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1997 CASE Gold Award for periodical writing

1998 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 1st place award for profile writing

1999 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 1st place award for feature writing

2007 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 3rd place award for feature writing

1998 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 2nd place award for feature writing

1997 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 1st place award for profile writing

1995 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 1st place award for feature writing

1999 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 1st place award for science writing

1996 NJ Society of Professional Journalists 3pd place award for feature writing

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