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)

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: 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