"Content with clean and clear concepts deliver your message."
SIGMA DELTA CHI NATIONAL AWARD
Society of Professional Journalists National Award Sigma Delta Chi,
2009 Southwest News-Herald (Column Writing)
PETER LISAGOR AWARDS, ILLINOIS
FOUR (4) Chicago Headline Club/Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
- 2009 Southwest News-Herald Newspaper (In-Depth Reporting)
- 2005 Southwest News-Herald Newspaper (Column writing)
- 2002 Arlington Heights Daily Herald (Column writing)
- 1985 Daily Southtown Newspaper (Column Writing)
Peter Lisagor Awards(& Eight-time finalist)
M.T. MEHDI NATIONAL COURAGE IN JOURNALISM AWARD
Awarded by the Mehdi Foundation and the Mehdi Family
May 2009
BEST ETHNIC COLUMNIST IN AMERICA, NATIONAL AWARD
Awarded by the New America Media, San Francisco
Nov. 2006 YnetNews.com column writing
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARD
2002 and 2011 National Arab American Journalists Association
Awards for overall Excellence in Journalism
NOMINATION FOR PULITZER PRIZE
Chicago Sun-Times nomination for series on the Palestinian Intifada,
1990 by the Chicago Sun-Times (nomination only)
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARD
The Suburban Chicagoland Press Club for service as President and for Excellence in Journalism, 1988
STICK-O-TYPE AWARD
Chicago Newspaper Guild regional Stick-O-Type Award
- 1987 Chicago Sun-Times
- 1985 Chicago Sun-Times
UPI Award
1983 Daily Southtown Newspaper, Illinois
