Trib Total Media won 14 Golden Quills for journalistic excellence at The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania's 47th annual Golden Quills Awards banquet on Monday night at the Sheraton Station Square. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review won 10 Golden Quills, the Valley News Dispatch picked up two awards, and the Murrysville Star and the Times Express each won one. KQV-AM and WPXI-TV, news partners of Trib Total Media, won nine awards. Dailies Jill King Greenwood won three awards, including in the enterprise/investigative category for Daily Newspapers with a circulation of 45,000 and over for her story, "An Epidemic," about murders in Allegheny County's black communities. The same story was honored with the Ray Sprigle Memorial Award. Greenwood was honored for her spot news coverage of "Stabbed Teen's Life Marred by Tragedy, Addiction," about a 14-year-old girl who was stabbed to death and her body dumped near Langley High School. Mike Wereschagin won for feature writing for his story, "An Awful Beautiful," about Arlington National Cemetery's Section 60, where many of the nation's war dead are buried. Luis Fábregas was honored in the health/medical category for his story, "I Got Through This Once, I Can Get Through it Again," about a Bellevue teen who beat medical odds. Chris Togneri won in the best writing category for a portfolio of some of his work. Photographer Andrew Russell took top honors for his spot news photograph, "Family Braces for Horrifying News." Alice T. Carter was honored for her cultural story, "Opening Night Rituals." Bob Frye won for his sports story "Minorities Missing From Outdoors." William Loeffler, Christine Zirngibl, Justin Labar and Steve Segal won for Online Multimedia Video for "Running in Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review finalists included Andrew Conte for his enterprise/investigative story, "Mortgage Meltdown Has Strong W. Pa. Ties"; Trib P.M. and the Multimedia Team were finalists in the enterprise/investigative category for "Drugs: Region's Top Killer"; and Conte and Timothy Puko were finalists for their enterprise/investigative series, "Marcellus Shale: Drilling Down." The Trib staff was a finalist in the spot news category for the story, "Blast Hurts 20 at U.S. Steel's Clairton Steel Plant." Fábregas was a finalist in the best writing category for a portfolio of his work. Scott Brown and Carl Prine were finalists for their continuing coverage of the investigation into accusations against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, and Thomas Olson was a finalist in the business category for his story, "China Poised to Take Crown." Brown was a finalist for his sports story, "Lifting Spirits," and sports writer Ralph Paulk for his story "Tragic Event Defines Marshall." Mark Gruetze was a finalist for his editorials, "Player's Advantage," and Eric Heyl for a portfolio of his columns. Russell was a finalist for his photograph, "Glimmers of Hope" in the photo essay category, and Bob Newell was a finalist in the multimedia feature category for "Learn About Tsunamis." Rossilynne Skena of the Valley News Dispatch in Tarentum won two awards for writing in daily newspapers with circulation less than 45,000. She was honored in the health/medical category for "Veteran, Outlook Rise on New Legs," and in the science/technology category for "Two AK Valley Homeowners Aim to Curb Energy Costs." Other Valley News Dispatch finalists were: Tom Yerace in the health/medical category; Yerace and Liz Hayes in the spot news category; Rex Rutkoski for continuing coverage; Chuck Biedka and Mary Ann Thomas for her feature writing, and Brian Rittmeyer for business stories. Non-dailies Daveen Rae Kurutz, Stephanie Hacke and Brad Pedersen of the Murrysville Star were honored in the non-daily newspaper category for their series on Marcellus shale. Vince Townley of The Times Express in Monroeville won for editorial writing. Other Trib Total Media finalists for non-daily newspaper stories were Rachel Weaver, Bobby Cherry and Kristina Serafini of the Sewickley Herald for enterprise/investigative writing. Jewels Phraner of the Ligonier Echo was a finalist in the same category as well as the continuing coverage category. Photographer Jim Ference of the Valley Independent in Monessen was a finalist for a spot news photo of a riot at a basketball game. Stacey Federoff of The Times-Sun in West Newton was a finalist for spot news reporting and cultural writing. Others WPXI-TV won six awards including television feature, Alan Jennings and Chris Majewski, for "Steeler Mancave"; Mark Barash, Brian Leopold and Steve Fogle for public affairs documentary, "15 Who Dared to Dream"; and Jim Durkin, Jessica Fera and Carly Noel of wpxi.com for Online Multimedia News coverage of "Haitian Orphans Beginning to Leave Hospital with New Families." The television station's news staff and news director Mike Goldrick were honored for continuing coverage of the "Snowstorm of 2010," and Rick Earle, Ward Hobbs, Tim Holomon, Scott Dobson and Johnny Green won in the enterprise/ investigative category for "Sex Offenders: Who Is Living Next Door?" The same story earned them the Ed King Memorial Award for television. KQV won three awards: Bruce Sakalik, sports news reporting, "Sports Year in Review"': Robert W. Dickey, editorial, "Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending"; and Bob Bartolomeo for spot news coverage of the snowstorm of 2010. Adam Wagner, a junior at Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College, received the 2011 Outstanding Young Journalist Scholarship Award. The premier sponsors of the 2011 Golden Quill Awards ceremony are Range Resources and Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky. Lead sponsors are Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, PR Newswire and Trib Total Media.