Awards &
RECOGNITION
Awards
Pulitzer Finalist
"20 Acres and a Lie," Mother Jones, Reveal, Center for Public Integrity, IRW, 2025.
Pulitzer Prize
The Washington Post received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. IRW interns and AU graduate students received contributing credits.
Emmy Nomination
“The Healthcare Divide” nominated for Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic coverage, FRONTLINE and IRW, 2022.
Emmy Award
Outstanding Documentary, winner, “Years of Living Dangerously,” Showtime; Margaret Ebrahim, Jolie Lee, David Gelber, Joel Bach, 2015.
Emmy Award
Outstanding Longform Investigative Journalism “Big Sky, Big Money," FRONTLINE and IRW, 2012.
Overseas Press Club of America
“Trump’s Trade War,” best international business news reporting in TV, video, radio, audio or podcast, FRONTLINE and IRW, 2020.
Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi Award for Research in Journalism “Global Teamwork: The Rise of Collaboration in Investigative Journalism,” Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, 2018.
Society of Professional Journalists
“Trauma and Transitions: How San Diego Schools Grapple with Educating Refugees," IRW and inewsource San Diego, 2018.
Society of Professional Journalists
Research about Journalism Award “New Newsrooms," 2016.
Edward R. Murrow
“Collateral Damage” in the Investigative Reporting Category for Large Radio Stations, WAMU-FM and IRW, 2019.
Edward R. Murrow
“Dropped and Dismissed,” best news documentary, Reveal News and IRW, 2017.
Society for News Design
Bronze Medal for website site redesign, 2018.
National Institute for Healthcare Management
“Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria,” FRONTLINE and IRW, 2014.
Society of American Business Editors & Writers
BankTracker long-running project, 2009.