AWARDS
2005 Press Club of the East Bay for Best Business Feature for story about Genentech's deal maker in chief Joe McCracken and the company's business development strategy.

2005-2006 Peninsula Press Club Honorable Mention for continuing coverage of the Stem Cell Institute with Lizette Wilson.

2005 Newspaper Publishers Association finalist in the category of columns.

2005 Pubby Award for Best Bay Area Business Reporter from the San Francisco Publicity Club.

2005 SABEW (Society of Business Editors and Writers) Best in Business winner for Special Projects by a weekly newspaper for "Businesses Crack the Code" (with Thomas Pisarek) a package of stories that analyzed what the Bay Area's largest corporations actually paid in federal income taxes.

2005 SABEW (Society of Business Editors and Writers) Best in Business certificate of merit for Special Projects by a weekly newspaper for "The Terror Economy" (with Chris Rauber and Lizette Wilson) a package of stories that examined where Homeland Security funds were flowing -- and not flowing -- in the Bay Area.

2005 American Society of Business Press Editors National Silver Medal winner for profile of Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson.

2005 California Newspaper Publishers Association First Place for Business Reporting (weeklies) for profile of Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson.

2005 California Newspaper Publishers Association First Place for Investigative and Enterprise reporting (weeklies) for "Businesses Crack the Code" (with Thomas Pisarek) a package of stories that analyzed what the Bay Area's largest corporations actually paid in federal income taxes.

2005 California Newspaper Publishers Association Second Place for Investigative and Enterprise reporting (weeklies) for "The Terror Economy" (with Chris Rauber and Lizette Wilson) a package of stories that examined where Homeland Security funds were flowing -- and not flowing -- in the Bay Area.

2004 Peninsula Press Club First Place (weeklies) for technology story for profile of Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson.

2004 Peninsula Press Club honorable mention (weeklies) for technology story for "The Terror Economy" (with Chris Rauber and Lizette Wilson) a package of stories that examined where Homeland Security funds were flowing -- and not flowing -- in the Bay Area.

2004 Best of the West first place for Financial and Business Reporting in 2003 for "Breaking Point: Workers' Comp in California " (with Mark Calvey and Elizabeth Browne) a package of stories about California’s workers’ compensation crisis.

2003 California Newspapers Publishers Association first place for Business or Financial Story in 2003 for "Breaking Point: Workers' Comp in California" (with Mark Calvey and Elizabeth Browne) a package of stories about California’s workers’ compensation crisis.

2003 California Newspapers Publishers Association second place for Feature Story for profile of Haas School of Business Dean Tom Campbell.

2003 California Newspapers Publishers Association Blue Ribbon for Business or Financial Story for "Mapping a new plan for biotech" and look at the regional challenges the Bay Area faces in keeping itself a leading center for biotechnology.

2003 California Newspapers Publishers Association Blue Ribbon for Investigative story for “Upward Trend” (with Thomas Pisarek), an examination of Bay Area non-profit executive compensation. 

2003 Peninsula Press Club First Place Business Story (non-daily newspaper) for "Breaking Point: Workers' Comp in California" (with Mark Calvey and Elizabeth Browne) a package of stories about California’s workers’ compensation crisis.

2003Peninsula Press Club second place for Business Story (non-daily newspaper) for “Upward Trend” (with Thomas Pisarek), an examination of Bay Area non-profit executive compensation.

2003 Peninsula Press Club First Place Technology Story (non-daily newspaper) for  "Anti-terrorism Inc.," an article about Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's anti-terrorism efforts and its work to disseminate new technology through partnerships with the private sector.   

2003 Peninsula Press Club honorable mention Technology Story (non-daily newspaper) for "Tapping into Wireless," an article about the rapid growth of wireless computer networking technology and how employees often install devices without the awareness of IT managers or concerns about security.

2001 East Bay Press Club third place award for Best Business Story for article about charges from community groups over Pacific Bell's pressure tactics to gain support for their efforts to enter the long distance market.

2001 Peninsula Press Club second place award for Best Feature Story of a Light Nature for story on taking a race car driving class at the Jim Russel School at Sears Point

2000 East Bay Business Club award for Best Business News Story for story about the collapsing portfolio of venture capital firm Hummer Winblad

2000 Peninsula Press Club second place award for Best General News story about Dougherty Valley and the political fight over whether water restrictions should be used to control housing growth.

1996 East Bay Press Club award for Best Profile for profile of sports agent Leigh Steinberg. 

1994 Peninsula Press Club award for Best Business Story for report on the struggles of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories to survive in the post cold war period.

1992 Contra Costa Press Club Best Team General News Coverage for part in reporting on Oct. 1991 East Bay hills fire.

1991 Best of the West second place for piece on problems minority- and women-owned businesses in Oakland face obtaining capital (with Craig Staats).

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