Press Club of Western Pennsylvania announces
finalists of 60th Golden Quills competition

The judging results are in, and finalists have been announced for The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s 60th Golden Quill Awards, recognizing professional and student excellence in written, photographic, design, broadcast, audio, video and digital journalism in Western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in Ohio and West Virginia.

Winners will be announced at the Golden Quill Awards presentation on Tuesday, May 28, at the Rivers Casino Event Center, 777 Casino Drive, Pittsburgh.

Also that evening, the Press Club will honor Jim Parsons, retired news director of WTAE-TV, with its President’s Award. Receiving the Press Club’s Service to Journalism awards will be the now-closed publication Gazette 2.0 and its editor/publisher/owner, Sonja Reis; and Jason Togyer, executive director, founder and editor of Tube City Community Media Inc.

During the dinner, The Press Club will recognize Chatham University sophomore Madison Stokes of Harrisburg, winner of the 2024 Bob Fryer Memorial Scholarship, and Duquesne University sophomore Kaitlyn Hughes of Bethel Park and Chatham University senior Abigail Hakas of Upper St. Clair, both winners of the 2024 Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Scholarship.

Doors at Rivers Casino’s Event Center will open at 5:30 p.m. with a cash bar. Dinner and the awards ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $55 each for Press Club of Western Pennsylvania members, $55 for students, $60 for nonmembers and $440 for a table of eight. You can make reservations and payment using the PayPal button below.

PLEASE NOTE: The Rivers Casino must have advance notice of any Quills attendees under 21 years old. Contact Karen Carlin at karenacarlin@gmail.com for information about underage guests. All attendees should bring IDs.

The Press Club thanks Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield & Allegheny Health Network for being the premier sponsor
and UPMC for being lead sponsor of the 2024 Golden Quill Awards.