awards & fellowships

The Dallas Morning News 2020 Journalists of the Year
Visual Journalists of the Year for COVID-19 Graphics

National Press Foundation, 2016-2017
Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship

Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, 2017
Third place, Personal Column

Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, 2015
First place, Interactive Graphics
Third place, Interactive Graphics

Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association, 2015
First place, TV Hard News
Third place, TV Feature News

Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, 2014
First place, Newspaper Team Investigative Reporting Division B
Second place, Science, Technology, Health and Environmental Reporting Division B

South Central Broadcasting Society, 2014
Finalist, Hard News Video
Finalist, Hard News Video

Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Awards, 2013
National finalist, Television In-Depth Reporting

Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards, 2013
Winner, Television In-Depth Reporting
Finalist, Television In-Depth Reporting
Finalist, In-Depth Newspaper Reporting
Finalist, Best All-Around Television Newscast

Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association, 2014
First place, TV Newscast
Second place, TV Magazine/Talk Program
Third place, TV Feature News Story

South Central Broadcasting Society, 2013
Winner, Best Video Newscast

Scholarships and Other Awards
National Press Club Dennis and Shirley Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism, 2015
Journalism and Women Symposium Emerging Journalist Fellow, 2015
Investigative Reporters and Editors James Richard Bennett Scholarship, 2014
Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives Scholarship, 2013
Edith Gaylord Harper Memorial Gridiron Foundation Scholarship, 2013
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, 2012
Foundation of Global Scholars International Scholarship, 2012
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans National Scholar, 2010