AWARDS

2024

  • Finalist: EWA’s National Awards for Education Reporting — Features (Small Newsroom) (April 2024)

  • Winner: SPJ’s Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Awards — Solutions Journalism (Medium Newsroom) (May 2024)

2023

  • Winner: EWA’s National Awards for Education Reporting — Beat Reporting (Small Newsroom) (June 2023)

  • Winner: SPJ’s Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Awards — Solutions Journalism (Medium Newsroom) (April 2023)

  • Winner: SPJ’s Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Awards — Education Feature (Medium Newsroom) (April 2023)

  • Finalist: SPJ’s Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Awards — Enterprise Reporting (Medium Newsroom) (April 2023)

2022

  • Finalist: EWA’s National Awards for Education Reporting — News (Small Newsroom) (May 2022)

2021

  • Winner: EWA’s National Awards for Education Reporting — Features (Small Newsroom) (April 2021)

2020

  • Finalist: Livingston Award for Young Journalists — National Reporting (April 2020)

  • National Gold Award: ASBPE’S 2020 Azbee Award of Excellence — Impact/Investigative Story (June 2020)

Earlier recognition

  • Regional Silver Award: ASBPE’s 2017 Azbee Award of Excellence — Enterprise News Story (March 2018)

  • Regional Bronze Award: ASBPE’s 2017 Azbee Award of Excellence — Web Microsite/Special Section (March 2018)

  • Finalist: SPJ National Mark of Excellence Awards — In-Depth Reporting (May 2017)

  • Winner: SPJ Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards — In-Depth Reporting (April 2017)

  • Finalist: SPJ Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards — General News Reporting (April 2016)

  • Recipient: Michael Kelly Prize at Miami University — Awarded to a senior who exemplifies ethical decision-making and professionalism in journalism (May 2016)