Here are some of the awards and recognitions I’ve received:
2025
The Denver Press Club’s Damon Runyon Award
Honorary Doctorate degree from Clark University
2024
Gold Telly Award for “The Power of Storytelling With Ari Shapiro”
2023
National Edward R. Murrow Award for a news series:
“Climate, Migration, and the Far Right”
Online Journalism Award for “Climate Ripples and the Rise of the Right”
NLGJA’s Journalist of the Year
Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Portland
2021
National Edward R. Murrow award for hard news:
“As the Nation Chants Her Name, Breonna Taylor’s Family Grieves a Life Robbed.”
Earlier
2018 - National Edward R. Murrow award for Radio Network, as part of NPR’s team covering the Trump Administration’s immigration policies on the US-Mexico border
2017 - Beaverton High School Hall of Achievement
2016 - Out Magazine’s “Out 100”
2010 - American Judges’ Association’s American Gavel Award for Distinguished Reporting about the Judiciary
2010 - Paper Magazine’s Beautiful People
2007 - American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award For Outstanding Efforts to Foster Public Understanding of the Law: “Judge Vows to Free Inmates Held Since Katrina Hit”
2005 - Daniel Schorr Journalism Award for “The Impact of Methamphetamine Use on the Gay Community”