During my time as a reporter, I've earned a few awards, both for individual stories and overall performance at The Signal. I've also contributed significantly to publication-wide awards from the Atlanta Press Club in my current position at Canopy Atlanta.
Atlanta Press Club Awards
2023 Awards of Excellence, News Innovation Award (For the Atlanta Documenters Program)
2024 Awards of Excellence, News Innovation Award (For the Cost of Living Project)
Associated Collegiate Press
2019-20, Editor-in-Chief (Partial) for Pacemaker finalist
2019-20, (shared/staff) 1st place, Story of the Year- Editorial (For "Tear Down This Statue")
2018-19, Honorable Mention, Story of the Year- Breaking News (For "SGA Vice President: Jones tried to pay for my vote")
Southeast Journalism Conference's "Best of the South"
2019, 3rd place, College Journalist of the Year
2019, 7th place, Best Feature Writer
2020, 4th place, Best Public Service (for "Survivor Stories") — four other team members on this project shared this award with me as it was a collaboration: Brooklyn Valera, Amanda Shopshire-Dixon & Montenez Lowery
2020, 10th place, Best Feature Writer (for three entries: "Survivor Stories," “Coronavirus stirs ‘heightened concern’ in administration" and “What graduation postponement from COVID-19 means to children of immigrants”)
2020, 1st place Best College Newspaper (Overall award for the organization during my time as Editor-in-Chief)
Georgia College Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest
2020, 2nd place, Best News Photograph (Photo of John Lewis)
2019, 1st place, Best News Article, Investigative (Division A For "Understanding GILEE: Investigating the Program)
2018, 2nd Place - Best News Article, Objective (For “Diversity: it’s not so black and white”)