Awards, Honors & Fellowships
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
NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards
National Association of Science Writers
Finalist | Commentary | 2022
NPF Future of the American Child Fellowship
National Press Foundation
Charlotte, N.C. | 2024
One of 16 journalists nationwide selected to participate in fellowship on covering children’s health, education and other welfare issues
AHCJ National Cancer Reporting Fellowship
Association of Health Care Journalists
National Cancer Institute | Bethesda, Md. | 2022
One of 10 journalists nationwide selected to participate in fellowship on National Institutes of Health campus
Gannett Diversity Leadership Academy
Gannett | USA TODAY Network
2023
Selected for fall 2023 cohort of leadership training program designed for journalists of color (formerly García-Silva Leadership Academy)
AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship*
Association of Health Care Journalists
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Atlanta | 2022
*Selected as one of 12 journalists nationwide to attend first in-person fellowship since 2019, but was unable to participate due to COVID-19 infection
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)
2021
3rd Place | Non-Deadline Reporting / Small Dailies, Farm food production
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
2022
Winner | National Association of Black Journalists South Florida Diversity Award, Lindsey Leake collection
2nd Place | COVID-19 – Infographics & Data Visualization, Year of COVID
2021
Finalist | National Association of Black Journalists South Florida Diversity Award, Lindsey Leake collection
1st Place | Federal/State Election Reporting, False attack ads
2nd Place | Local Election Reporting, Lindsey Leake collection
2nd Place | Series, Farm food production
Best of Gannett
Gannett | USA TODAY Network
2022
Finalist | Investigative Reporting, Division I, Florida water pollution (shared with Sydney Czyzon and Max Chesnes)
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
Journalist Fellowship Summer School
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K. | 2019
Only U.S. journalist selected for summer 2019 cohort
Authored op-ed about experience: “Reuters fellowship reminds journalist that free press, First Amendment are worth the price”
THREAD at Yale: Storytelling in Modern Media
Yale University
New Haven, Conn. | 2019
Scholarship recipient
KSJ@MIT Fact-Checking Workshop
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Remote | 2022
Selected for virtual workshop hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Fact-Checking Project at MIT
Poynter seminars
Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Baltimore, Md. | 2020
A Journalist's Guide to Covering Jails at Morgan State University
Doral, Fla. | 2019
Covering the 2020 Census — South Florida at The Miami Herald