Awards & appointments
Current Appointments:
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Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame Committee
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Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit
Past Appointments:
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Vice President, Board of Directors, Investigative Reporters and Editors
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Board of Director, Investigative Reporters and Editors
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Investigative Reporters and Editors Member Services Committee Chair
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Deputy chair, National Association of Black Journalists' Print Task Force
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Vice president of FOIA, SPJ Detroit
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Board member, Michigan Coalition for Open Government
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Board member, Detroit Young Professionals board member
Awards:
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2024 Spirit of Diversity Award -- Wayne State University, Journalism Institute for Media Diversity
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2023 Neil and Susan Sheehan Investigative Journalism Award -- National Press Club
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2022 Salute to Excellence, 1st place -- National Investigative Category -- Racism in the Ranks
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2021 finalist for MIT's 2021 McElheny Award for science journalism
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2019 First Amendment Award, Michigan Associated Press Media Editors
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2019 Ida B. Wells Investigative Fellow, Type Investigations
2019 Salute to Excellence Special Project- Newspaper, regional over 100,000, National Association of Black Journalists -
2018 Rising Star, News Media Alliance
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2017 Society of Professional Journalists-Detroit, Young Journalist of the Year
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2017 NABJ Salute to Excellence News, Series: Our children: Searching for Solutions
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2016 Fellow, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Journalist Law School