- 2016 Finalist for Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism "There's new hope for blood cancers and it comes from umbilical cords"/ Washington Post
- 2016 Finalist for Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship with Boston Globe.
- 2009 Finalist for Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism "The end of a Chicago tradition Is absolutely nothing sacred?" January 23, 2009/ Chicago Tribune
- 2002 Illinois Press Association Robert M. Cole Award winner - coverage of New Trier High School