INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Here's a list of the awards I've been honored to receive for my writing. Click the links below to read more about each:
2013
2014
Winner
- Second Place - Best General Commentary - Division 5 - 2014 Hoosier
State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest
2015
Winner - Staff - First Place - Best Multimedia Package - Division 2 - 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Contest #
2016
2017
2019
2020
Winner – Second Place – Personality Profile (publication circulation below 30,000) - Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists 2020 Best in Indiana Contest
Winner – Third Place – Environmental Reporting (publication circulation below 30,000) - Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists 2020 Best in Indiana Contest
2021
2022
Winner – First Place – Best Short Feature Story – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards
Winner – Second Place – Best Headline Writing – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards
Winner – Third Place – Best Headline Writing – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards
Winner – Second Place – Best General News Photo – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards
Winner – Third Place – Best Portrait – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards
Winner – Third Place – Best Profile Feature – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards
2024
2025
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STAFF AWARDS
2014
Winner - First Place - Kokomo Tribune - Website of the Year - Division 1 - 2014 Best of CNHI Editorial Contest ^
2015
Winner - Second Place - Kokomo Tribune - General Excellence - Division 5 - 2015 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest Winner - Staff - Second Place - Best Online Site/Web Page - Division 5 - 2015 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest ^
2016
2023
2024
2025
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Key:
# = These were won for the Nov. 17, 2014 Kokomo Tribune special section, "One Year Later," to which I contributed audio, wrote one of the main stories and compiled three sidebars.
* = These were won for the Kokomo Tribune coverage of the Aug. 24, 2016 tornadoes, to which I contributed two stories.
* = These were won for the Kokomo Tribune coverage of the Aug. 24, 2016 tornadoes, to which I contributed two stories.
^ = These were won for the Kokomo Tribune website, of which I was an administrator.
