Awards
1982 International Association of Audio Visual Communicators
Cindy Award for Excellence in Radio Production
Delta: On the Threshold of Change
1984 Society of Professional Journalists
Distinguished Service Award for Radio Reporting
Farmington Mudslide
1985 International Association of Audio Visual Communicators
Cindy Award for Excellence in Radio Production – Honorable Mention
Coverage of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
1985 Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
Champion-Tuck Award for Economic Understanding – Radio (with KUFM)
Reflections in Montana
1986 American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award: Radio
The Decision to Launch the Challenger
1986 National Association of Science Writers
Science-in-Society Journalism Awards – Broadcast
The Decision to Launch the Challenger
1987 Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation, Columbia University
Major Armstrong Award for Excellence in Radio Broadcasting
The Decision to Launch the Challenger
1989 Aviation/Space Writers Association
Award of Excellence – Radio Network
Thiokol After Challenger: The Commitment to Safety
1992 American Psychological Association
National Psychology Media Award: Radio
Intermountain Children’s Home
1992 Women in Communications, Inc
National Clarion Award for Radio Feature
Intermountain Children’s Home
1993 Ohio State Institute for Education by Radio-Television
Ohio State Award Achievement of Merit
Intermountain Children’s Home
1999 Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE Award for Investigative Reporting – Radio – Finalist
Salt Lake Olympic Bribery Scandal
2009 Radio Television Digital News Association
Edward R. Murrow Award for Sports Reporting – Radio Network
Coverage of the 2008 Olympics
2010 The Sidney Hillman Foundation
November Sidney Award for Socially Conscious Journalism
Massey Energy/Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Investigation
2012 Harvard University Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting – Finalist
(with The Center for Public Integrity)
Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities
2012 National Association of Science Writers
Science-in-Society Journalism Award for Science Reporting (with ProPublica)
Poisoned Places
2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award – Radio
(with The Center for Public Integrity)
As Mine Protections Fail, Black Lung Cases Surge
2014 Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE Award for Investigative Reporting – Radio (with Mine Safety and Health News)
Delinquent Mines
2014 Radio Television Digital News Association
Edward R Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting – Radio Network
Buried in Grain
2015 Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE Medal (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism – Finalist (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 Radio Television Digital News Association
Edward R Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting – Radio Network
Delinquent Mines
2015 Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Best in Business: Innovation – Winner (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Best in Business: Digital, Investigative – Co-Winner (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 New York City Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists
Deadline Club Public Service Award – Winner (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 New York City Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists
Deadline Club Award for Business Investigative Reporting – Finalist (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 Online News Association
The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University
The Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism – Finalist (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2015 National Press Club
Newsletter Journalism Award for Analytical Reporting – Honorable Mention (with Mine Safety and Health News)
Delinquent Mines
2016 Center for Journalism Ethics, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics – Finalist (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2016 Radio Television Digital News Association
Edward R Murrow Award for News Series (Audio) – Online News Organization (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2016 UCLA Anderson School of Management
The Gerald Loeb Award for Explanatory Journalism (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2016 The Texas Democracy Foundation
The Molly National Journalism Prize – Honorable Mention (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2016 National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
Print Journalism Award – Finalist (with ProPublica)
Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections
2016 Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE Award – Radio/Audio (with Ohio Valley ReSource)
Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge in Appalachia
2016 Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi Award and Bronze Medallion for Investigative Reporting (with Ohio Valley ReSource)
Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge in Appalachia
2017 American Industrial Health Association
Upton Sinclair Memorial Lecture Award for Outstanding Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Investigative Journalism
2017 Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE Award – Radio/Audio (with ProPublica)
They Got Hurt at Work – Then They Got Deported
2017 Radio Television Digital News Association
Edward R Murrow Award – Feature Reporting – Radio Network
Challenger Engineer Sheds 30 Years of Guilt
2017 National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
Television & Radio Journalism Award (with Ohio Valley ReSource)
Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge in Appalachia
2018 New York State Society of CPAs
Excellence in Financial Journalism Award: Best General Reporting (with ProPublica)
Sold for Parts: They Got Hurt at Work. Then They Got Deported
2018 The Texas Democracy Foundation
The Molly National Journalism Prize – Winner (with Pro Publica)
Sold for Parts: They Got Hurt at Work. Then They Got Deported
2018 Hunter College
James Aronson Social Justice Journalism Award (with Pro Publica)
Sold for Parts: They Got Hurt at Work. Then They Got Deported
2019 Radio Television Digital News Association
Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting – Radio Network (with PBS Frontline)
Coal’s Deadly Dust
2019 The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues
The Tom and Pat Gish Award for Courage, Tenacity and Integrity in Rural Journalism (with Ken Ward Jr and Paul Nyden of the Charleston Gazette-Mail)
2019 The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine
Communication Award of the Keck Futures Initiative
Coal’s Deadly Dust
2020 Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
George Foster Peabody Award – News – Nominee (with PBS Frontline)
Coal’s Deadly Dust
2020 Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild Award for Documentary Script – Current Events – Finalist (PBS Frontline)
Coal’s Deadly Dust
2020 The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Report in a News Magazine – Nominee (PBS Frontline)
Coal’s Deadly Dust
2020 The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Emmy Award for Best Story in a News Magazine – Nominee (PBS Frontline)
Coal’s Deadly Dust
