Simon Rockower Awards, 2025

• Excellence in Podcasting (First Place) for The Forgotten Exodus (Season 2).

 Simon Rockower Awards, 2023

• Excellence in Writing About Women (First Place) for profile of Suzannah Heschel. (Published in Moment magazine)
• Excellence in Personality Profiles (Second Place) for profile of Suzannah Heschel.
• Outstanding Digital Storytelling (First Place) for The Forgotten Exodus (Season 1).
  

Religion News Association, 2019

• Excellence in Religion Reporting (First Place) for investigative reporting that prompted reorganization of nation’s top megachurch. (Published in the Chicago Tribune).

American Academy of Religion, 2008

• Best In-Depth Reporting on Religion (First Place) for prescient coverage of President Obama’s former pastor, how rabbis grapple with the most troubling story of the prophet Abraham, and a Catholic man’s pilgrimage to 365 churches in 365 days.
(Published in the Chicago Tribune).

Illinois Press Association, Knight Chair Award, 2019

• Best Investigative/Enterprise Reporting (First Place) for megachurch investigation.

Deadline Reporting, Chicago Headline Club, 2015

• Recognized by local chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists for covering Chicago’s new archbishop. (Published in the Chicago Tribune).