Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Announces Winners of 2021 Golden Quill Awards

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28, 2021 – The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania announced the winners of the 57th Golden Quill Awards tonight at the Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh. The Golden Quills competition honors professional and student excellence in print, broadcast, photography, videography and digital journalism in Western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in Ohio and West Virginia.

See list of winners and finalists here.

Also this evening, the Press Club honored Paul Martino, retired KDKA-TV reporter and anchor, and Sue McFarland, retired executive editor of Trib Total Media, with President’s Awards. Service to Journalism Awards were presented to the staff of the New Pittsburgh Courier and to Kevin Gavin, executive producer of special projects and host of “The Confluence” at WESA-FM.

The Press Club presented Penn State senior Gabriella Hornack of Lower Burrell with the 2021 Bob Fryer Memorial Scholarship. Point Park University senior Colton DeBiase of Murrysville received the 2021 Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Scholarship.

Sponsors of the 2021 Golden Quills are The Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Trib Total Media and UPMC Health Plan.