Awards

2011

"Wellness champions take charge of their health" won first place for best PR article in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2012.)

"City remembers 9/11" won second place for best PR article in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2012.)

2010

"Where do dead dogs go? Green knows" won third place for best PR article in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2011.)

"Veterans Reunited" won third place for best magazine article in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2011.)

"Economic woes don't have to equal anxiety and sleeplessness" won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Feature Writing category.

Extra Milers won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Newsletters-Web and Electronic Newsletters category.

A Day on the Job, a section in City Savvy, won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Regular Department category.

2009

City Savvy, a city of Houston employee newsletter, won a Grand Award in the national APEX Awards when I was managing editor.

"After Ike, city cleanup continues" won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Feature Writing category.

"It's a bacteria! It's a virus! It's superbug!" won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Health & Medical Writing category.

2008

Texas PR Communicator of the Year in the Houston Press Club's Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2009.)

"After Ike, city cleanup continues" won third place for best PR article in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2009.)

My series of stories on Houston police cadets won Gold Award for Best Series of Articles in the Magnum Opus Awards.

“Paper Houses provides solid support across the border” won a Gold Award for Best Feature Article in the Magnum Opus Awards.

“Working today can ea$e your tomorrow” won a Bronze Award for Best Public Service Article in the Magnum Opus Awards.

“We’ve got talent, yes we do” won Honorable Mention for Best Feature Article in the Magnum Opus Awards.

My series of stories on Houston police cadets won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Writing Series category.

Extra Milers won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Newsletters-Web and Electronic Newsletters category.

2007

PR Communicator of the Year, second runner-up in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2008.)

"Paper Houses provides solid support across the border" won first place for best PR article in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2008.)

"Working today can ea$e your tomorrow" won second place for best PR article in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2008.)

"I'm flexible" won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Web Writing category.

2006

"How do you spell relief? H-O-U-S-T-O-N" won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Feature Writing category.

City Savvy, the city of Houston employee newsletter for which I was managing editor, won first place for best PR newsletter in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2007.)

2005

PR Communicator of the Year, runner-up, in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2006.)

City Savvy, the city of Houston employee newsletter for which I was managing editor, won first place for best PR newsletter in the Lone Star Awards. (Awarded in 2006.)

“G is for Gotcha, a city detective story” won a Gold Award for Best Feature Article in the Magnum Opus Awards.

The city of Houston's Extra Milers online newsletter, which I write and edit, won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Web and Internet Site Content and Writing category.

2002

My package of stories on illiteracy won first place in the Best Defense of Literacy category from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.

My six-part series on the overcrowding in the Coshocton County Jail won second place in the Best Public Journalism category from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.

My six-part series on the overcrowding in the Coshocton County Jail won second place in the Best Community Service category from the Associated Press Society of Ohio.

Third place best feature writer from the Associated Press of Ohio.

2001

Named member of the honorary journalism society Kappa Tau Alpha in May 2001.

“Funding restrictions may hurt Kent State” won a Certificate of Special Merit in the national Spot News Writing Competition of the William Randolph Hearst Journalism Awards Program.