Awards

Career Highlights

I have had the privilege of being the recipient or a member of a team that has been awarded with 50 different honours during my journalism career.
Some of the highlights are listed below.

About Me

2023 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards

Best Multimedia Breaking News Coverage

1st – Saanich News – “Witnesses report ‘at least 50’ shots fired after brazen bank shooting in Saanich”

2023 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards

Best Multimedia Feature

1st – Goldstream Gazette – “Truth and Reconciliation” 

2023 Canadian Online Publishing Awards

Best Local Community News

Finalist – Victoria News – The demise of the single-family starter home 

2022 Webster Awards 

Best Community Reporting

Finalist – Goldstream Gazette – “Truth and Reconciliation” 

2022 Canadian Online Publishing Awards 

Best Daily News Coverage

Gold – Victoria News

2021 Mindset Award

Reporting on the Mental Health of Young People

Finalist – Victoria News – “Mind the Gap” 

Editor and Publisher Magazine

25 Under 35 Rising Stars in Today’s News Industry (2020)

2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards

Best Feature Series, circulation 10,000 and over

1st – Victoria News – “Mental Health in Greater Victoria” 

2019 Jack Webster Awards

Excellence in Science, Technology, Health and Environmental Reporting

1st – Victoria News – “Special Report: Opioid Crisis” 

2017 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards

Best Feature Series, circulation 12,500 and over

Finalist – Goldstream Gazette – “On the ground in Haiti”