JOURNALISM AWARDS

The Times, Gainesville, Ga.:
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association — 2011 award for tornado package
Georgia Press Association — 2010 staff coverage of education, second place
Georgia Associated Press — 2009 Apollo 11 moon landing package, helped with package as an intern

The Red & Black, Athens, Ga.:
2009 Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker won by The Red
& Black during year as editor-in-chief (also won second place for
Feature Story)
2010 Hearst Competition – 3rd place nationally for spot news writing
2010 Hearst Competition – 13th place nationally for personality profile
2010 Society of Professional Journalists – 1st place nationally for breaking news for VANISHED: An April weekend, changed forever
2010 Society of Professional Journalists – 1st place regionally for breaking news
2009 Society of Professional Journalists – 2nd place regionally for breaking news
2008 Society of Professional Journalists – 3rd place regionally for breaking news
2008 Investigative Reporters and Editors – 1st place reporting for student media

ACADEMIC AWARDS
Honors International Scholar, May 2009
+ UGA Honors Program scholarship for international travel
+ Studied photojournalism for 3 weeks in Berlin, Germany

Honors Fellow, Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2009
+ Mentored 35 students who taught Introduction to Honors Program classes

McGill Fellow, Jan. 2008
+ Participated in Grady College symposium about courage in journalism

 Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Summer Research Fellow, May-August 2008
+ Funded to conduct research about how journalists cover poverty in Georgia (later became undergraduate thesis)

Blue Key Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi