Honors & Awards

2009
• 2nd place, Best Feature Photography, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.
  
• 3rd Place, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.
• Award of Excellence, Pictorial Photography, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.

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2008
• Ranked in "Top 25 Photographers" by the Ohio News Photographers Association.
• 3rd place, Spot News, December, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• Honorable Mention, Spot News, December, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• 3rd place, Spot News, July, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• Honorable Mention, Spot News, July, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• 3rd place, General News, May, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• 3rd place, Portrait, April, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• Award of Excellence, Pictorial Photography, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.
• 3rd place, Best Feature Photography, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.

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2007
• Nominated, Best Feature Photography, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.

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2006
• 3rd place, Spot News Photography, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.
• News Photograph of the Month, Associated Press, June.

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2005
• 1st place, Breaking News/Single Day Package, The Press Club of Cleveland.
• 1st place, Best News/Breaking-News Photography & Reporting, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.
• 1st place, Breaking News/Single Day Package, The Press Club of Cleveland.
• Honorable Mention, Breaking News/Consecutive Days, The Press Club of Cleveland.

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2004
• 1st place, Outstanding Team Performance in Breaking News, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.
• 1st place, Breaking News Coverage, Associated Press Society of Ohio.
• Award of Excellence, Spot News Photography, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.

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2003
• 1st place, Best News Photography, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.

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2002
• 1st place, Best News Photography, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.
• 2nd place, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.

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2001
• 1st place, Best Business Coverage (team), Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
• 1st place, Best Coverage of Minority Issues (team), Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
• 1st place, Ken Chamberlain News Photography Award, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Department.
• 2nd place, Spot News Photography, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.
• Award of Excellence, Feature Photography, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.

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2000
• 1st place, News Photography, Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
• 1st place, Outstanding Performance in News Photography, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.
• 3rd place, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• 3rd place, Spot News Photography, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.

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1999
• 1st place, Best Special Section (team), Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
• 1st place, Spot News, Associated Press Society of Ohio.
• Award of Excellence in Journalism, News Photography, The Press Club of Cleveland.
• Best Special Section "Israel at 50", Society of Professional Journalists.

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1997
• 1st place, Spot News Photography, The Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
• 1st place, Spot News Photography, The Society of Professional Journalists, Central Ohio Chapter.
• 1st place, Spot News, Associated Press Society of Ohio.
• 1st place, Outstanding Performance in News/Sports Photography, Columbus Dispatch Editorial Award.
• 3rd place, Spot News, Associated Press Society of Ohio.
• Award of Excellence in Journalism, News Photography, The Press Club of Cleveland.
• Honorable Mention, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.

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1996
• Ranked in "Ohio News Photographers Association Top 30 Photographers of 1996".
• Ranked in "National Press Photographers Association Top 75 Photographers of the Mid-West region".
• 1st place, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.
• 1st place, Spot News, National Press Photographers Association Region 4 Clip Contest.
• 2nd place, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.

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1993
• 1st place, Color Photography Used in a News Event, Association of Free Community Papers.
• 3rd place, Black & White Photography Used in a News Event, Association of Free Community Papers.

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1992
• 2nd place, Color Photography Used in a News Event, Association of Free Community Papers.
• 2nd place, Best Single News Photo, Suburban Newspapers of America Awards.
• 3rd place, Best Single News Photo, Suburban Newspapers of America Awards.

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1991
• 1st place, Color Photography Used in a News Event, Association of Free Community Papers.
• 3rd place, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.
• Honorable Mention, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Competition.
• Multiple Certificates of Special Recognition for Outstanding Professional Achievement from the Ohio House of Representatives.

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1990
• Ranked in "ONPA Top 40 Photographers of 1990".
• 3rd place, Spot News, Associated Press Society of Ohio.
• 3rd place, Spot News, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.

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1989
• Honorable Mention, Full Page Layout, Associated Press Society of Ohio.
• Honorable Mention, Feature Photo, Ohio News Photographers Association Clip Contest.