Press

• Parade: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Genius Way To Work Out in the Car

• People: Gillian Flynn and James Patterson Brainstorm a Kids Book — Complete with Farting Ninjas

• The Week: 5 reflective podcasts you may have missed this fall

• AV Club: 5 great podcasts for a busy travel weekend

• NPR: You might be surprised to hear how the word pecan is supposed to be pronounced

• Audible: The 20 top podcasts of 2024

• Vulture: 7 Podcasts We Can’t Wait to Listen to This Fall

• NPR: 15 binge-worthy podcasts to check out before 2023

• The New York Times: “Book Review: 'Correction,' by Ben Austen” **

Awards

2024 George Polk Award in Journalism, Podcast**

“The Parole Room”, following Johnnie Veal’s 20th effort to gain parole after being convicted of murder in 1970

2022 Illinois College Press Association Award

First Place, Podcasts, “In Focus: Loopholes in federal lead law left 5th Ward in the dark about what is in its water”

2020 Peabody Award, Podcast & Radio**

“In The Dark: The Path Home”, coverage of the Curtis Flowers Supreme Court arguments

2020 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award

National Finalist, “In Focus: Loopholes in federal lead law left 5th Ward in the dark about what is in its water”

Associated Collegiate Press 2019 Multimedia Story of the Year Award

Second Place, Podcasts, “The Mediocretones hold auditions for Northwestern’s ‘average Joe’ singers”

Cecilia Vaisman Scholar for 2018 Third Coast International Audio Festival

One of three students awarded scholarship to attend the Third Coast International Audio Festival and Conference

** indicates projects where I contributed reporting