Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2000 State and Local Awards Winners

PNPA Keystone Press Awards

Sweepstakes Winner (Division I)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Distinguished Visual Award
First Place: John Beale

Editorial
First Place: Tom Waseleski - Three samples

Personality Profile
First Place: Mackenzie Carpenter - "Gentleman Jim Reveals His Rowdy Style"

Sports Story
First Place: Bob Dvorchak - "PNC Park"

Sports/Outdoor Column
First Place: Ron Cook - Three samples

Photo Story
First Place: John Beale - "This Old Man"

Page Design
First Place: Kim Germovsek - "Three samples"

Graphic/Photo Illustration
First Place: Anita Dufalla - "A Pittsburgh Century"

Matrix Awards

News Series
First Place: Michael A. Fuoco - "Rebirth of the Hill"

Single News Story
First Place: Mike Bucsko - "Gigliotti probe rooted in painter's problems"

Newspaper or Magazine Editorial
First Place: Tom Waseleski - "Whose deputies?"

Column
First Place: Samantha Bennett

Investigative Reporting
First Place: Steve Massey and Mackenzie Carpenter - "Anatomy of a Bankruptcy"

Photography/Feature & Human Interest
First Place: Matt Freed - "PPC at PPG"

Photography/Series
First Place: Martha Rial -"An Enduring Spirit"

PAME Awards (Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors Association)

Public Service
First Place: Barbara White Stack - "When the Bough Breaks"

Column
First Place: Gene Collier - "How Long Can this Death Live On?"

Portrait Personality Photo
First Place: John Beale - "Marlin and Skeeter"

Photo Story
First Place: Martha Rial - "An Enduring Spirit"

PPPA (Pennsylvania Press Photographers Association) POY Contest

PPPA Photographer of the Year
First Place: Bill Wade

Spot News
First Place: Bill Wade - "Safe from Fire"

News Story
First Place: Martha Rial - "Kosovo"

Feature Story
First Place: Lake Fong - "A Short Journey"

Sports Story
First Place: Matt Freed - "Were Have You Gone, Josh Gibson?"

Sports Portfolio
First Place: Matt Freed

Portrait/Personality
First Place: Steve Mellon - "Sufferin' Cyril"

Pictorial
First Place: Steve Mellon - "Darkness at Noon"

Golden Quill Awards

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for Excellence in Print (Best of Show)
Gary Rotstein

Ed Romano Memorial Award for Photographic Excellence (Best of Show)
John Beale

Enterprise/Investigative
First Place: Jane Elizabeth and Steve Twedt - series, "Dirty Secrets"

Spot News
First Place: Dennis B. Roddy - "A Life of Its Own"

Continuing Coverage
First Place: Steve Levin - "A Church in Turmoil"

Columns
First Place: Dennis B. Roddy - Three samples

Editorials
First Place: Michael McGough - "Excising Evolutions"

Business Article or Series
First Place: Steve Massey and Mackenzie Carpenter - series, "Anatomy of a Bankruptcy"

Feature Article or Series
First Place: Gary Rotstein - series, "Final Arrangements"

Cultural Article or Series
First Place: Caroline Abels - article, "Chasing Beauty"

Sports Article or Series
First Place: Bob Dvorchak - "PNC Park: The Home Game"

Spot News Photography
First Place: John Beale

Photo Essay
First Place: John Beale

News Illustration
First Place: Stacy Innerst

Livolsi-Shriner Award for Feature Illustration
First Place: Anita Dufalla

Editorial Cartoon
First Place Tie: Tim Menees

News Photographers Association of Greater Pittsburgh

Photographer of the Year
First Place: Bill Wade

Spot News
First Place: Steve Mellon - "Surrender"

Feature
First Place: Robert J. Pavuchak - "Praying and Hoping"

Feature Picture Story
First Place: John Beale - "Sun"

Sports Picture Story
First Place: Matt Freed - "Josh Gibson"

Sports Feature
First Place: John Beale - "Defeated"

Illustration
First Place: Matt Freed - "Morph"

PNPA Newspaper of the Year Contest

Newswriting Excellence: First Place
Newspaper Promotion: First Place
Layout and Design: First Place
Best Use of Photography: First Place
NIE/Literacy: First Place

Pittsburgh Black Media Federation Robert L. Vann Awards

Investigative/Enterprise Bill Moushey - "Construction Charade"

Single News Story
Wilkinsburg Shooting Coverage Team - "Bloodshed in Wilkinsburg"

Public Affairs
Dan Fitzpatrick, Teresa Lindeman, Mike Rosenwald, Carey Checca - "A Story of Renewal"

Editorial
Tom Waseleski - "Missed Opportunity"

Column
Donald Hammonds - "The Discordant Music of Oppression"

News Feature
Carmen Lee - "Assessing Pittsburgh's New Superintendent"

Feature Story
Diana Nelson Jones - "An Irrepressible Voice"

Feature Series
Chris Rawson - "August Wilson"

Sports
Bob Dvorchak - "Where Have You Gone, Josh Gibson?"

News Photo
Joyce Mendelsohn - "Stunned Survivors"

Art/Illustration
Dan Marsula - "August Wilson"

Art/Design
Kim Germovsek - "An Irrepressible Voice"

Picture Story
Matt Freed - "Where Have You Gone, Josh Gibson?"

Sports Photo
Peter Diana - "Heads Will Roll"