UPDATE: June 2023: Brian Conway won in the traditional feature category for “What Happened to Lemon Blennd?” and biz/tech/consumer category for “Lawrenceville’s Hellbender Vinyl…”
Six stories by the Pittsburgh Independent have been named finalists in the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s annual Golden Quill awards.
The nominations reflect a broad range of coverage from the publication’s first eight months of existence, having launched May 1, 2022.
This year’s contest was open to works of written, video, audio, and digital journalism published in 2022. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony May 30 at Rivers Casino.
The annual awards competition, now in its 59th year, recognizes the best storytelling and accountability work in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia.
Here are the nominees:
Excellence in Journalistic Craft Achievement
Multi-Platform Project:
“Blinder Rips the Night Open at ‘May the Saints Go March in Sin’”
Eric Stevens/Michi Tapes
Pittsburgh Independent
Excellence in Written Journalism — Division 3
Enterprise/Investigative
“Remembering That Time Bill Peduto Surveilled Pittsburgh Social Media in Secret and Nobody in Town Cared, Or: How I Learned to Love Independent Media”
Brian Conway
Pittsburgh Independent
Traditional Feature
“What Happened to Lemon Blennd?”
Brian Conway
Pittsburgh Independent
Business/Technology/Consumer
“Lawrenceville’s Hellbender Vinyl Record Manufacturing Plant Will Be Pittsburgh’s First”
Brian Conway
Pittsburgh Independent
Science/Environment
“Taking From Nature: On Ramps and Sustainable Foraging”
Anthony Stewart
Pittsburgh Independent
Lifestyle
“Highline Boudoir & Erotica Brings Softcore (and More) to South Side”
Emma Diehl
Pittsburgh Independent
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