writing

Co-founder and editor of
Black Catholic Messenger.

2023 California Ethnic Media Awards
- Outstanding Feature Writing ("Interview: Fr Anthony "Amde" Hamilton, Creole poet and rap founder turned Oriental Orthodox priest")
2023 Catholic Press Awards
- 2nd place, Best Feature Writing; 3rd place, Best Analysis, Background, or Round-Up News Writing (“Ahead of two Jazz Masses Sunday in Detroit, an explainer on America’s most unique Catholic liturgical form”)
- Honorable mention, Best Personality Profile (“Kirk Whalum on Catholic conversion, gospel jazz, and finding identity in God—on sax”)
2022 Catholic Press Awards
- Third place, Best Feature Article: Professional and Special-Interest, Including Clergy and Religious ("What attracted me to religious life")