Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2004 State and Local Awards Winners

PNA Keystone Press Awards

Special Awards for All Divisions in State

John V.R. Bull Freedom of Information Award
Barbara White Stack - Open hearings in juvenile court

Distinguished Visual Award
Second Place: Stacy Innerst - Three illustrations, including Top 50

Division I Awards (Largest Division in State)

Investigative Reporting
First Place: Steve Twedt - "The Cost of Courage"

Feature Story
First Place: Cristina Rouvalis - "More than Meets the Eye"

Series
Second Place: Barbara White Stack - "Juvenile Court Journal"

Ongoing News Coverage
Second Place: Rebekah Scott - "Protestors Brush Up"

Editorial
Second Place: Reg Henry - Three editorials

Column
Second Place: Dennis Roddy - Three columns

Sports/Outdoor Column
Second Place: Gene Collier - Three columns

Sports Photo
First Place: John Beale - "Facemask"
Second Place: Matt Freed - "Double Overtime Loss"

Page Design
First Place: Diane Juravich - Three samples

Graphic/Photo Illustration
Second Place: Ted Crow - "Which way did he go?"

PAPME Awards (Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors Association)

Investigative Reporting
First Place: Steve Twedt - "The Cost of Courage"

Sports/Outdoor Column
First Place: Gene Collier - "Gene Therapy"

Feature Writing
First Place: Bob Batz Jr. - "Reaching Out with Both Hands"

Spot News Photo
Second Place: Steve Mellon - "Bridge climber talked down"

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

Investigative Reporting
Matrix: Steve Twedt - "The Cost of Courage"
Honorable Mention: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Atrium Team - "Nursing Home Runs Afoul of State"

Single News Story
Matrix: Cindi Lash - "Fear Grips West Virginia Community"
Matrix: Jonathan D. Silver - "Homeless Woman's Killing as Mysterious as Her Life"
Matrix: Johnna Pro - "Boy, 14, Kills Principal, Self"
Matrix: Dennis B. Roddy, Cindi Lash and Diana Nelson Jones - "How Three Families Came Together at Tragedy's Table"
Honorable Mention: Christopher Snowbeck - "How 6th hepatitis Case Put Focus on Chi-Chi's"
Honorable Mention: Lillian Thomas - "Viruses Can Slip Across the Border"
Honorable Mention: Johnna Pro - "Fayette's Unsung Hero Battles Back"
Honorable Mention: Michael A. Fuoco - "Split Second Forever Alters Life of Officer"

News Series
Honorable Mention: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Question of Quality Team - "A Question of Quality"

Feature Story or Series
Matrix: Cristina Rouvalis - "More than Meets the Eye"
Honorable Mention: Barbara White Stack - "Juevenile Court Journal"

Culture Story or Series
Matrix: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fred Rogers Team - "Fred Rogers Dies: Farewell Neighbor"

Editorial
Matrix: Tom Waseleski - "The Burden is Light"

Column
Matrix: Reg Henry - "The Best of Reg Henry"
Honorable Mention: Samantha Bennett - "The Best of Samantha Bennett"

Business Story or Series
Honorable Mention: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette NASA Spending Team - "Dollars from Heaven"

Sports Single News Story
Matrix: Milan Simonich - "How a Bullet Found Joey Porter"
Honorable Mention: Dejan Kovacevic - "Site Bought for New Arena"

Sports Feature Story
Matrix: Dejan Kovacevic - "Good as Goal"
Honorable Mention: Ron Cook - "Hail to Danny"
Honorable Mention: Michael A. Fuoco - "Is Pittsburgh (Finally) a Basketball Town?"

Sports Column
Matrix: Gene Collier - "The Best of Gene Collier"
Honorable Mention: Bob Smizik - "The Best of Bob Smizik"

Photography/Spot News
Matrix: John Beale - "Soldier's Funeral"
Honorable Mention: Steve Mellon - "Burying a Wife and a Son"

Photography/Sports
Matrix: John Beale - "Facemask"
Honorable Mention: Peter Diana - "Snowball"

Pittsburgh Black Media Foundation Robert L. Vann Awards

Spot News
First Place: Jonathan D. Silver and Cindi Lash - "A boy pays the price"
Honorable Mention: L.A. Johnson - "Vote shakes up 'Idol' hero's fans"

Investigative/Enterprise
First Place: Barbara White Stack - "Mom fails in bid to reclaim newborn"

Newspaper Series
First Place: Barbara White Stack - "Juvenile Court Journal"

News Features
Honorable Mention: Christopher Snowbeck - "'Spreading the word' on health care through barbershops, beauty salons"
Honorable Mention: M. Ferguson Tinsley - "Refuge from racism"

Sports Feature
First Place: Milan Simonich - "How a Bullet Found Joey Porter"
Honorable Mention: Chuck Finder - "The Son Rises," the story of Julius Page and his dad, Gary Flakes

Column
Honorable Mention: Michelle K. Massie - "Marching back from Washington, looking for change in all the right places"

Feature Story
First Place: Monica Haynes - "'Passing' blacks who crossed the color line"
Honorable Mention: Nate Guidry - "Walt Harper enjoys holding on to 'Satin Doll'"

Print Graphics/Design
First Place: Diane Juravich - "Portrait of the artist"

Photography/Feature
First Place: Annie O'Neill - "Jorge Myers"
Honorable Mention: Martha Rial - "To Remember in Iraq," daughter kisses father good-bye

Photography/Sports
First Place: Peter Diana - Michael Jordan, playing golf with cigar in mouth
Honorable Mention: Matt Freed - "Seniors Brandin Knight and Donatas Zavackas celebrate Pitt win"

Photography/News
First Place: John Monroe Butler II - "The Guns of August"
Honorable Mention: Annie O'Neill - "Finding Comfort" after fire damages Beltzhoover home

Picture Story
First Place: Martha Rial - "Taking a tangled path home," the saga of Tangela Smith

Golden Quill Awards (Press Club of Western Pennsylvania)

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award
Best of Show: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette War Coverage Team - "War Coverage"

Spot News
First Place: Johnna Pro - "Boy, 14, Kills Principal, Self"

Continuing Coverage
First Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette War Coverage Team - "War Coverage"

Feature
First Place (Tie): Bob Batz Jr. - "Reaching Out with Both Hands"
First Place (Tie): Bob Batz Jr. - "And Into the Unknown"

Science, Health and Technology
First Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In Your Dreams Team - "In Your Dreams"

Cultural
First Place: Rob Owen and Barbara Vancheri - "You can say that on TV"

Editorials
First Place: Dan Simpson - "Leash the Dogs of War"

Columns
First Place: Dennis Roddy - "The Best of Dennis Roddy"

News Illustration
First Place: Stacy Innerst - "Top 50," business page

Feature Illustration
First Place: Daniel Marsula - "Voter's Guide"

Editorial Cartooning
First Place: Rob Rogers - "Do Not Wiretap"

Spot News Photography
First Place: John Beale - "Soldier's Funeral"

Sports Photography
First Place: John Beale - "Facemask"