accolades
First place
Second place
Third place
Other
- Deadline reporting, Society of Professional Journalists’ national Sigma Delta Chi Award, for reporting on a downtown gas explosion that destroyed half a city block (with others)
- Public service journalism, Montana Newspaper Association, 2012, for a series on avalanche science and safety (with others)
- Justice system issues, Montana Newspaper Association, 2011
- Social issues, Society of Professional Journalists, 2009, for mental health series
- Comprehensive coverage, Society of Professional Journalists, 2009, for mental health series
Second place
- C.B. Blethen Memorial Award for Distinguished Reporting, 2012, Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association, for series on diversity (with others)
- Best freedom of information effort, Montana Newspaper Association, 2012
- Short feature story, Montana Newspaper Association, 2012
- Government issues, Montana Newspaper Association, 2011 and 2012
- Personalities, Society of Professional Journalists, 2011
- Health/fitness/medicine/science, Montana Newspaper Association, 2009
Third place
- Investigative reporting, Society of Professional Journalists, 2011
- Short feature story, Montana Newspaper Association, 2011
- Health/fitness/medicine/science, Montana Newspaper Association, 2011
- Crime and justice, Society of Professional Journalists, 2008
Other
- Recipient of a Solutions Journalism Network travel grant, 2019
- Maine Press Association scholarship to study digital photojournalism at Maine Media Workshops with Jay Dickman, 2005