2021 and 2022 Edward R. Murrow National Award for Investigative Reporting for a small digital newsroom
2021 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for New Media
2010 John B. Oakes Award for Environmental Journalism,
certificate of merit for coverage of the burn pits in Iraq and
Afghanistan
2010 Disabled American Veterans Bugle Award for coverage of
the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for They Fought for
Each Other
2008-2009 Rossalyn Carter Fellow for mental health journalism
2008 Dart Center Ochberg Fellow
2008 finalist for the Michael Kelly Award, “recognizing the fearless
pursuit and expression of truth.”
2008 first place for overseas coverage for large
newspapers/magazines, from Military Reporters and Editors
2007 Army Times Publishing Company’s Outstanding Achievement
Award — editorial
1999 First-place Deadline Reporting, Utah Idaho-Spokane
Associated Press Association
Denver Press Club’s 1996 Damon Runyon scholarship for creative
journalism
Selected for the Poynter Institute’s “Leadership and Ethics for
College Editors” seminar in August 1996
CSU’s Outstanding Graduate, news/editorial sequence
1996 First Place Feature Writing, Rocky Mountain Collegiate
Media Association
Selected for CSU’s President’s Leadership Course, which included
seminars on intercultural communication, understanding diversity,
management styles and problem-solving
The Collegian received the 1996 Pacemaker Award, which placed
the paper as one of the top-five university dailies in the nation in a
competition judged by The Washington Post. In spring 1997, the
paper also received a gold crown from the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association, which placed the paper in the top 10 percent in
the nation
Elected president of CSU Society of Professional Journalists
chapter in 1995 and 1996