Sigma Delta Chi Award 2002 — (National) Society of Professional Journalists. Awarded in 2002 for work published in 2001. The Sigma Delta Chi awards program is the second oldest in the US after the Pulitzer Prize.

Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism — March, 2003 — (University of Southern California, Los Angeles) Selected as a fellow to study affordable housing and home ownership through the center at USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism.

Los Angeles Press Club — First Place, 2004, News/Feature Writing.

Associated Press News Executive Council — First Place, 2002, Spot News.

California Newspaper Publishers Association — First Place, 2002, Spot News.

Best of the West — First Place, 1998, Short Feature.

American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors — First Place, 1998, Short Feature.

National Federation of Press Women — First Place, 1993, Education Reporting.