Local, national and international recognition of my journalism work over the years

• Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting,“Missing in Chicago,” Winner, 2024
  
• The Nonprofit News Awards (or INNYs), Breaking Barriers Award,  "Missing in Chicago," Winner, 2024
• Online Journalism Awards, Excellence in Social Justice Reporting, "Missing in Chicago," Winner, 2024
• Scripps Howard Journalism Award Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting, "Missing in Chicago," Finalist, 2024
  
• Online Journalism Award for Gather Award in Community-Centered Journalism, Overall Excellence, Micro/Small Newsroom, “Missing in Chicago,” Finalist, 2024
• Online Journalism Award for University of Florida Award in Investigative Data Journalism, Small/Medium Newsroom, “Missing in Chicago,” Finalist, 2024
• Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting regarding "the most important contributions to government-related investigative reporting in Illinois," “Missing in Chicago,” Winner, 2024
• Izzy Award for "outstanding achievement in independent media,” “Missing in Chicago,” Winner, 2024
• Life Span "Fight for Justice" Award, “Missing in Chicago,” Winner, 2024
• Sigma Award for "the best data journalism from around the world," “Missing in Chicago,” Finalist, 2024
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best reporting on race and diversity by a small newsroom, “Missing in Chicago,” Winner, 2024
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best reporting on crime and justice by a small newsroom, "Missing in Chicago," Winner, 2024
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best multimedia collaboration, "Missing in Chicago," Winner, 2024
• Life Span "Fight for Justice" Award, “Missing in Chicago,” Winner, 2024
• Greater Rock Church MOVE/YOVE Black History Award, “Missing in Chicago,” Winner, 2024
• Sarah Brown Boyden Award in the Public Service Category, Chicago Journalist Association, "Will That New Development Benefit Your Community?" Winner, 2023
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists Peter Lisagor Award for Best Individual Blog Post, "Coronavirus in Jail: The Life and Loss of Nickolas Lee," Finalist, 2020
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists for Best Illustration, "The Promise," (comic journalism) Finalist, 2019
• The City and Regional Magazine Association’s Excellence in Writing, "Hoda Katebi Will Take Your Questions Now," about the Iranian American radical fashion blogger, Winner, 2018
• Chicago Review of Books Best Short Story or Essay, “After Unthinkable Loss,” Winner, 2018
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best Feature Story, “After Unthinkable Loss,” Finalist, 2018
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best In-depth Reporting in a Community Newspaper, "La Vida de La Villita," Finalist, 2018
• Chicago Society of Professional Journalists Peter Lisagor Award for Best In-depth Report or Series, “La Vida de La Villita,” Winner, 2018
• Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Award for Best Start-Up, 90 Days, 90 Voices (Borderless Magazine), Winner, 2017