| AWARDS AND HONORS George Polk Award for Regional Reporting – 2001 SPJ’s Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Writing – 2001 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award – first place, 2001 Clarion Award, investigative series – 2002 Michael Kelly Award finalist – 2007 Livingston Award finalist – 2007 and 2001 New England AP News Executives Assoc., enterprise – first place, 2007 C.B. Blethen Award, investigative reporting – first place, 2002 C.B. Blethen Award, enterprise reporting – first place, 2002 Ted Natt First Amendment Award – 2002 SPJ Connecticut, in-depth series – first place, 2007 SPJ Pacific Northwest, criminal justice reporting – first place, 2001 SPJ Pacific Northwest, investigative reporting – first place, 2001 SPJ Pacific Northwest, comprehensive coverage – first place, 1999 Western Washington University’s Outstanding Journalism Graduate, 1997 |



