The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette led the way in awards in this year’s Golden Quill contest, sponsored by the Press Club of Western 
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.