awards

• Web Marketing Association’s WebAward Competition 2008

Financial Services Standard of Excellence

• Graphic Design USA American Inhouse Design Awards 2008

Winner/ Site Redesign

• 28th Edition Competition of the Society of News Design

Silver Medal/ Features Page Designer Portfolio

Silver Medal/ Features Design Page- Entertainment

Award of Excellence/ Features Page Designer Portfolio

Award of Excellence/ Features Design Page- Home

Award of Excellence/ Features Design Page- Lifestyle

Award of Excellence/ Features Design Page- Travel

Award of Excellence/ Features Design Page- Entertainment

• Peninsula Press Club’s 30th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards

Second Place/ Page Design

• 2006 Southern Short Course in News Photography Contest

First Place/ Issue Illustration

Second Place/ Issue Illustration

• California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest

First Place/ Lifestyle coverage

First Place/ Page layout and design

• 2005 California Press Photographers Association Gold Seal Contest

Third Place/ Illustration

• 2006 National Headliner Awards

Third Place/ Newspaper/Magazines: Illustrative Graphics Portfolio

• 2006 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards

Second Place/ General Excellence- Class IV

• American Association of Sunday and Features Editors

Best Features Section Contest Top Ten

• 27th Edition Competition of the Society of News Design

Award of Excellence/ Features Page Designer Portfolio

Award of Excellence/ Features Design Pages- Lifestyle

• Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2005

Three entries

• 2004 California Press Photographers Association Gold Seal Contest

First Place/ Illustration

Honorable Mention/ Illustration

• 26th Edition Competition of the Society of News Design

Gold Medal/ Special News Topics- Athens Olympics

Award of Excellence/ Entertainment Page Design

Award of Excellence/ Opinion Page Design

Award of Excellence/ Home/ Real Estate Page Design

• San Jose Mercury News Quarterly Award- 4th Quarter 2004

• Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2004

Two entries

• Photographer’s Forum Magazine `Best of Photography Annual 2003’

Finalist

• 2003 California Press Photographers Association Gold Seal Contest

First Place/ Illustration

Second Place/ Illustration

• Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2003

• California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest

Front Page

• 2002 California Press Photographers Association Gold Seal Contest

First Place/ Illustration

Second Place/ Illustration

Honorable Mention / Illustration

• 24th Edition Competition of the Society of News Design

Award of Excellence/ Designer Portfolio

Award of Excellence/ Page Design

• Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2002

Three entries

• Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar 2002 Photography Competition

Honorable Mention/ Product Illustration

• Photographer’s Forum Magazine `Best of Photography Annual 2002’

Cover Photographer

Honorable Mention

• National Press Photographer’s Assn. `Best of Photojournalism’ Competition

Second Place/ Newspaper Illustrative Story- Picture Editing Division

• 53rd Southern Short Course in News Photography

First Place/ Issue Illustration

First Place/ Product Illustration

Second Place/ Product Illustration

Honorable Mention/ Product Illustration

• 2001 California Press Photographers Association Gold Seal Contest

First Place/ Illustration

Second Place/ Illustration

• 23rd Edition Competition of the Society of News Design

`World’s Best Designed Newspaper’

Award of Excellence/ Food Page Design

• Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2001

• Photographer’s Forum Magazine `Best of Photography Annual 2001’

Finalist

• 67th Annual National Headliner Awards

First Place/ Illustrative Graphics

• 22nd Edition Competition of the Society of News Design

Award of Excellence/ Photo Illustration

Award of Excellence/ Business Page Design

Award of Excellence/ Other News Page Design

• North Carolina Press Photographers Association `2000 Pictures of the Year’

First Place/ North Carolina Staff of the Year

Third Place/ Photo Illustration

Honorable Mention/ Photo Illustration

• North Carolina Press Association Photojournalism Competition

Second Place/ Photo Illustration

Third Place/ Photo Illustration

• Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2000

• Southern Short Course in News Photography Contest 2000

Second Place/ Product Illustration

Honorable Mention/ Product Illustration

Honorable Mention/ Issue Illustration

• North Carolina Press Photographers Association `1999 Pictures of the Year’

First Place/ Illustration

First Place/ North Carolina Staff of the Year

Second Place/ North Carolina Clip Photographer of the Year

Third Place/ Illustration

Third Place/ Portrait & Personality

Honorable Mention/ Illustration

Honorable Mention/ Feature

Honorable Mention/ Pictorial

• North Carolina Press Association Photojournalism Competition

First Place/ Illustration

Second Place/ Illustration

Second Place/ Photo Illustration

• Southern Short Course in News Photography Contest 1999

First Place/ Issue Illustration

• The Charlotte Observer `FUIEE Award’ 1997-2000

• North Carolina Press Photographers Assn. `1998 Pictures of the Year’

First Place/ Illustration

First Place/ North Carolina Staff of the Year

Second Place/ Illustration

Third Place/ Illustration

Fourth Place/ North Carolina Clip Photographer of the Year

• 20th Edition Competition of the Society of News Design

Award of Excellence/ Photo Illustration

Award of Excellence/ Special News Topics

• North Carolina Press Association Photojournalism Competition

Second Place/ Illustration

Second Place/ Feature

• Print Magazine Digital Design/ Illustration Annual 7

• Charlotte Observer 1998 Excel Award

• 1998 Arts & Science Council Regional Artists Projects Grant

• 1998 Print Magazine Digital Art/ Design Annual 6

• The Charlotte Observer `FUIEE Award’

• Southern Short Course 1998 Photography Competition

First Place/ Issue Illustration

Third Place Issue Illustration

• 1998 FACET's Manipulated Photographic Image- Taos, NM

1998 National Juried Exhibition

• 19th Edition Competition of Society of Newspaper Design

Award of Excellence/ Illustration

Silver Medal/ Redesign of Business Section

• North Carolina Press Photographers Assn. `1997 Pictures of the Year’

First Place/ Illustration

First Place/ North Carolina Staff of the Year

Second Place/ Illustration

Honorable Mention/ Portrait

• North Carolina Press Association Photojournalism Competition

Third Place/ Illustration

• Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar 1997 Photography Competition

First Place/ Issue Illustration

Second Place/ Issue Illustration

• Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper Contest

First Place/ Spot News

• 1996 Associated Press Photograph of the Year Competition

Second Place- Spot News

• The Ann Arbor News Picture of the Month

• Michigan Press Photographers Association `1996 Pictures of the Year’

`1996 College Photographer of the Year’

Honorable Mention/ Fashion Category

Honorable Mention/ Illustration Category

• 18th Edition Competition of Society of Newspaper Design

Award of Excellence- Spot News

• 1996 Pulitzer Prize Nominee- Spot News

• 1996 Ann Arbor News Picture of the Year

• Photographer’s Forum 16th Annual Spring Photography Contest

• Washtenaw Council for the Arts ‘Art Day Exhibition’

• Associated Press Picture of the Month Competition/ Michigan

First Place

Second Place

• The Ann Arbor News Picture of the Month

• University of Michigan School of Art Student Show

Kristoffer Gillette Memorial Award- Photojournalism

• 1995 National Gold Circle Awards

First Place/ Feature Photograph Portfolio

Second Place/ Advertising with Photograph

Certificate of Merit/ Feature Photograph Portfolio

Certificate of Merit/ Single Picture Spot News

• Michigan Press Photographers Assn. `1995 Pictures of the Year’ Competition

Third Place/ Fashion Category

Honorable Mention/ Fashion Category

• Nikon/ Photographer's Forum’s `1995 Best of College Photography’

Second Place (selected from over 18,500 entries)

• University of Michigan Senior Leader Award

• University of Michigan Asian American Art Show

Honorable Mention

• University of Michigan `Body Betrayal’ Juried Art Show

`Best of Show’