Student Academy Awards Finalist

Audience Award - Best Short Documentary - Amnesty International Film Festival

Best Student Documentary at DOCUTAH Film Festival

SPJ NorCal - Excellence in Journalism - Student Special Project Award

Best Student Documentary - Fargo Film Festival

Ruth Landfield Award - Fargo Film Festival

Broadcast Education Association - Festival of Media Arts - Best Student Documentary

Berkeley Film Foundation Student Grant

Denver Film Festival - Honorable mention

Susan Rasky Award for Journalistic Excellence

Edwin Bayley Prize for Excellence in Government or Political Reporting