2020 THE PULITZER PRIZE
• Finalist - Public Service
”For exemplary reporting that exposed the breadth and impact of a political war on science, including systematic dismantling of federal regulations and policy.”
2020 NATIONAL PRESS FOUNDATION
• Innovative Storytelling Award
2020 THE EMMY’S
• Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast. “Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State,” nominee.
• Outstanding New Approaches: Current News. ”It’s a vast, invisible climate menace. We made it visible,” nominee.
2020 MALOFIEJ INTERNATIONAL INFOGRAPHIC AWARDS
• ”It’s a vast, invisible climate menace. We made it visible.”
2020 PICTURES OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL (POYI)
• Award of Excellence – Documentary Photographer of the Year
• Award of Excellence - Documentary Journalism
“Killer Robots Aren’t Regulated. Yet.”
• Award of Excellence - Documentary News Reporting
”Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State.”
• Award of Excellence - Online Storytelling
”21 Questions, 18 Candidates. Here’s What they Said.”
2020 BEST OF PHOTOJOURNALISM
• 2nd Place – Documentary Video
”Chinese cameras come With Chinese tactics.”
• 3rd Place - News and Issues
”21 Questions, 18 Candidates, Here’s What they Said.”
• Honorable Mention
”It’s a vast, invisible climate menace. We made it visible.”
2020 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGNERS
• Silver — Use of Video in Digital Storytelling/Infographics/Social Media
”18 Questions. 21 Candidates. Here’s What They Said.”
• Award of Excellence — Use of Video in Digital Storytelling/Infographics/Social Media
”It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. We Made It Visible.”
• Line of Coverage: Climate Change
2019 PICTURES OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL (POYI)
• 2nd Place –Multimedia Photographer of the Year
• Award of Excellence - Documentary Project of the Year
“Operation Infektion”
2019 THE SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA)
• 1st Place - Excellence in Video Reporting
“How China Creates Cancer Refugees”
•2nd Place - Excellence in Video Reporting
“Inside China’s Predatory Health Care System”
2018 NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSOCIATION (BOP)
• 1st Place - Video Editing, Documentary
“From North Korea with Dread”
• 3rd Place – Video Editing Effects
“How Facebook is Changing Your Internet”
• Honorable Mention – Sports Multimedia Story
“He Can Hit a Golf Ball 445 Yards. Can He Become a Golfer?”
2018 ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION (ONA)
• Online Commentary
“From North Korea with Dread”
2017 WORLD PRESS PHOTO
• 3rd Place – Short Form
“How China is Changing Your Internet”
2017 THE SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA)
• 1st Place - Excellence in Video Reporting
“Myanmar’s Unemployed Elephants”
2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDITORS
• Grand Slam, Short Video
“He Can Hit a Golf Ball 445 Yards. Can He Become a Golfer?”
2015 PICTURES OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL (PoYI)
• 3rd Place –Multimedia Photographer of the Year
• Award of Excellence - Documentary Journalism
“A Tibetan’s Journey for Justice”
2015 HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS AWARDS
• 1st Place, English Language Online Reporting
“For Rohingya, Fear and Forced Marriages”
2015 THE SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA)
• Honoree –Journalist of the Year
• 1st Place - Excellence in Digital News
“Jade’s Journey Marked by Drugs and Death”
• 1st Place - Excellence in Human Rights Reporting
“The Plight of the Rohingya of Myanmar”
• 1st Place - Excellence in Reporting Breaking News
“Hong Kong Protests”
2014 PICTURES OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL (PoYI)
• 2nd Place –Multimedia Photographer of the Year
• Award of Excellence - Documentary Journalism
“Jade’s Journey Marked by Drugs and Death”
2014 NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AWARD
• Edwin Hood Diplomatic Award for Broadcast
2014 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BUSINESS EDITORS AND WRITERS
• 1st Place, Best in Business International Explanatory Journalism
“Myanmar Emerges”
• 1st Place, Best in Business Digital Journalism
“Myanmar Emerges”
2014 NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSOCIATION: (BOP)
• Finalist, Best Solo Video Journalist
2013 THE PULITZER PRIZE
• Explanatory Reporting
“For its penetrating look into business practices by Apple and other technology companies that illustrates the darker side of a changing global economy for workers and consumers.”
2013 ROBERT F. KENNEDY JOURNALISM AWARDS
• Human Rights and Justice Reporting, New Media
2013 HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS AWARDS
• 1st Place, English Language Online Reporting
“Youth Interrupted: Underage, Illiterate Breadwinners”
2013 THE SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA)
• 1st Place - Excellence in Business Reporting
“The iEconomy: Challenges in globalized high-tech industries”
2013 THE WEBBY’S
• Honoree, Online Film and Video, Documentary: News and Politics Series
“Myanmar Emerges”
• Honoree, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
“Promise and Peril”
2013 THE SOCIETY FOR ADVANCING BUSINESS EDITING AND WRITING
• Digital Explanatory Journalism
“Myanmar Emerges”
• International Explanatory Journalism
“Myanmar Emerges”
2008 EDITOR & PUBLISHER: PHOTOS OF THE YEAR
• 1st Place – Photo Essay, Multiple Feature Photos
“The Will to Live”
2008 NEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION
• 2008 Journalist of the Year
2008 NEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION’S BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST
• 1st Place: Best Multiple Feature Photos
• 1st Place: Best Illustrated Photo
• 1st Place: Best Page Designer
• 1st Place: Best Information Graphic
• 1st Place: Best Overall Design, Tahoe Daily Tribune
• 1st Place: Best News Feature Story
• 1st Place: Best Portrait Photo
• 2nd Place: Best Portrait Photo
• 3rd Place: Best Portrait Photo
• 2nd Place: Best Page One Design
• 2nd Place: Best Information Graphic
• 2nd Place: Best Multiple Feature Photos
• 3rd Place: Best Illustrated Photo
2008 CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
• 1st Place - Page Layout and Design, Tahoe Daily Tribune
• 1st Place - Illustration/Information Graphic
• 2nd Place - Front Page Design, Tahoe Daily Tribune
• 2nd Place - Feature Photo
• 2nd Place - Illustration/Information Graphic
• Honorable Mention - Multiple Feature Photo
• Honorable Mention - Breaking News Photo
• Honorable Mention - Sports Photo
NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
• 1st place, Feature/Multiple Picture
• 2nd place, General News Photo
• 3rd place, Spot News Photo
2008 SIERRA NEVADA MEDIA GROUP
• 1st Place: Photo of the Year
• 1st Place: Best Online Content
2007 SIERRA NEVADA MEDIA GROUP
• 1st Place: Graphic Design Element of the Year
2007 NEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION’S BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST
• 1st place: Best Page One Design
• 2nd place: Best Page Designer
2006 GLOBAL EYES PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
• Overall winner - Best in Show
• 1st Place: People and the Human Spirit
• 1st Place: Politics and Social Justice