Awards

2023 Better College Newspaper Contest | Michigan Press Association & Michigan Collegiate Press Association

March 2024 | 3rd place in Feature Story for my piece "Woof, there it is: A Spotted Lanternfly!" with Great Lakes Echo

Associated Press Michigan Editors

July 2023 | 1st place in Best Public Service in Radio for my piece MSU researchers help develop mobile app to identify potential Lyme disease-carrying ticks with WKAR.

July 2023 | 1st place in Photography for my piece In photos: Greater Lansing Food Bank hosts its annual Garden Tour with WKAR.

Society of Professional Journalist | Detroit

May 2023 | 2nd place in Environmental Reporting for my piece MSU researchers help develop mobile app to identify potential Lyme disease-carrying ticks with WKAR.

Accomplishments

February 2024: University of Detroit Mercy.

September 2023: Tour of Detroit steel sites run by Industrious Labs.

April 2024

Great Lakes Environmental Festival

Guest speaker at the annual GLEF in Manistee, Michigan to talk about my work, recent trends in environmental journalism and how that impacts our community.

December 2023

University of Detroit Mercy

Guest on a podcast called "Healthy People, Healthy Planet" hosted by Ziggy Kozicki to talk about my work and how I view the future of our environment.

February 2024

University of Detroit Mercy

Invited to speak with a class of 20 students taking a course on Health Promotion and Risk Prevention and see their posters for the 2024 Great Lakes Environmental Festival.

Talk with students about environmental journalism and interview them about what they think about environmental issues in Michigan and the Metro-Detroit area.

May 2023

Michigan Outdoor Writers Association

Granted membership to MOWA after being recognized for my work in environmental journalism at Great Lakes Echo.

Mentions

Jan 2024

Great Lakes Echo reporter Clara Lincolnhol wrote a story about my upcoming appearance at the 2024 Great Lakes Environmental Festival.

Nov 2023

Created a blog called The Fox Outdoors to write about topics like the outdoors, books and experiences. An outlet for creative writing and artistic expression.