Awards

Hearst Journalism Award

2014 - 2nd place, Personality Profile

For "At Home in America," a narrative piece about a young girl's harrowing journey to the U.S. from the slums of El Salvador. After nearly dying of dehydration in the desert, she found the life she had dreamed of in a suburb outside of Omaha, Nebraska.

Society of Professional Journalists Award

Mark of Excellence, Feature Writing, Large School Division

Jim Denney Feature Writing Scholarship

2015 - Feature writing

The scholarship, presented in memory of longtime Omaha World-Herald reporter Jim Denney, is given to students who show an aptitude for feature writing based on three submitted examples of their work.

Hearst Journalism Award

2015 - 7th place, Team Multimedia

For "La Cienega," a partner-produced multimedia documentary about 13 elderly villagers who've chosen to die where they lived—in the Ecuadorian countryside.

Hearst Journalism Award

2016 - Ninth place, Team Multimedia

For "Divers' Plague," a partner-produced multimedia documentary about paralyzed lobster divers in Nicaragua.