Awards
I don’t care much about awards. They measure if you’ve impressed your peers, not your audience. But in case you’re interested...
None of the works below were made by any one person — certainly not by myself alone. What follows is a list of award-winning projects I edited, designed, reported, coded, or was otherwise closely involved with.
The Visuals team
National Public Radio (2012-2016)
2015 Portfolio, NPR Visuals
A portfolio, including: Rain Forest Was Here, A Photo I Love Featuring Astronaut Reid Wiseman, also #spacetweets, The Unthinkable
- NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Multimedia 2016: Second Place, Feature Multimedia Package
A Brother and Sister In Love
- NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Multimedia 2016: Second Place, Feature Multimedia Package
- WHNPA 2016: Second Place, Feature Story, Eyes of History: Multimedia Contest
The Truth About America’s Graduation Rate
- National Awards for Education Reporting 2015: Winner, Investigative Reporting, Broadcast
Rain Forest Was Here
- SND37: Silver Medal, Features: Single Subject
- 75th Peabody Awards: Finalist, Radio/Podcast
Life After Death
- ONA 2015: Finalist, Topical Reporting, Large
- POY 73: Award of Excellence, Online News & Issue Story Editing
- 2016 World Press Photo Multimedia: Second Place, Immersive Storytelling
Look At This
- ONA 2015: Finalist, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large
- NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Multimedia 2016: First Place, Visual or Blog
Grave Science
- The Gracies 2015: Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature
Demolished
- SND36: Gold Medal, Features, Single Subject
Songs We Love 2014
- SND36: Silver Medal, Features, Single Subject
Election Party
2014 Portfolio, NPR Visuals
A portfolio, including This Is Color, Election Party, The End Of Neighborhood Schools, Demolished, Songs We Love 2014, The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever, Borderland, Stressed Out: Americans Tell Us About Stress In Their Lives
- SND36: Silver Medal, Portfolio: Organization
Borderland
- ONA 2014: Finalist, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large
- SND36: Award of Excellence, Use of Multimedia
- SND36: Award of Excellence, Features: Single-subject project
- Overseas Press Club: Best Multimedia News Presentation 2014
Planet Money Makes A T-shirt
- POY 2014: First Place, Documentary Journalism
- POY 2014: Documentary Project of the Year
- SABEW 2013: Winner, Innovation Category
- SND35: Gold medal, single-story project, silver medal, use of multimedia
- Scripps Howard Awards 2013: Winner, Digital Innovation
- Overseas Press Club 2013: Best Multimedia News Presentation
- SDX 2013: Specialized Journalism Site, Society of Professional Journalists
- WHNPA 2014: First Place, Innovation
- Gerald Loeb Awards 2014: Winner, Online
- ONA 2014: Finalist, Explanatory Reporting, Large
- ONA 2014: Winner, Feature, Large
- ONA 2014: Winner, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large
- 35th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award: Winner, New Approaches: Documentaries
- duPont 2015: Winner
Previously, On Arrested Development
- The Best American Infographics 2014: Top 10 interactive infographics of the year
The Re-Election of Barack Obama
- ONA 2013: Winner, Planned News/Events (large)
The Deadly Tornado In Moore, Oklahoma
- ONA 2013: Finalist, Breaking News (large)
The Newsapps team
Chicago Tribune (2009-2012)
Across the Border, Beyond the Law
A package, including Fugitives from justice: Roman Catholic priests
- Chicago Headline Club, Lisagor 2012: Investigative Reporting, Online
Illinois School Report Cards
- Data Journalism Awards 2012: First Prize, Data-driven Applications, Local/Regional
ChicagoNow
- SND33: Judges’ Special Recognition for Reductive, Adaptive Design
TribLocal
- SND33: Web Site Redesign, Under 50M
Walking Into Danger
A package, including Attempted child abductions by a stranger in Chicago, March 2008 - September 2010
- Chicago Headline Club, Lisagor 2010: Multimedia Feature Presentation
- Herman Kogan Media Awards 2011: Online
- Illinois Press Association 2011: Best Web Project, Second Place
Compromised Care
A package, including Illinois nursing home safety reports
- The National Press Club 2009: Ryle Geriatrics Award
- IRE 2009: Philip Meyer Journalism Award, Third Place
- SPJ, Sigma Delta Chi 2009: Online Reporting, Investigative
- Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism 2009: Second Place, Metro Newspapers
Agent Orange: A lethal legacy
- Chicago Headline Club, Lisagor 2009: Multimedia Feature Presenatation
Body-of-work/team/personal recognition
- APME 2010: Gannett Foundation Award for Digital Innovation in Watchdog Journalism
- Tribune Company 2010: Outstanding Employee Award
- Jones-Beck Awards 2009: Innovation, Chicago Tribune
The Internship
ProPublica (2009)
ChangeTracker
- Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism 2009: Special Distinction