Awards, Honors & Fellowships

2025

AHCJ Freelance Health Journalism Travel Scholarship

Association of Health Care Journalists

Los Angeles | May–June 2025

Awarded funding to attend AHCJ’s Health Journalism 2025 conference

NPF Covering Workplace Mental Health Fellowship

National Press Foundation

Washington, D.C. | May 2025

One of 14 journalists selected to participate in fellowship on covering mental health in the workplace

2024

Oxford Climate Journalism Network

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Remote | July–Dec. 2024

One of six North American journalists selected for the program’s sixth cohort

Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists

The Wharton School | University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia | Oct. 2024

Selected for Philadelphia flagship program
Awarded Wharton Media Relations Funding covering tuition, materials and meals

NPF Future of the American Child Fellowship

National Press Foundation

Charlotte, N.C. | Jan. 2024

One of 16 journalists selected to participate in fellowship on covering children’s health, education and other welfare issues

2023

E&P’s 25 Under 35

Editor & Publisher Magazine

Class of 2023

Selected for publication’s annual class of 25 Under 35, honoring “the next generation of news media professionals” ages 35 and younger

Green Eyeshade Awards

Society of Professional Journalists | Southeast

2023

1st Place | Non-Deadline Reporting / Small Dailies, Election series
3rd Place | Disaster Reporting / All Dailies, Hurricane Nicole coverage (shared with TCPalm staff)

FSNE Journalism Contest

Florida Society of News Editors

2023

2nd Place | Investigative Reporting, Division C, Florida water pollution (shared with Sydney Czyzon and Max Chesnes)

Sunshine State Awards

Society of Professional Journalists | Florida Pro Chapter

2023

Winner | National Association of Black Journalists South Florida Diversity Award, Lindsey Leake collection
1st | Election Reporting, Lindsey Leake election collection
2nd | Beat Reporting – Health, Lindsey Leake health collection

Gannett Diversity Leadership Academy

Gannett | USA TODAY Network

Remote | Oct. 2023–Feb. 2024

Selected for fall 2023 cohort of leadership training program designed for Gannett journalists of color (formerly the García-Silva Leadership Academy)

2022

NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards

National Association of Science Writers

Finalist | Commentary | 2022

“Black blood donors are desperately needed, so I donated for the first time” | USA TODAY

AHCJ National Cancer Reporting Fellowship

Association of Health Care Journalists

National Cancer Institute | Bethesda, Md. | Nov. 2022

One of 10 journalists selected to participate in fellowship on National Institutes of Health campus

AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship*

Association of Health Care Journalists

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Atlanta | June 2022

*Selected as one of 12 journalists to attend the first in-person fellowship since 2019, but was unable to participate due to COVID-19 infection

Best of Gannett

Gannett | USA TODAY Network

2022

Finalist | Investigative Reporting, Division I, Florida water pollution (shared with Sydney Czyzon and Max Chesnes)

FSNE Journalism Contest

Florida Society of News Editors

2022

1st Place | Beat Reporting, Division C, Health beat
1st Place | News Interactive, Division C, Year of COVID

Sunshine State Awards

Society of Professional Journalists | Florida Pro Chapter

2022

Winner | National Association of Black Journalists South Florida Diversity Award, Lindsey Leake collection

2nd Place | COVID-19 – Infographics & Data Visualization, Year of COVID

KSJ@MIT Fact-Checking Workshop

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Remote | April 2022

Selected for virtual workshop hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Fact-Checking Project at MIT

2021

CASW Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowship

Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

2021–22

Awarded scholarship for two semesters of graduate study in science writing at Johns Hopkins University
One of three Hopkins students to have been selected for the fellowship since its 1996 inception

Green Eyeshade Awards

Society of Professional Journalists | Southeast

2021

3rd Place | Non-Deadline Reporting / Small Dailies, Farm food production

Sunshine State Awards

Society of Professional Journalists | Florida Pro Chapter

2021

Finalist | National Association of Black Journalists South Florida Diversity Award, Lindsey Leake collection
1st Place | Federal/State Election Reporting, False attack ads