FELLOWSHIPS

• 2019: Maynard 200 Fellow
• 2018: Penny Bender Fuchs Diversity Fellow for Society for Features Journalism

 

AWARDS

2019

2019 Society for Features Journalism Excellence-in-Features Award

HONORABLE MENTION for Diversity in Digital Features “How a Baltimore Resident is Taking the City’s Dirt Bike Culture and Turning It into STEM Education for Youths” for The Baltimore Sun

 

2018

MDDC Editorial Contest Award

SECOND PLACE Arts/Entertainment Reporting for The Baltimore Sun staff investigation, “In the age of #MeToo, Baltimore’s small performing arts groups grapple with sexual misconduct accusations, 

SFJ Excellence-in-Features Awards (4 awards / Division 2)

FIRST PLACE Integrated Storytelling for “Keep the Beat: Baltimore Club-Style Dance Persists Past its Peak with Support of Local Dancers, Organizers”

Judge’s comments on “Keep the Beat”: Ack! There’s hard-to-read white type on a black background, but that’s the only thing we didn’t like about this online package. Beautifully executed storytelling captures the exuberance of this scene. The piece is well-written, with excellent editing and selection of photos and video. These journalists show rather than tell us about dance. It’s nearly perfect.

SECOND PLACE (tie) Integrated Storytelling for and “Hold Up, ‘Hon’: Baltimore’s Black Vernacular Youthful, Dynamic if Less Recognized than ‘Bawlmerese’” 

Judge’s comments on “Hold Up, Hon”: Every publication could steal this idea and apply it to the way that local people talk. It’s an evergreen piece that readers likely would come back to again and again. What better way to talk about how people talk than to hear them speaking. The video is a fine mix of scholarship and man-on-the street opinion. Love how the guy explains that he talks the way he does so he can communicate with his family and friends and to belong.

FIRST PLACE Food Feature for “Unpacking the Chicken Box: The Story Behind Baltimore’s Carryout Staple” 

Judge’s comments: This accessible, deftly told story about a city’s love affair with carryout chicken is imbued with local flavor. The tale is told with a briskness that keeps the piece moving while revealing the history of an oft-overlooked favorite food.

THIRD PLACE Features Specialty Portfolio

Judge’s comments: These enlightening stories, capturing fascinating facets of Baltimore’s African-American culture, show depths of reporting and research about seemingly whimsical topics. We never realized how much we wanted to know about the Crazy Legs dance, chicken boxes and “Baltimorese” – or “Bawlmerese.”

 

2017

MDDC Editorial Contest Awards (3 awards) — Division A

FIRST PLACE Feature-driven Multimedia Storytelling for “Keep the Beat,” a multimedia features story on the history and legacy of Baltimore Club dance scene, won

SECOND PLACE Best Use of Interactive Media for “Keep the Beat,” a multimedia features story on the history and legacy of Baltimore Club dance scene. (Reporter: Brittany Britto; Designer: Caroline Pate; Photographers: Ulysses Munoz, Amy Davis, Algerina Perna, Karl Ferron)

FIRST PLACE Features Story (non-profile) for “Unpacking the chicken box,” a story by Brittany Britto on Baltimore’s carryout staple, won

23rd Annual NIHCM Foundation Research and Journalism Awards

FINALIST Kaiser Health News, NPR, PBS NewsHour and Capital News Service were named finalists for their collaboration on the project “Baltimore’s Other Divide,” published in February 2016.

Journalists include: Jay Hancock, Sarah Varney, Rachel Bluth, Sandy Banisky, Sean Mussenden, Rachel Greenwald, Nate Kresh, Madeleine Deason, Joey Trull, Rose Creasman Welcome, Lauren Burns, Jeremy Snow, Brittany Britto, Iman Smith, Amanda Eisenberg, Micha Green, Jake Bacher, Jordan Branch and Auburn Mann.

National and Regional Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists

FIRST PLACE Society of Professional Journalists Region 2 honored Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s CNS Staff with a national and regional Mark of Excellence Award for online in-depth reporting for their collaborative project “In Poor Health.”

FINALIST Online news reporting and online in-depth reporting for a four-part series “Purple Line: A Divided Rail.”

 

2016

Society of American Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Awards

HONORABLE MENTION for “Purple Line: A Divided Rail” for the student publication category. The four-part series, published in 2016, highlighted how the Maryland Transportation Administration’s rail system affects residents and businesses.

Judge’s comment: “This fascinating look at the potential impact of a new mass-transit line puts readers in the picture with powerful prose and photography. A wise decision to tell the story in chapters about the groups most affected by the line. Robust reporting and masterful writing.”

2016 MDDC Editorial Contest Awards (2 awards)

FINALIST – “Rookie of the Year”

Comments from judges: “Strong writer,” “Compelling stories,” “Outstanding eye for detail and character in her work.”

SECOND PLACE Growth and Land Use reporting for “Purple Line: A Divided Rail”

SECOND PLACE (tie) for Public Service and Medical/Science Reporting for “In Poor Health” project in public service reporting and medical/science reporting