IDAHO PRESS CLUB ANNUAL AWARDS CONTESTS

Magazine – Serious Feature

2019 Second: “Digging into Idaho’s Ag.” Territory magazine.
2017 First: "Coming to America." Territory magazine.
2012 First: “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.” Sun Valley Guide magazine.
2006 Honorable Mention: “Real Estate, changing the landscape.” Sun Valley Guide magazine.
2002 First: “Return of the Wolf.” Sun Valley Guide magazine.

Magazine – Column

2011 Second: “Why Wilderness.”

Newspaper - General Excellence

2007 First: The Idaho Mountain Express was voted the best newspaper in its category in Idaho during my tenure as Assistant Editor.

Newspaper - Series

2007 Second: “A Legacy is born.”
2005 Second: “Growth threatens quality of life.”
2004 First: “Child abduction odyssey nears closure.”
2001 First: “A tale of three rivers.”
2000 Third: “Wolf wars.”
1999 First: “The corporate bean comes to Ketchum.”

Newspaper - Environment

2005 Second: “The spawn is on.”
2004 Second: “The B2 chronicles, Idaho’s oldest wolf passes.”
2004 Third: “Mystery fish spurs research.”
2002 First: “White Hawk wolves killed.”
2002 Second: “Pine beetles advance on SNRA.”
2001 Second: “Blaine County’s SUV love affair.”
2000 First: “Cyanide solution.” Judge’s comments: “This is environmental reporting at its finest. Informative, thorough, and really a shocking situation. Excellent lead, tying historical and present-day perspectives.”
2000 Third: “River greenway project gains momentum.”
1999 Third: “The journey home.”

Newspaper - Watchdog/Investigative Report

2003 First: “Ketchum, mayor sued for freedom of speech infraction.”
2002 Third: “Mayor and police chief face of.”

Newspaper - General News Story

2007 Third: “Land trust could double easements by year’s end.”
2004 Honorable Mention: “Trailer park residents brace for departure.”
2002 Second: “Insects on a mission.”
1999 Second: “Cougars Plague Valley.”

Newspaper - Spot News Coverage

2001 First: “Ketchum Mayor Coles dies at 77.”
2000 Third: “Slide buries avalanche expert.”
1999 First: “Snowmobilers chase down, kill coyote.”

Newspaper - Politics

2005 Third: “Mountain solitude belies looming political fight.”
2004 First: “Kerry’s vacation nears end.”
2004 Third: “Election splits north, south.”
2003 Second: “Apathy pervades for some local voters.”
2003 Third: “Idaho Democrats, Republicans claim Internet name piracy.”
2001 Second: “Candidate reflects on rocky political past.”
2000 Third: “Stennett in the Senate.”
1999 Second: “Congress considers bill to end user fees.”
1999 Third: “Sen. Stennett challenges amendments to Land-use laws.”

Newspaper - Serious Feature Report

2001 Honorable Mention “To the sea and back.”
2000 Second: “Zoning snow.”

Newspaper - Outdoor Feature

2004 First: “BC’s big water challenged.”
2004 Honorable Mention: “”Guided hunt fulfills PA youth’s dream.”
2000 Third: “Wolf flight.”

Newspaper - Light Feature Report

2004 Second: “A Kyrgyz adventure.”
2000 First: “Corduroy, the evolution of Sun Valley’s grooming.” Judge’s comments: “Very good idea for a story. Didn’t think it would suck me in, but it did.”

Newspaper - Crime/Courts Reporting

2004 Second: “Johnson defense points to boyfriend.”
2003 First: “16-year-old charged with murder.”
2003 Honorable Mention “Coroner sued for failing to complete death certificates.”

Newspaper - Business

1999 Third: “Local employers share secrets.”

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST

Investigative or In-depth Story or Series, non-daily division, circulation 10,000 or more.

2005 Second: “Building Bonanza.”
2004 First: “Redefining wilderness.”

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, NORTHWEST CHAPTER, EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS

Energy and Environmental Affairs category

2003 Second: “Redefining wilderness.”