Awards

Highlights: (Full list below)

2011 Pulitzer Prize Finalist – Feature Photography

2011 POYi Community Awareness Award Finalist

2011 Best of Scripps Photographer of the Year

2010 NPPA Best of Photojournalism Photographer of the Year (small markets)

2010 Southern Short Course Photographer of the Year (runner-up)

2010 2nd – POYi US Economy and Human toll picture story

2009 Official Selection – Naples International Film Festival

2009 NPPA Monthly News Clip contest National Photographer of the Year

2009 NPPA Best of Photojournalism Photographer of the Year runner-up (small markets)

2008 NPPA Monthly News Clip contest National Photographer of the Year

2008 NPPA Region 6 Photographer of the Year

2007 Atlanta Photojournalism Photographer of the Year- Honorable Mention

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2011

Pulitzer Prize Finalist – Feature Photography

POYi:
Finalist: Community Awareness Award

Best of Scripps
Photographer of the Year

2010

POYi:
2nd – US Economy and Human toll picture story

NPPA – Best of Photojournalism:
Photographer of the Year (small markets)
1st – Domestic News Picture Story
3rd – Best Published Picture Story (small market)
HM – Local Portrait and Personality

Southern Short Course:
Photographer of the Year (runner-up)
1st – News Picture Story
2nd – General News

2009

Official Selection – Naples International Film Festival

NPPA – Best of Photojournalism:
Photographer of the Year – Runner-up (small markets)

NPPA National Clip Contest:
NPPA Monthly News Clip contest National Photographer of the Year
1st – General News – July
1st – Multiple – August
1st – Feature – Sept.

NPPA Monthly Region 6 Clip Contest:
1st – Spot News – April
1st – Spot News – May
1st – Feature – May
1st – General News – July
1st – Spot News – August
1st – Multiple – August
3rd – Sports – August
1st – Feature – Sept.
2nd – Feature – Nov.
2nd – General News – Dec.

Southern Short Course:
3rd – Portrait/Personality Series
HM – Feature
HM – Feature Story

NPPA Monthly Multimedia Contest:
1st – Individual Slideshow – Jan.
2nd – Individual Video – Sept.

Florida Press Club:
1st – Spot News
1st – Feature Story
2nd – Sports Action

Florida Society of Newspaper Editors:
1st – Slideshow
2nd – Story
3rd – Story

2008

NPPA Monthly News Clip contest National Photographer of the Year

NPPA Region 6 Photographer of the Year

NPPA National Clip Contest:
2nd – Multiple – Feb.
1st – Multiple – May
2nd – Spot News – Aug.
2nd – Sports – June
3rd – Illustration – Dec.

Florida Society of Newspaper Editors:
1st – Feature
3rd – Sports

NPPA Monthly Region 6 Clip Contest:
1st – General – Jan.
1st – Multiple – Feb.
1st – Feature – April
3rd – Spot – April
2nd – Multiple – May
3rd – Spot – May
1st – Sports – June
1st – Sports – Aug.
2nd – Spot – Aug.
3rd – General – Sept.
2nd – Feature – Nov.
2nd – Multiple – Nov.
3rd – Feature – Nov.
2nd – Multiple – Dec.
3rd – Illustration – Dec.

NPPA Monthly Multimedia Contest:
2nd – Individual Slideshow – June

2007

Atlanta Photojournalism:
HM – Portfolio

NPPA Best of Photojournalism:
HM – Sports Enterprise

NPPA Monthly Clip Contest:
6th Place overall
2nd – General News – Aug.
2nd – Feature – Sept.
2nd – General News – Dec.
3rd – Sports – April
3rd – Sports – Oct.
3rd – Sports – Nov.

NCPPA Monthly Clip Contest:
1st – Multiple photos – Jan.
1st – Multiple photos – March
2nd – Spot News – Feb.
2nd – Feature – March
3rd – Spot News – Jan.
3rd – Feature – Feb.

2006

NCPPA annual awards:
NCPPA POY (runnner-up)
2nd – Sports photo story
3rd – Pictorial
3rd – Sports Feature
HM – Sports Feature
HM – Feature photo story

NCPPA Monthly Clip Contest:
1st – Multiple photos – Jan.
1st – Multiple photos – May
1st – Portrait – May
2nd – Feature – May
3rd – Spot News – May
3rd – General News – June
2nd – Sports – August
2nd – Portrait – Sept.
2nd – Sports – Sept.
3rd – Spot News – Sept.
1st – Multiple photos – Dec.

Media General Best Photo:
April, July, August, Sept.

Sportsshooter Montly Clip Contest:
2nd – Sports Feature – May
3rd – Feature – Oct.

2005

NPPA Monthly Clip Contest:
3rd – Sports – April
3rd – Sports – July