The people who bring you Pittwire, Pitt Magazine and Pitt Med magazine produce award-winning content. On Sept. 3, the teams took home 21 winner or finalist awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s 2020 Golden Quill Awards.
Audio
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Audio, Medical/Health
Winner: "Polio Pioneers," Elaine Vitone, Janine Faust, Margaret Palko and Erica Lloyd, Pitt Med
Photography
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Photography
Winner: "Center for Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Program," Aimee Obidzinski
Finalists: "Love and Marriage: ICU," Mike Drazdzinski and "Falcon Chick Banding," Aimee Obidzinski
Video
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Video, History/Culture
Winner: "'Lest We Forget', Long Version," Margo Shear Fischgrund, Christin Bongiorni and Dan Camarda
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Video, Arts/Entertainment
Winner: "'Lest We Forget' Brings Holocaust History to Life," Margo Shear Fischgrund, Christin Bongiorni and Dan Camarda
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Video, Science/Environment
Winner: "How Pitt Researchers Saved a Dying Teen With Unprecedented Phage Therapy," Christin Bongiorni and Dan Camarda
Writing
Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Magazines
"Oct. 27, 2018: Pittsburgh's Darkest Day, and the Mass Casualty Response," Gavin Jenkins, Pitt Med
Excellence in Written Journalism, Magazines – Medical/Health
Winner: "Oct. 27, 2018: Pittsburgh's Darkest Day and the Mass Casualty Response," Gavin Jenkins, Pitt Med
Finalist: "Phage Hunters," Jason Bittel, Pitt Magazine
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Profile
Winner: "Bioengineer Receives Special Honor for Life-Changing Inventions," Amerigo Allegretto, University of Pittsburgh
Finalist: "Trust and Training Are Priorities of Pitt Police Chief James Loftus," Sharon Blake
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Education
Winner: "Pitt Dean Builds Community, Works to Change Narrative of Equity in Education," Margo Shear Fischgrund
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Business/Technology/Consumer
Winner: "Experts Weigh in on Instagram Hiding Likes," Micaela Fox
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Medical/Health
Winner: "Surviving Survival," Gavin Jenkins, Pitt Med
Finalists: "Librarian Helps Families of Mentally Ill Access Support, Resources With New Guide," Sharon Blake and "Coming to Light: Ophthalmology Reenvisioned," Elaine Vitone, Pitt Med
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Science/Environment
Winner: "Bee Friendly Pitt Sets Campus Abuzz," Kimberly K. Barlow
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, History/Culture
Winner: "Living History," Margo Shear Fischgrund
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Arts/Entertainment
Winner: "'Lest We Forget' Brings Holocaust History to Life in Heart of Pitt's Campus," Margo Shear Fischgrund
Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Lifestyle
Winner: "Pitt Researchers Tackle the 'Baby Penalty,'" Sharon Blake