Winner: Excellence in Education Writing, NLGJA Awards 2025

Winner: Best Hard News Feature, Milwaukee Press Club Awards 2025

Winner: Excellence in Opinion Writing, Scripps Howard Awards 2025

Honorable Mention: Deadline Writing, Texas APME Awards 2025

Winner: Column Writing, Michigan Press Association Awards 2024

Winner: Innovation Pacemaker Award, Associated Collegiate Press 2023

Winner: MVP, The State News 2023

Speaker: Community Colleges 101, Education Writers Association National Seminar 2025

Speaker: Covering LGBTQ+ youth, National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Conference 2024

Speaker: Covering LGBTQ+ youth, training for Advance Local 2024

Speaker: Trauma-informed reporting after school violence, Associated Collegiate Press National Conference 2023

Host: Solutions to 911 dispatch shortage panel, Wisconsin Watch