SciShortForm (Shortform Science Writing)
Single Study Deep Dives (601–1200 words), January-June 2021
Honorable Mention
1st preserved dinosaur butthole is 'perfect' and 'unique,' paleontologist says
Honorable Mention
1st preserved dinosaur butthole is 'perfect' and 'unique,' paleontologist says
Society of Professional Journalists
The annual SPJ regional contest encompasses Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington
First place
Environmental reporting: Windy and wet: Snoqualmie Valley’s weird weather (2010)
Best in the Northwest: The Issaquah Press won best non-daily newspaper (2009 and 2010)
Second place
Education reporting: Mock crash and funeral encourage safety (2010)
Students happily return to boomerang lessons (2009)
Third place
Environmental reporting: North Bend group is taking out the trash (2008)
First place
Environmental reporting: Windy and wet: Snoqualmie Valley’s weird weather (2010)
Best in the Northwest: The Issaquah Press won best non-daily newspaper (2009 and 2010)
Second place
Education reporting: Mock crash and funeral encourage safety (2010)
Students happily return to boomerang lessons (2009)
Third place
Environmental reporting: North Bend group is taking out the trash (2008)
Washington Newspaper Publishers Association
Better Newspaper Contest
Second place
Lifestyle feature story, any length: Bringing up bilingual baby (2010)
Education reporting: After losing staff, Snoqualmie Middle School turns to volunteers (2009)
Comprehensive coverage of a single issue:
Third place
Environmental story: Recycling carpets is good for the environment (2010)
Health or medical story: Despite ethical concerns, concierge medicine pampers patients (2010)
Education reporting: Students happily return to boomerang lessons (2009)
General feature story, short: Mount Si students get creative for homecoming (2009)
Second place
Lifestyle feature story, any length: Bringing up bilingual baby (2010)
Education reporting: After losing staff, Snoqualmie Middle School turns to volunteers (2009)
Comprehensive coverage of a single issue:
- Living with flooding, part 1: a valley endures
- Living with flooding, part 2: balancing growth and environment in Snoqualmie River floodplain
- Living with flooding, part. 3: Learning to coexist alongside the river (co-wrote with Dan Catchpole, 2009)
Third place
Environmental story: Recycling carpets is good for the environment (2010)
Health or medical story: Despite ethical concerns, concierge medicine pampers patients (2010)
Education reporting: Students happily return to boomerang lessons (2009)
General feature story, short: Mount Si students get creative for homecoming (2009)
And more...
- Received the 2008 Connecting a Caring Community award from the Snoqualmie Valley Community Network.
- Won the 2007 Gregory Freeman Award for Excellence in Journalism, awarded by the Student Life Board of Directors.
