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Ginny Frizzi, past WPC president, dies at 66

"The best way we can honor her is to rededicate ourselves to that work," said longtime friend and WPC board member Helen Fallon of Ginny Frizzi, center, pictured in 2016 with a group of past Women's Press Club of Pittsburgh presidents.

Ginny Frizzi dedicated her entire career not only to journalism, but also to supporting and connecting the Pittsburgh journalism community with her time and talents.

As a past president, her continued support of the club, its mission and scholarship, was very meaningful. She will be greatly missed by all of us, and our hearts go out to her family, especially her sister, Eva.

Rest in peace, Ginny.

Per her and her family's wishes, we would be honored if you would like to contribute to the Gertrude Gordon Scholarship Fund in her memory: https://tinyurl.com/GGPghFdtn

Services and interment were private due to COVID-19. A memorial service will be held at a later date. We will be sure to share details with everyone when they become available.

From Deb Erdley, Trib Total Media reporter and WPC board member:

Virginia A. Frizzi, 66, of Morningside, who had been in ill health for several months, died Monday, June 1, 2020 in UPMC Shadyside Hospital of complications of COVID-19.

She was born Nov. 20, 1953, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Joseph and Virginia Frizzi.

Her sister, Eva Frizzi, with whom she resided, said Ginny discovered her passion for storytelling as a youngster and nurtured it, studying journalism at what was then Point Park College in Pittsburgh. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1975.

Helen Fallon, a journalism professor at Point Park, met Frizzi when they were undergraduates there and began a lifelong friendship. The two were charter members of the school’s student chapter of SPJ and later worked together in various journalism organizations over the years.

Fallon, who recently took over as president of the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, credited Frizzi — a member of the club’s board for more than a quarter century — with nurturing and growing interest in its Golden Quill contest.

“We had 900 entries for the work of last year. A lot of that is due to her dedication to journalism and representing the work of her colleagues. I don’t know as many people who are as ardent and passionate about their chosen careers as she was. I think the best way we can honor her is to rededicate ourselves to that work,” Fallon said.

Read the full story on the Trib's website.