30th edition Best of Newspaper Design Creative Competition
•    Award of Excellence
     The Envelope, Los Angeles Times
Virginia Press Association
•    Part of team that won Best in Show for daily presentation for work done in 2007
The Virginian-Pilot Best Edition Design
•    Part of team that won a cash prize for the
     best-designed edition for the month of February  2008 for the work on the business section
The Virginian-Pilot Best Section Design
•    Part of team that won a cash prize for the
     best-designed section for June 2007
for the work on Sail Virginia
28th edition Best of Newspaper Design Creative Competition
•    Award of Excellence
     Five Issues to Watch on Election Day,
     San Jose Mercury News
27th edition Best of Newspaper Design Creative Competition
•    Award of Excellence
     Allied Tribute, San Jose Mercury News
26th edition Best of Newspaper Design Creative Competition
•    Award of Excellence
     Storms of Fire, skies of smoke
•    Award of Excellence
     Darkness and Flames
•    Award of Excellence:
     Swath of Ruin: Day 2 of the Fires
     All at the San Jose Mercury News
2004 Society of American Travel Writers competition
•    Gold
      Fit for a Queen, San Jose Mercury News
•    Silver
      I Can Fly for Miles and Miles, San Jose Mercury News
2004 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards
•    First Place
     Darkness and Flames, San Jose Mercury News
•    Second Place
     Southern California Fires, San Jose Mercury News
1998 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
•    Best Feature Headline:
     Austrialian student has g’day at Escondido High, The North County Times
1993 March of Dimes D.I.M.E awards
•    Honorable Mention
     Reporting on mentally disabled workers
     at Orange Coast College