Throughout my career, my work has been honored with awards from a variety of journalism organizations.
Highlights include:
- 2021 Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, post-workshop reporting grant for NPR story, Coastal tribes in Oregon hope to bring sea otters back to their community.
- 2020 Midwest Broadcast News Association, award of merit, Systemic Racism’s Legacy in Iowa
- 2019 Iowa Broadcast News Association, first place, “Near Cities, Land Owners And Urban Farmers Confront Pressure From Development”
- 2019 Midwest Broadcast News Association, award of merit, “Across Midwest Farm Fields, Pesticide Exposure Is Tracked Unevenly Or Not At All”
- 2018 Midwest Broadcast News Association, first place, “How Fancy Cheese May Save Some Small-Scale Dairies”
- 2017 Iowa Broadcast News Association, second place, “For Farmers, Every Planting Season is a High Stakes Bet”
- 2016 RTDNA Regional Murrow Award, “On the Trail of PED”
- 2015 Midwest Broadcast News Association, award of merit, “Avian Flu in the Midwest”
- 2013 Northwest Broadcast News Association, first place, “Refugees Find Home on the Farm”
- 2005 Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press feature reporting award, “Pay Phones”
- 2001 Alaska Broadcasters Association, Goldie, “Evening Rounds”
- 2000 Alaska Press Club, First Place, “Evening Rounds”
- 1998 SPJ Mark Of Excellence Award, 2nd place, “Modern Drugs or Ancient Remedies”
In addition, I edited the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting-funded "Change at the Climate Divide" series for Harvest Public Media and I received grants from MassHumanities for Peace Corps Voices and from Sound Partners For Community Health, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for an Alaska Native youth radio project. The Alaska Public Health Association honored me with their Community Service Award.
