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NPR.org / National Public Radio

Election 2010 Coverage
- People's Voice Winner, Politics
  (2011, Webby Awards)
NPR.org
- National Edward R. Murrow Award - Web Site
  (2011, Radio Television Digital News Association)
- Judge's Special Recognition
  (2011, Society for News Design Best of Digital News Design Awards)
- Excellence in Online Journalism Award
  (2010, National Press Foundation)
- EPpy Award: Best News Web Site (More Than 1 Million Unique Monthly Visitors)
  (2010, Editor and Publisher)
- EPpy Award: Best Entertainment Web Site (More Than 1 Million Unique Monthly Visitors
  (2010, Editor and Publisher)
- EPpy Award: Best Network or Syndicated Radio-Affiliated Website
  (2010, Editor and Publisher)
- National Edward R. Murrow Award - Web site
  (2010, Radio Television Digital News Association)
- Peabody Award (2009)
A Web of GOP Influence (co-designer)
- Winner, Information Graphics, More Than 50m
  (2011, Society for News Design Best of Digital News Design Awards)
Planet Money's Toxic Asset (co-designer)
- First Place, Multimedia Innovation
  (2011 White House News Photographer Association Eyes of History Contest)
Traveling Down The Amazon Road (co-designer)
- Award of Excellence, Best Multimedia Package - In Depth
  (2010 White House News Photographer Association Eyes of History Contest)

washingtonpost.com / Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive

Contributed to the online component of two Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning projects. (2008 Pulitzer Prizes)
- National Reporting: Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
- Breaking News Reporting: Virginia Tech Shootings
Fixing D.C.'s Schools
(designed school database pages)
- Monthly Winner
  (June 2007, Society for News Design Best of Multimedia Design Competition)
First Place: Best Design of a Media-Affiliated Web Site - More than one million unique visitors per month
(2007 Editor and Publisher EPpy Awards)
Campaign 2006: Key Races
- Monthly Winner: Non-Breaking Presentations, News
  (August 2006, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
Crisis in the Middle East
- Monthly Winner: Breaking Presentations, News
  (August 2006, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
Faces of the Fallen
- Monthly Winner: Features
  (June 2006, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
A Life Lived in 4/4 Time
- Finalist: Features, Non-Breaking
  (2006, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
- Monthly Winner
  (August 2005, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
First Place: Best Overall Design of an Internet Service over 1 million (2005 Editor and Publisher EPpy Awards)
The Gulf Coast in Katrina's Wake
- Monthly Winner
  (September 2005, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
- Finalist: News, Breaking
  (2006, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
How a Pope is Elected
- Monthly Winner
  (June 2005, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)
Golf Guide
- Monthly Winner
  (June 2005, SND.ies, Society for News Design Best of New Media Design Competition)

azcentral.com / The Arizona Republic

Finalist: Best Overall Design of an Internet Service over 1 million (2005 Editor and Publisher EPpy Awards)
"Runaway Inferno" special report by The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
- Finalist: Most Innovative Use of Digital Media - News Event Coverage (2003 Digital Edge Awards, Newspaper Association of America)
- Second Place: Creative Use of the Online Medium (2002 Arizona Press Club Awards)
sports.azcentral.com
- Third Place: Creative Use of Online (2004 Arizona Press Club Awards)
  The award recognized azcentral.com's online coverage of Pat Tillman, the 2004 Cactus League and the 2004 Olympics. (I worked on the latter project.) Award shared with Mark Hiland, Angel Rodriquez, Ryan Eilders, Eva Pederson and Carrie Wheeler.
- Finalist: Best Sports Site (2003 Digital Edge Awards, Newspaper Association of America)
"Dying to Work" special report by The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
- First Place: Online Project Enterprise (2001 Best of the West)
- First Place: Project Enterprise (2001 Best of Gannett Awards)
The Rep Entertainment Guide - azcentral.com
- Finalist: Best Internet Entertainment Service over 1 million (2005 Editor & Publisher EPpy Awards)
- Finalist: Best Entertainment Section in a Newspaper Online Service (2002 Editor & Publisher EPpy Awards)
- First Place: Best Entertainment Section in a Newspaper Online (2001 Editor & Publisher EPpy Awards)

statepress.com/ASU WebDevil

Second place: Best Student Online Newspaper - Region 11 (1999 & 2000 Society for Professional Journalists Awards)

Print Design

Honorable mention: Feature Page Design, Single-Subject Presentation (2000 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards)
3rd Place, Best Advertisement Design - Slices (1999, Gold Circle Awards, national competition sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association)

Writing

Honorable mention: In-depth News/Feature (2000 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards)
Third place: Editorial Writing; Honorable mention: Newswriting (1997 Arizona Press Women High School Journalism Contest)
Honorable Mention, "My Turn" essay contest (1997, Kaplan/Newsweek)

Academic

Eugene C. Pulliam Memorial Scholarship (1998, The Arizona Republic, ASU Cronkite School)
National Merit Scholarship (1997-2001, Arizona State University, National Merit Corporation)
Regent's Tuition Scholarship (1997, sponsored by Arizona State University; awarded to top 5% of high school graduating class)
Summer Journalism Institute (1997, sponsored by The Arizona Republic and the ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication)
Silver Medal Award, The Summit (Mountain View High School Yearbook) (1997, Columbia Scholastic Press Association national competition)

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