neill – Three columns

Sports Single News Story
First Place: Gene Collier – "Numbers Couldn't Measure the Man: Wilvur Dornel Stargell"
Honorable Mention: Lori Shontz – "Healing Rock"

Sports Feature Story
First Place: Lori Shontz – "One Hill of a Race"

Sports Column
First Place: Bob Smizik – Three samples

Photography/Series
First Place: Franka Bruns – "One More Child to Love"

PNA Foundation Newspaper of the Year Contest

Division I: First Place

General and Departmental News Coverage: First Place

Layout and Design: First Place

Editorial/Opinion Page Excellence: First Place

Newspaper Promotion: First Place

Newswriting Excellence: Second Place

Special Section: Second Place

Diversity: Second Place

William A. Schnader Print Media Awards (Pa. Bar Association)

First Place: Barbara White Stack – "Open Justice"
Second Place: Steve Twedt – "It's a Crime: How Mentally Ill Teens are Trapped in Juvenile Lockups"