Award-winning journalist with extensive versatility and experience that includes breaking news, long features, sports, travel, business and computer-assisted reporting. Work includes datelines from China, Cambodia and across the U.S.

Also, instructor of COM 250, basic newswriting and gathering, at University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

• New York Press Association, religion coverage: For coverage of gay Catholic conference in Vegas. 2004.
• Top of the News, Community Writing: For coverage of the 2000 census from the Sun-Sentinel.
• Top of the News, Enterprise Reporting: For computer-assisted analysis in 2000 of property value changes in Palm Beach County, Fla., from the Sun-Sentinel.
• Nevada Press Association, First Amendment: For 1997 fight for access to an audit of Clark County (Nev.) School District’s special education practices.
• Best of Gannett, Enterprise: For 1995 expose on biker-gang war.
• Hearst Foundation National Writing Championship: 1994 champion of three-day writing and reporting competition held in San Francisco for top finishers in that year’s annual contests.

• National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association: Las Vegas chapter president, former national board member, host of 1998 national convention.
• Golden Rainbow: Board member.
• American Society of Journalists and Authors: Member.
• Association of Health-Care Journalists. Member.
• Society of Professional Journalists: Member.
• Other involvement: Volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southern Nevada, Inner-City Games; Candelighters Association.