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Winners — 2015 Pennsylvania Communications Contest


Each January, Pennsylvania Press Club members are invited to enter their best work in the state communications contest, which encourages and rewards excellence in communication.

The contest is open to all Pennsylvania Press Club members, providing an opportunity to compete in a broad range of categories.

First-place winners in the state competition are eligible for entry in the National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest.

Six members of the Pennsylvania Press Club went on to win 16 awards in the national contest in 2015:
  • Lini S. Kadaba — Three first places, one second place, one honorable mention
  • Kay Stephens — Two first places, one second place, one honorable mention
  • Walter Brasch — Three second places, one honorable mention
  • Susan S. Kilcoyne — One first place
  • Laura Malt Schneiderman — One first place
  • Rebecca Solomon — One third place

Here is the list of statewide winners in the 2015 contest, for entries published or broadcast between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2014. Entries which went on to win in the national contest are indicated in red.
* Entries which went on to win in the national contest are indicated in red.

PPC Sweepstakes

Winner | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square [Most points]
Runner-up | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg

1A News Story, Print Newspaper

1st | Kay Stephens, The Altoona Mirror— Study sheds light on flood plains

1B News Story, Magazine/Newsletter/Other Non-Newspaper

Third place | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square, Haverford Magazine — Filming ‘Lives That Speak’
Honorable mention | Pat Ryder, Allentown, Country Meadows Journeys — Conference session provides practical advice on getting what you pay for

1C News Story, Online Publication

3rd | Myra Saturen, Bethlehem — A fish out of water

2 Continuing Coverage or Unfolding News

*1st | National first place | Kay Stephens, The Altoona Mirror — Study to detail property inequities for Blair County reassessment; Inequities higher than anticipated; Blair reassessment gets green light; Commissioners critical of councilman; Councilman apologizes for remarks

4 Enterprise Reporting

*1st | National second place | Kay Stephens, The Altoona Mirror — US gov't seeking passenger contract at Altoona-Blair County Airport; Silver Airways withdraws its name; Last best chance for passenger service; Sun Air takes flight

7A Editorial/Opinion, Print Newspaper

*1st | National first place | Kay Stephens, Altoona — Altoona airport facing uncertain future

8A Feature Story, Print Newspaper

*1st | National second place | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square, Philadelphia Inquirer — THIS is the end
2nd | Lina Kadaba, Newtown Square, Philadelphia Inquirer — A dorm room of one's own
Honorable mention | Lina Kadaba, Newtown Square — Table tenants

8B Feature Story, Magazine/Newsletter/Other Non-Newspaper

*1st | National first place | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square — Forgive me, forgive me not
2nd | Myra Saturen, Bethlehem — A campus grows in Bethlehem Township
3rd | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square, Arcadia Magazine, Racing to save the snapping turtle

8C Feature Story, Online Publication

3rd | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square, Penn SAS Frontiers — Where science and fiction intersect

9B Personality Profile, More Than 500 Words

*1st | National honorable mention | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square — Amazing Grace
2nd | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg— Vera Scroggins: Fracking vs. the First Amendment
3rd | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square, Philadelphia Inquirer — Eric Smith: So Proudly We Geek
Honorable mention | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square —Vera Nakonechny: Ukraine's beautiful heritage

10D Specialty Articles, Business

3rd | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg — Fracking boom is a fracking bubble, Stripping off their royalties

10E Specialty Articles, Education

*1st | National first place | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square, Drexel Magazine — Extra credit at McMichael, Nuts & bolts education

10H Specialty Articles, Government/politics

*1st | National honorable mention | Kay Stephens, Altoona — County to decide leaders’ salaries; Pollster: Corbett faces uphill battle
2nd | Walter Brasch, Boomsburg — Politics of animal cruelty, Days before pigeon vote

10J Specialty Articles, History

1st | Kay Stephens, Altoona — WWII planes return to airport; Rest for the unclaimed

10M Specialty Articles, Health/Fitness/Mental Help/Self-Help

3rd | Kay Stephens, Altoona — Majoring in roughing it; Walk this way

10O Specialty Articles, Reviews (Any Subject)

*1st | National second place| Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg — Sitcoms are not always something to laugh about, News media is boozy, not newsy

10P Specialty Articles, Science/technology

*1st | National first place | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square — Drexel Magazine— Exploring the spectrum of autism, Killer instinct

10Q Specialty Articles, Social Issues

1st | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg — Perceptions of reality and a failure to indict, A nation of fear

11A Columns, Humorous

*1st | National honorable mention | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg — Practicing subsidized un-medicine, Lettuce look at some prices

11B Columns, General

1st | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg — Pets are not the same as kitchen chairs, A Swift boat load of lies

11D Columns, Personal Opinion

*1st | National second place | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg — Sexism shown by male gynecologists, Mainstream media news is a tragedy

13B Single Page Layout/Section, Magazine/Newsletter/Non-Newspaper

*1st | National first place | Susan Kilcoyne, Downingtown, AAA World — Rocky Mountain Way, The Colors of Bravery
2nd | Susan Kilcoyne, Downingtown, AAA World — Islands of Tahiti, Sailing through the Years

17C Single Photograph, General Photo

3rd | Lini Kadaba, Newtown Square — Tip of Africa

22B Prepared Report, Television (News, Features, Sports or Opinion)

*1st | National third place | Rebecca Solomon, WPMT FOX 43, York — Swingers in Central Pa. say although taboo, lifestyle helps their marriage
2nd | Larry Mendte, KJWP-TV Wilmington-Philadelphia — Joanie
3rd | Larry Mendte, KJWP-TV Wilmington-Philadelphia — K-Street

24 Interview, Television

1st | Larry Mendte, KJWP-TV Wilmington-Philadelphia — The Delaware Way: The Mayor

25 Talk Show, Television

1st | Larry Mendte, KJWP-TV Wilmington-Philadelphia — Another Thing with Larry Mendte: Heroin Epidemic

27 Writing for the Web

*1st | National third place | Laura Malt Schneiderman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette —Miss Frick’s Debut

57F Nonfiction Books for Adult Readers (General Nonfiction)

*1st | National second place | Walter Brasch, Bloomsburg — Fracking Pennsylvania