The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette led the way in awards in this year’s Golden Quill contest, sponsored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, finishing first in 16 categories and earning best-of-show recognition in another in the annual competition that honors excellence in local print, online and broadcast journalism.

The PG’s Golden Quill winners:

• Spot/Breaking News: Staff award, “Hospital shootings shock Oakland”
• Feature Article or Series: Michael Fuoco, “Heroin’s siren song”
• Education: Bill Schackner, “Upgrades are putting state schools in a bind”
• History/Culture: Staff award, Titanic 100th anniversary special section
• Arts and Entertainment: Mark Roth, “Music fades slowly”
• Food: Gretchen McKay, “Not grate: To cook meat directly on the coals …”
• Editorials: Dan Simpson
• Sports Reporting, online: Seth Rorabaugh, “Empty Netters”
• Continuing Blog: Seth Rorabaugh, “Empty Netters”
• Sports Photography: Lake Fong, “A cloud of color”
• News Illustration: Daniel Marsula, “A capsule guide to addiction”
• Ed Romano Memorial Award, Photography: Lake Fong, “A cloud of color”
• Editorial Cartoons: Rob Rogers, “Bumper sticker tragedy”
• Page Design: Daniel Marsula, “Why is this man buying … a record store?”
• Photo Essay/Special Photo: Michael Henninger, “Democratic National Convention”
• Personality Portrait/Photography: Rebecca Droke, “On the 15th of every month”
• Videography: Andrew Rush and Michael Henninger, “Swimming with sharks”

The Post-Gazette also had 31 individual or team finalists in the competition. For a complete listing of winners and finalists: www.westernpapressclub.org.