Major Awards


	Pulitzer Prize I was the primary photographer for the Coingate story, this year long probe was a Finalist in the Public Sevice category for The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, for its relentless probe of the state's investment in a rare-coin fund that exposed illegal actions by the governor and other state officials, spurring successful criminal prosecution and other corrective action.


	Pulitzer Prize Finalist in the Investigative Reporting category for The five-day series A Deadly Alliance, by Sam Roe. I was the primary photographer for the series featuring which looked into the Beryllium Industry. The series has won numerous State and National awards for the investigation. The photos took a second place in the NPPA Monthly National clip contest. First in the Region 4 clip contest, and best of show in the Ohio News Photographers Association year end contest. PhotoPoint.com First Prize in the PhotoPoint.com Million Dollar Moment photo contest, for my Dominican Duel photo. I received a trip for two anywhere in the world valued at twenty-thousand dollars.

	Pulitzer Prize Runner-up for my five-day series Children of the Underground. Dart Award winner, prize is $10,000. Sponsored by Michigan State University for Children of the Underground. Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Photographer of the Year Best of Show. Ohio News Photographers Association Runner-up, Photographer of the Year also winner of eight other awards Best Investigative Series Sponsored by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Casey Journalism Center Medals $1,000 winner for Children of the Underground Also received $2,000 study grant. American Bar Association Gavel Awards Merit Award winner for Children of the Underground. Women in Communications, Inc. - Clarion Awards First place, feature picture story. Associated Press Managing Editors National Public Service award finalist for Children of the Underground.

	NPPA Pictures of the Year competition First place, Newspaper Series for Children of the Underground. NPPA/Nikon Sabbatical - Runner-up. Ohio News Photographers Association Ohio Understanding Award winner First place, Best of Show First place in four other categories. Gordon Parks Annual Photography Competition Three photographs as finalists this year.

	Ohio News Photographers Association Photographer of the year, 1995 clip contest Runner-up, Photographer of the year Ohio Understanding Award winner First place, Best of Show. Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar First place, sports feature photograph. Southern Short Course First place, sports feature photograph. Women in Communications, Inc. - Clarion Awards First place, sports photograph. Sasakawa International sports photo contest Best Humanity photograph. I was awarded five thousand dollars and a trip to Japan for my Dominican Duel photo. There were 50,000 entries from over forty countries. National Headliner Awards Second place, sports photograph.

	Ohio News Photographers Association Photographer of the Year Ohio Understanding Award winner. Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Runner-up, Photographer of the Year. NPPA Pictures of the Year competition Third place, one week's work.

	Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Photographer of the Year. Ohio News Photographers Association Runner-up, Photographer of the Year Ohio Understanding Award winner Southern Short Course Runner-up, Photographer of the Year. NPPA Pictures of the Year competition Third place, feature single Third place, one week's work Award of excellence, feature picture story. Women in Communications, Inc. - Clarion Awards First place, feature picture story.

	Ohio News Photographers Association Photographer of the Year.

	Canon Camera and the United Nations Environmental Program World Photo Competition. Nature's Revenge was one of the top 23 photographs selected from 35,000 entries submitted from 144 nations. I also won the Dr. Mostafa K. Tolba Special Prize for originality and poignancy of message. Women in Communications, Inc. - Clarion Awards First place, feature.

	National Press Photographers Association Region 4 Photographer of the Year. Ohio News Photographers Association Runner-up, Photographer of the Year. NPPA, National picture editing contest Fifth place. Women in Communications, Inc. - Clarion Awards First place, feature. Gordon Parks Annual Photography Competition Second place.

	Ohio News Photographers Association Ohio Understanding Award winner.

	New England Press Association Photographer of the Year.

	NPPA, National picture editing contest Fifth place

	New England Press Association Runner-up, Photographer of the Year.

	Ohio News Photographers Association Student Photographer of the Year - Robert C. Coon Scholarship. Professional Photographers of Ohio Runner-up, Photographer of the Year.