2013 Northern Lights Awards Canada
Judged by the Missouri School of Journalism
2nd Place: Print Journalism, Culinary
Local Culture: Cheese crawling in the Okanagan – British Columbia Magazine
2012 Travel Media Association of Canada Awards
Judged by Ryerson University of Toronto and professional journalists
1st Place: Best Service Feature – Urban Wrangler in Canada’s Cariboo
1st Place: Best Story about Travel in Canada – Stampeding in Calgary
1st Place: Best Outdoors/Adventure Feature – Cold Comforts
1st Place: Best Historical/Cultural Feature – Into the Blue
1st Place: Best People Photo – Beach Buskers in Negril Sun
2012 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards
Judged by NATJA, travel media’s premiere professional association
Gold Medal: Cruise Story
Into the Blue: Sailing Turkey’s Aegean – Experience Magazine
Silver Medal: People Photography
Wedded Bliss in Jamaica – The Province
2011 Travel Media Association of Canada Awards
Judged by Ryerson University of Toronto and professional journalists
First Place: Best Service Feature
Tijuana: For your health? – Washington Post
2010 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards
Judged by NATJA, travel media’s premiere professional association
Gold Medal: Landscape Photo
Brazil’s Backyard Jungle – San Francisco Chronicle
Bronze Medal: Cruise Story
Afraid to Commit? Try Microcruising – Washington Post
2010 Northern Lights Awards Canada
Judged by the Missouri School of Journalism
1st Place: Independent Newspaper Journalist
Chill before Serving – Washington Post
“We’re there, with him, the temperatures falling, the sweetness of wine lingering on our tongues.” Prof. John Fennel, University of Missouri
2010 Travel Media Association of Canada Awards
Judged by Ryerson University of Toronto and professional journalists
First Place: Best Service Feature
Afraid to Commit? Try Microcruising-Washington Post
First Place: Best Evocation of a Place Photo
Brazil’s Backyard Jungle-San Francisco Chronicle