Awards

Individual Radio, Continuing Coverage, Online or Multimedia

• 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies: General Reporting Series – First Place for “Denver Basin Water” (KRCC)
• 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies:  News Reporting Single Story – First Place for “Property Tax Bill Tour” (KRCC)
• 2022 Colorado Broadcasters Association: Best “News Feature, Report or Series” for major market radio stations – Certificate of Merit  for “Property Tax Bill Tour” (KRCC)
• 2021 Colorado Broadcasters Association: Best “News Feature, Report or Series” for major market radio stations – Certificate of Merit  for “Hidden symbols at Ludlow Massacre site” (KRCC)

Contributor to Award Winning Reporting Projects including Long Form Radio Documentary, Continuing Coverage, Online or Multimedia 

• 2015 Radio Television Digital News Association: Best “Continuing Coverage” for small market radio stations – Region 3 Edward R. Murrow Award  for “Railroad West” (KRCC)
• 2014 Associated Press Television and Radio Association: Best “Coverage of an Ongoing Story” for Class 2 radio stations – Western Region Award of Excellence  for “Railroad West” (KRCC)
• 2014 Colorado Broadcaster’s Association: Best News Report, Feature or Series in major markets –  Award of Excellence for “Railroad West” (KRCC)
• 2013 Public Radio News Directors, Inc.: Best Multimedia Presentation/Small Newsrooms – First place for “Flash Point: Living with Wildfire” (KRCC)
• 2012 White House News Photographers Association: Best Use of Photography and Audio (with Narration) – Second place for “For Veterans, The Tough Climb Back To Civilian Life” (NPR)
• 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies: Health, Enterprise Reporting – First Place for “Inflated drug prices widespread in Colorado” (Colorado Public News)
• 2011 Colorado Associated Press Broadcasters Association: Documentary/Radio 1 Large/Medium Market Division – First Place for “Uniquely Colorado” Western Skies episode (KRCC)
• 2010 Colorado Associated Press Broadcasters Association: Documentary/Radio 1 Large/Medium Market Division – First place for producing “Veteran Helps Others Heal” for Colorado Matters on Colorado Public Radio
• 2010 Public Radio News Directors, Inc.: News/Public Affairs from small newsroom – First place for“Agriculture” episode of Western Skies. (KRCC)
• 2010 Colorado Associated Press Broadcasters Association:  Documentary/Radio 1 Large/Medium Market Division – Second place for the “Agriculture” Western Skies episode (KRCC)
• 2009 Colorado Broadcaster’s Association: Best Mini-Documentary or Series –  Second place for “Mise en Place” (KRCC)

Print and Photography

Colorado Press Association Awards (mid-size weeklies):

• 2008 Series (2nd) High Altitude Hay Production
• 2007 Story/Photo Combination (3rd) High Altitude Hay Production
• 2007 Agriculture Story (1st) High Altitude Hay Production
• 2006 Photo Essay (1st) Westcliffe’s Wild Western Days
• 2006 Photo Essay (2nd) A Look Back at 2005 in the Wet Mountain Valley
• 2006 News Story (2nd) Fire and Water: A year after the Mason Gulch Fire
• 2005 News Photograph (3rd) Rescuers pull victim from logging truck accident