Batz does justice to this story’s emotional content without tipping into mawkishness. He achieves this through his poised nut graph and delicate scene-writing. Read “Remembering 89,” by Bob Batz Jr. Read more
This is a neat topic, conducive to good scene with its unusual site, strong characters and broad reason to care: the dying practice of setting up pins by hand. Batz achieves a nice, light tone with his snappy lead. He … Read more
Ten reporters contributed to this summer sampler with scenes from the Pittsburgh area. We like the team’s reporting for dialogue, for the senses (how could you do a piece on summer and not write about smell, taste, color and sound?), … Read more
