Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2006 State and Local Awards Winners

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award
The Best of Show
Barbara White Stack - "In Harm's Way"

Business
Len Boselovic - "Old Country, New Steel"

Science, Health & Technology
Anita Srikameswaran - "AIDS in the Middle East: A looming disaster?"

Cultural
Bob Batz, Jr. - "The African's Experience in America"

Sports
Chico Harlan - "Why do they keep coming back?"

Editorial
Tom Waseleski - "Dan's World"

Column
Reg Henry - Best of

News Illustrations
Dan Marsula

Livolsi-Shriner Award
Feature Illustration
Stacy Innerst

Editorial Cartoon
Tim Menees

Service to Journalism Award (Press Club of Western Pennsylvania)
Bill Moushey

Feature Story
Monica Hayes - "Miss Mamie's Daughter"
Diane Juravich - Art/illustration for stories page design
Virginia Linn - "In Africa, unmentionable injury"

Sports Feature
Monessa Tinsley - "Tika Hemingway: Pittsburgh Million Dollar Baby"
Paul Zeise - "Bobby Grier: first black player in the Sugar Bowl

Column
Philip A. Stephenson - "Why Don't You Pull Your Pants Up"

Investigative/Enterprise Story
Bill Moushey - "Sight Unseen"

Series
Amy McConnel Schaarsmith - "The Vann Challenge"

Photo Feature
J. Monroe Butler II - "Concerned gentleman in Beltzhoover
Martha Rial - "Vann School Morning"

Sports Reporting
Second Place: Chuck Finder - "Webster v. NFL: a family's fight"

Spot News Reporting
First Place: Don Hopey and Virginia Linn - "Towboat goes over dam; 3 dead, 1 missing in Ohio"

Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Amy McConnell Schaarsmith - "Learning Curve"

Business Writing
First Place: Len Boselovic - "Old Country, New Steel"

Feature Writing
Second Place: Gary Totstein - "A remarkable life, a remarkable death"

Column
Second Place: Dennis Roddy - "He found joy in the journey"

Photo Story
First Place: John Beale - "A remarkable life, a remarkable death"
Second Place: Martha Rial - "Polio's final chapter"

Distinguised Visual
Martha Rial - body of work
Second Place: Dan Marsula - body of work

Page Design
First Place: Steve Urbanski - "Super Bowl Bling," "A Country Divided," and "Permission to Grieve"
Second Place: Kristin Synowka - "Polio's Final Chapter," "The Kid from Oakalnd," and "Medicare Part D"

Graphic/Photo Illustration
First Place: Dan Marsula - "The New Faxes of Football in Pittsburgh"

News Photo
Second Place: John Beale - "Off to war"

Photo Story
Second Place: John Beale - "A remarkable life, a remarkable death"
Honorable Mention: Martha Rial - "Polio's Final Chapter"

Series
Honorable Mention: Len Boselovic - "Old Country/New Steel"

Personality Profile
Second Place: Chico Harlan - "His way: Joe Paterno"

Graphic/Photo Illustration
Second Place: James Hilston and Daniel Marsule - "Bridge Collapse: A closer look"

News Beat Reporting
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Silver - "Neighborhood Crime is tough to sniff"

Business/Consumer Story
Second Place: Christopher Snowbeck and Joe Fahey - "Medicare Part D: D is for Daunting"

Spotlight Award (Keystone Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists)
Second Place: Bill Moushey - "Sight Unseen"