Recognition

  • WORKSHOPS
  • Faculty, The Image, Deconstructed, 2019
  • Geekfest New Orleans, 2018
  • Faculty, The Image, Deconstructed, 2018
  • The Image, Deconstructed, 2017
  • Geekfest Washington, DC, 2016
  • NPPA Women in Visual Journalism, 2016
  • Faculty, Weekend Workshop for photojournalism students at Southern Illinois University, 2016
  • Geekfest Oakland, 2015
  • NPPA Northern Short Course, 2015
  • The Kalish Visual Editing Workshop, 2014 (scholarship)
  • Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, 2013
  • Photography at the Summit, 2005 (scholarship)
  • AWARDS
  • NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2018
  • Honorable mention, Feature Multimedia Story, Life, Outside
  • NPPA Monthly Clip Contest, National
  • Third place, Photo Story, July 2020
  • Second place, Spot News, December 2019
  • Second place, Photo Story, April 2019
  • Third place, Sports Feature, April 2019
  • First place, Spot News, June 2017
  • First place, Photo Story, June 2017
  • NPPA Monthly Clip Contest, Central Region
  • First place, Portrait, April 2021
  • First place, Spot News, March 2021
  • First place, Photo Story, December 2020
  • First place, Portrait, November 2020
  • Second place, Spot News, November 2020
  • Third place, Photo Story, November 2020
  • Third place, General News, October 2020
  • First place, Portrait, September 2020
  • Second place, Photo Story, July 2020
  • First place, Spot News, June 2020
  • Second place, Portrait, May 2020
  • Third place, Photo Story, May 2020
  • Third place, Spot News, May 2020
  • First place, Photo Story, April 2020
  • Second place, Portrait, April 2020
  • Third place, Spot News, April 2020
  • First place, Photo Story, March 2020
  • Third place, General News, February 2020
  • Third place, Sports Action, January 2020
  • First place, Spot News, December 2019
  • First place, Spot News, October 2019
  • Second place, Photo Story, August 2019
  • Second place, Spot News, June 2019
  • First place, Photo Story, May 2019
  • First place, Photo Story, April 2019
  • Second place, Sports Feature, April 2019
  • Third place, Spot News, April 2019
  • Third place, General News, February 2019
  • Second place, Sports Feature, January 2019
  • Third place, Sports Feature, January 2019
  • First place, Portrait/Illustration, December 2018
  • Third place, Spot News, December 2018
  • Second place, Spot News, October 2018
  • First place, Portrait/Illustration, September 2018
  • First place, Spot News, August 2018
  • First place, Portrait/Illustration, July 2018
  • First place, Feature, July 2018
  • Second place, Photo Story/Essay, July 2018
  • First place, Spot News, May 2018
  • First place, Sports Action, April 2018
  • Second place, Photo Story/Essay, April 2018
  • Third place, General News, March 2018
  • Second place, Feature, November 2017
  • Third place, Portrait/Illustration, November 2017
  • First place, Spot News, October 2017
  • Second place, Sports Feature, October 2017
  • First place, Portrait/Illustration, July 2017
  • Second place, General News, July 2017
  • First place, Spot News, July 2017
  • Second place, Sports Feature, July 2017
  • First place, Spot News, June 2017
  • Second place, Photo Story, June 2017
  • Second place, General News, June 2017
  • First place, Spot News, May 2017
  • First place, Spot News, January 2017
  • Second place, Photo Story, January 2017
  • Second place, General News, October 2016
  • Second place, Spot News, September 2016
  • Second place, Spot News, August 2016
  • Third place, Spot News, July 2016
  • Second place, General News, May 2016
  • First place, Photo Story, May 2016
  • Third place, Spot News, February 2016
  • Second place, Spot News, August 2015
  • Second place, General News, August 2015
  • First place, Spot News, June 2015
  • Second place, General News, June 2015
  • 2018 Peter Lisagor Award for Best Feature Photo
  • 2017 Peter Lisagor Award for Best Use of News Video
  • 2017 Peter Lisagor Award for Best News Photo
  • 2017 Society for News Design, Award of Excellence, Portrait
  • Edward Scott Beck Award for Excellence in Photography, 2020
  • Edward Scott Beck Award for Multimedia Storytelling, 2019
  • Edward Scott Beck Award for Excellence in Photography, 2018
  • Edward Scott Beck Award for Domestic Reporting, 2017
  • 2017 Illinois Associated Press Media Editors
  • Spot News Photo: First Place, “Losing a Son to Gun Violence”
  • Portrait/Personality: Third Place, “Brain Cancer Survivor”
  • NPPA Women in Visual Journalism 2016
  • Best of Show, “Chicago Window”
  • Best of Show, “Finding Refuge”
  • NPPA Monthly Clip Contest, Region 9
  • First place, Multimedia Project, “Tim & Ken” January 2015
  • First place, General News, October 2014
  • Third place, Photo Story, October 2014
  • Third place, Spot News, October 2014
  • First place, Video, “4-H Farewell” September 2014
  • Third place, Photo Story, August 2014
  • Second place, Photo Story, February 2014
  • Third place, Photo Story, February 2014
  • First place, Photo Story, “At the Drive-In” August 2012
  • Third place, Photo Story, June 2012
  • First place, Sports, November 2011
  • Third place, General News, July 2011
  • Second place, Sports, June 2011
  • Second place, General News, May 2011
  • Third place, Video, “Enter the Cage: Tapping into Utah’s Fight Culture,” March 2011
  • Second place, Feature, November 2010
  • Third place, Photo Story, June 2010
  • Second place, Spot News, October 2009
  • First place, Feature, May 2009
  • First place, General News, May 2009
  • Second place, General News, March 2009
  • Second place, Photo Story, April 2008
  • NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2011
  • Third place, Enterprise Picture Story, “Just Business“
  • Utah Photojournalism State Champion
  • “Personal Vision,” 2013
  • Utah News Photographers Association
  • First place, Feature, 2012
  • Third place, Pictorial, 2012
  • First place, Feature, 2011
  • Honorable mention, Feature, 2011
  • Third place, Multimedia, 2011
  • First place, Sports Feature, 2010
  • First place, Humor, 2010
  • Honorable mention, Sports Action, 2010
  • Third place, Multimedia, 2009
  • Honorable mention, General News, 2009
  • Honorable mention, General News, 2009
  • Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association, Division III
  • Best in Show, 2009
  • First place, General News Photo, 2009
  • First place, Feature Photo, 2009
  • Utah Press Association, Group IV
  • Third place, Best Feature Photograph, 2009
  • FEATURED
  • PhotoWalk NYC, 2017
  • The Image, Deconstructed, October 2016
  • “Through Her Eyes” Photography exhibit by Utah women photojournalists, 2016
  • Utah Photojournalism Yearbook
  • 2009-2011
  • Salt City 50
  • “Places, Spaces, Laces” exhibition, 2011
  • “Opera Under the Stars” exhibition, 2010
  • Ezra Zine
  • Vol. 1 Issue 2, 2010 (Utah’s mixed martial arts culture)